Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert that strategically supports the scientific and business objectives of Dermatology across the product life cycle. MSLs are the primary communicators of AbbVie science within a specific geography with healthcare professionals. They combine strong business acumen, clinical expertise, market awareness, and serve as a conduit of information to a cross-functional customer base internally within AbbVie. This is the entry level MSL position in which the individual contributor will learn and develop the capabilities and responsibilities of the role as defined by AbbVie Medical Affairs.
Responsibilities
- Execute High Impact Territory Initiatives:
- Develops, executes and maintains high impact territory plans, including HCP and Investigator engagement plans in alignment with Dermatology medical and scientific objectives with a focus on quality.
- Identifies, gains access to, and develops professional customer centric based relationships with external experts (EEs) in therapeutic areas within assigned geography.
- Delivers on territory plan objectives, meets assigned project deadlines, and achieves annual functional goals.
- Practices core capabilities in segmentation and optimal resource utilization.
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and Procedures, including accurate and timely documentation as it relates to HCP interactions.
- Scientific Resource to External HCPs and other Stakeholders:
- Provides education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare providers and researchers.
- Therapeutic Disease State, Landscape, and Asset Expert:
- Continually educates self on market issues/trends, product knowledge, and new therapeutic areas of interest as it pertains to specific business responsibilities.
- Supports research initiatives across development at the request of R&D, including site evaluation and identification, recruitment, and external collaboration management.
- Maintain Cross-Functional Field Partnerships:
- Creates, maintains, and collaborates in relationships with Cross-Functional partnerships, including in-field commercial teams and engagement with site management and monitoring.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in the health sciences from an accredited university required. Advanced degree preferred in a relevant scientific discipline. Doctorate strongly preferred in a health science or clinical discipline.
- Greater than or equal to 2 years of clinical, scientific/research, or industry related experience or equivalent preferred.
- The MSL must possess problem solving and analytic skills to be able to identify and translate specific territory and corporate needs into actionable objectives.
- Exhibits leadership attributes that align with company-wide initiatives.
- Ability to quickly learn and apply foundational skills in Scientific Storytelling, Identifying Mobilizers, Medical Challenger, and Active Listening.
- An essential requirement of the position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements.
- Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.
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