YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Medical Science Liaison Boston/New England, are to:

• Complete core training curriculum and basic Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Certification;
• Perform Full participation in therapeutic area updates and/or training initiatives e.g. journal clubs
• Ensure Medical conference attendance and reviews;
• Perform routine self-paced reading of current publications;
• Be the professional licensure with CEU documentation where applicable;
• Have opinion leader engagement;
• Provide criteria based selection and validation to identify and confirm opinion leader (OL) status;
• Perform routine contacts with OLs;
• Research site identification and Investigator Sponsored Study (ISS) support;
• Ensure speaker training and evaluation;
• Provide advisory Board Support;
• Provide direct scientific Exchange;
• Ensure presentations to external audiences;
• Provide timely, accurate, specific and balanced responses to professional requests for information (PIR) in collaboration with Medical Communications;
• Ensue adherence to SOP and FDA guidance for distribution of scientific information;
• Ensure adherence to SOP and compliance guidelines for all external contacts;
• Establish and maintain contact with relevant medical, research and educational societies within assigned geography;
• Attend and report on local, regional and national meetings;
• Identify educational gaps and opportunities within regional and national organizations;
• Ascertain and report current therapeutic area trends and other field intelligence;
• Review and share current guidelines and treatment protocols for internal review;
• Report relevant competitive activity;
• Report new compound development information and potential collaborations when appropriate or requested in line with corporate strategy;
• Provide complete and accurate documentation;
• Provide complete and timely documentation of interactions and contacts within appropriate database(s);
• Do administrative reports including expense reports and status reports completed in a timely manner.
• Utilize their advanced technical competence and refined interpersonal skills to represent Bayer as a scientific based organization with integrity;
• Contribute to the Medical Affairs team to enhance communication between healthcare providers and internal partners improving communication with thought leaders while ensuring that all interactions adhere to the compliance guidelines;
• Contribute to other internal teams depending on the specific internal initiatives and the background of the individual MSL.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree;
• Experience in academic, lab or clinical rotations while in pursuit of a degree or at least one year of pharmaceutical industry experience Medical Affairs, Sales, Marketing or Clinical Development;
• Demonstrated expertise in drug information communication;
• Excellent project management ability;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Working knowledge of FDA, OIG requirements;
• Understanding of clinical trial design and biostatistics;
• Ability to critically evaluate the medical literature;
• Ability to work in a team environment;
• Ability to build productive work relationships both internally and externally;
• Ability to travel and manage a demanding schedule.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced terminal D degree in medical or health sciences (e.g. M.D., Ph.D., PharmD, DPH, EdD);
• Previous MSL experience;
• At least one year of research experience in a scientific or clinical setting or one year of healthcare or clinical practice experience as a licensed practicing provider, a healthcare provider, or in management within a hospital or clinical setting;
• Post-doctoral residency/fellowship training in one or more respective therapeutic areas of interest to the Company;
• Demonstrated expertise in the drug discovery and drug development process;
• Established track record in basic or clinical research.

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