[Hiring] Medical Scientific Liaison @GSK

Role Description

Oncology MSL is a pivotal field-based role that connects GSK to the healthcare community. This non-promotional, customer-facing position focuses on advancing clinical practice within an assigned territory to improve patient outcomes. The MSL brings deep clinical and oncology therapeutic expertise and market/landscape knowledge to engage with Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and account personnel, in alignment with GSK's medical strategies and plans.

• Engage with various community and academic experts, facilitating scientific exchange, and serving as a medical resource.
• Ensure that healthcare providers, and when relevant payers and other decision makers understand the unmet patient and healthcare needs, evolving treatment landscape and the benefit/risk profile of GSK medicines.
• Identify disease and product-related medical needs, ensuring the exchange of scientific knowledge, capturing and communicating medical insights, and facilitating research to advance clinical practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverage scientific expertise and market knowledge to identify and engage HCPs (including academic and community HCPs, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, nurses, and other healthcare professionals).
• Engage with HCPs on emerging data, clinical trials, medical unmet needs, patient barriers to access, market dynamics, and educate on disease state and product information.
• Contribute to medical strategy by collecting and communicating medical insights throughout the product lifecycle.
• Demonstrate strategic territory planning and management and appropriate identification, mapping, and planning of scientific engagements in territory with key accounts.
• Support clinical trials by facilitating relevant medical activities and collaborating with Medical Affairs and Clinical Operations colleagues.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues (e.g., Medical Affairs, marketing, commercial, sales) to ensure a customer-centric approach.
• Understand and address the unique medical needs and attributes of accounts.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of assigned therapeutic areas and GSK medicines to serve as a medical resource.
• Adhere to GSK’s Code of Conduct, policies and standards, and ensure all activities are conducted in a compliant manner.
• Execute all administrative responsibilities, training, and documentation requirements in a timely manner.
• Participate in Field Medical and cross-enterprise projects and teams that support medical strategies and tactics.

Qualifications

• Must reside within territory for consideration.
• Doctorate level with a medical or clinical focus (Pharm D, PHD, or MD) or MS- advanced science/clinical/healthcare related degree with relevant clinical, industry and/or oncology experience.
• Oncology experience, pharmaceutical industry, or medical liaison experience.
• 2+ years’ experience in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy in humans.
• Experience engaging in peer-to-peer scientific dialogue with medical professionals and decision makers.
• Experience in delivering medical-based presentations.
• Experience identifying opportunities for medical engagement and developing scientific engagement goals.
• Experience developing relationships with external HCPs, KOLs, and external experts.
• Ability to manage a multi-state territory with 60-75% travel.
• Fluently speaking Dutch and English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous clinical experience in situations where direct/or indirect decision-making authority for patient care was demonstrated.
• Proven track record of consistent, high performance.
• Above average computer literacy, including experience with software applications.
• Managing individual and team performance.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
• Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health insurance plans.
• Retirement savings plans with company matching.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

Company Description

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

• Focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases.
• Committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most.
• Culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing.