Senior Medical Science Liaison

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience with global hubs in the U.S. France and the U.K we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration excellence and impact. At Ipsen every individual is empowered to be their true selves grow and thrive alongside the companys success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth creating real impact on patients and society!

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Main Responsibilities

The MSL is a field-based professional with scientific clinical and therapeutic area expertise who is responsible for supporting on a non-promotional basis medical and scientific initiatives for marketed and pipeline products. The MSL works in coordination with the rest of the medical unit to meet the medical department objectives. He/she participates in the identification of local opportunities using his/her network of contacts knowledge of therapeutic areas and health characteristics of the population in each area. Consequently the MSL has responsibility in the development and implementation of the scientific activities and the clinical plan. For Sr. MSL she/he should have the capacities for central strategy development and localization can proactively identify and develop solutions for business development.

Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

• Maintaining updating and disseminating scientific knowledge
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant scientific information (by performing literature searches participation in medical congresses and conferences of relevance to Ipsens disease and therapeutic area interests)
• Disseminate this knowledge as appropriate to HCPs in response to requests in accordance with applicable laws
• Proactively provide fair balanced and transparent medical and scientific exchange in disease area management
• Maintain medical profiling database of HCPs and TLs
• Current and potential sources of clinical and scientific expertise (known experts rising stars etc.)
• Current and potential principal investigators speakers
• Informational needs of individual TLs/HCPs
• Need for scientific information in disease area and therapy of individual TLs/HCPs
• Identification and initiation of opportunities to fulfil these needs.
• Identify and invite TL and appropriately qualified HCP participation in Advisory Boards
• Inform KTLs and HCPs in disease areas of interest to Ipsen
• Identify opportunities to inform TLs and HCPs in disease areas of interest to Ipsen
• Organize and participate in the distribution and presentation of non-promotional materials
• Provide scientific and medical content for and participate in the preparation and delivery of presentations by TLs and HCPs speaking on behalf of Ipsen in educational programs and at other meeting
• Involvement with clinical research studies
• Support internal medical review and facilitate processing of unsolicited Externally Sponsored Study (ESS) requests
• Proactively support HCPs and Ipsen Clinical Operations Departments in evaluating potential clinical research sites and investigators for Ipsen-Sponsored Studies
• Demonstrates high-level scientific acumen and sound medical judgement which provides value to Ipsen and leads to sustainable relationships with HCPs
• Maintains highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Demonstrates and ability to build and maintain a strong network of effective scientific relationships with stakeholders and maintain an understanding for HCPs to achieve trusted advisor status
• Engaging presenter/trainer impactful and memorable having gravitas with medics and non-medics alike and strong communication networking and stakeholder skills
• Able to develop and implement appropriate elements of medical strategy whilst knowing how to be creative & compliant at the same time
• Demonstrates excellent time management skills and can manage complex and to adapt to new circumstances & ideas. Demonstrates an ability to be entrepreneurial and able to work in a highly dynamic environment
• For Sr. MSL position proactively joins into central team to support China medical strategy and relevant annual medical plan development then to be a model in regional execution in medical team
• For Sr. MSL position proactively identify the business opportunitiesfeedback/coordinate cross-function for the discussion of opportunities and leverage resources to medical tactics to generate greater medical impact.
• For Sr. MSL position has capacities to be a perfect delegate to take the leader role for national or key projects execution at the cross-region level

Requirement:

Knowledge & Experience (essential):

• Biomedical Scientific University education ideally to post-graduate degree level -e.g. PhD MD PharmD
• Qualified and rich experience of Medical/paramedical Practice or Research career (hospital and/or hospital related university research pharmaceutical industry research or medical affairs)
• Hepatopathy Immunology Oncology related background is preferred
• Language: Excellent knowledge of written and spoken scientific English
• Working knowledge of the relevant Code of Practice
• As senior MSL position candidate must have excellent field MSL experience be skilled at understanding of medical strategy and localization TL insights collection and other excellent execution performance.
• (preferred) Excellent Industry Medical Affairs working experience

Education / Certifications:

• (essential) Mastery degree in Clinical Medicine and relevant majors
• Experience in Hhepatopathy Immunology Oncology is highly preferred

Language(s):

• (essential) Excellent on medical and office English both for reading and writing
• (preferred) Fluent for Spoken English