Medical Sales Liaison at Boehringer Ingelheim

Job description

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL’s) Will

Provide support across assignedtherapeutic areas based upon the needs identified within BI. MSL’swill be actively involved with building scientific relationshipswith Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s) withinhealthcare.

The Accountabilities Of The Position Are As Follows

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will represent Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in providing an advanced product and therapeutic area information to selected Healthcare Professionals (HCP’s) and/or Healthcare Organisations (HCO’s). The information provided by the MSL’s will focus on risk management, patient profiling, product safety, pharmacovigilance. This position will focus on the following therapeutic areas:

• Diabetes (60%)
• Hypertension (15%)
• Anticoagulation (20%)
• Respiratory (5%)

It must be noted that the above therapeutic area responsibilities are subject to change.

MSL’s will provide support across assigned therapeutic areas based upon the needs identified within BI. MSL’s will be actively involved with building scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s) within healthcare.

The successful candidate will be based in a defined area as per the company strategy for a period of 12 months.

The Role Includes

• Selection of and providing scientific information to internal and external stakeholders
• Assist the cross functional team in the identification of HCP’s and HCO’s for scientific engagements
• Organisation of and/or involvement in scientific events, including
• Clinician Peer-to-Peer communications
• Round Table discussions
• Continuing Medical Education meetings
• Advisory Board meetings
• Expert Input Forums
• Medical Conferences
• Identification of speakers and assisting with speaker briefings
• Monitoring therapeutic information, activities, and publications
• Internal training
• Involvement in the implementation of the integrated brand plans / strategies
• Providing reports of activities, environments and scientific events conducted or attended
• Establishing themselves as reliable and trusted resources of accurate, up-to-date medical and scientific knowledge requested by both internal and external stakeholders. The MSL will respond in a timely manner to all enquiries and ensure that these interactions are recorded.
• Sharing feedback of HCP’s and HCO’s internally that will include:
• Impressions and opinions of clinical data, guidelines, position statements and other scientific publications.
• Understanding of therapeutic area’s landscapes
• Therapeutic area and treatment pattern trends
• Interpretation and writing of scientific literature
• Screening of Current Awareness Literature updates for the respective therapeutic areas
• Attending external national and international scientific meetings.
• Conducting regular literature searches and library research
• Added responsibilities include:
• Interaction, support and engagement t throughout South Africa as d determined by Medical needs

Key Personal Requirements / Key Competencies

• Minimum Honours level Health Sciences degree. (e.g. MB ChB / MD / PhD / D Sc. / MSc / BSc (Hons) / B Pharm)
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a Medical Sales rep position.
• An individual looking to expand their academic and medical knowledge.
• Excellence interpersonal and communication skills
• Advanced presentation and computer skills with expertise in literature identification and evaluation.
• Highly motivated and capable to learn large amounts of scientific content which is then communicated in a clear, concise fashion (data dissemination) through letters or presentations and one to one meetings.
• Intellectual curiosity about the field of science/medicine for which they are responsible.
• Ability to work effectively and share information within a team environment.
• Excellent self-management skills and ability to adapt services provided based on customer needs.
• Good understanding of business and commercial environment.
• Ability to travel locally and internationally.

Please note that the management reserves the right to consult on the Talent Management outcomes prior to defining the list of candidates to be interviewed.