Job Overview:

Biogen is committed to be a pioneer in neuroscience and delivers worldwide innovative therapies for people living with neurological disorders and rare diseases. The MSL is a field-based medical professional whose primary responsibility is to engage in non-promotional communication & provide medical/scientific information to KMEs to ensure them fully understand Biogen’s science and help them improve patient outcomes.

This position would suit a medical educated and talented candidate with good knowledge on how his/her targeted area markets work, coupled with a strong scientific background and communication skill.

Accountabilities:

1: Engagement with KMEs

• Engaging in non-promotional and peer to peer exchange of medical and scientific information with KMEs to the extent permitted by law and local regulation, local industry codes
• Execute high standards in customer engagements using a multi-channel approach, balancing both face to face and digital interactions including the delivery of virtual engagements using MS Teams, Zoom, Veeva Engage and other channels
• Through HCP engagement harnesses and shares back medical insights to inform medical and clinical strategy
• Identify KMEs in specified therapeutic area and work in collaboration with respective commercial counterparts in engaging KMEs from a medical perspective
• Develop, maintain and implement KME engagement plans to build and maintain strong scientific relationships such that Biogen is recognized as an industry partner of choice
• Plan KME visits and utilize the CRM database to record HCP interactions and insights
• Provide current, accurate and balanced scientific education to HCPs and facilitate data discussions in relevant therapeutic areas
• Provide scientific presentations to individual physicians or groups of physicians, e.g. scientific seminars, round table, journal clubs
• Source and brief international and local speakers for national and state meetings according to internal process
• Reactively explore & facilitate clinician driven ideas for Company Sponsored Trials (CST), Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs) under Sponsored Research Agreements (SRAs), and Externally Sponsored Registries (ESR)
• Act as a liaison between investigators and Biogen ensuring regular communication regarding the progress of IIT proposals
• Aware of and developing the skills for MSL Excellence Behaviors in HCP engagement

2: Internal Support

• Work with relevant commercial counterparts to address specific local needs from a medical perspective in alignment with both medical and commercial brand plans
• Record all healthcare professional (HCP) interactions and track MSL activity in the CRM database
• Participate in respective integrated brand team meetings to provide in-field medical updates, trends, insights and competitor intelligence
• Contribute to in-field medical training of ABMs and be available as a medical resource for the Sales team
• Collaborate with relevant medical and commercial team/s to execute tactics on communication of complex scientific information to relevant healthcare professionals
• Collaborate with Global Clinical Operations (GCO) and Medical Managers with respect to clinical trial execution eg site identification, Site Initiation visits
• Regularly (at least monthly) liaise with other medical and commercial team/s to ensure consistency and alignment in strategy/tactics
• Participate in projects as assigned by manager

3: Scientific Data Knowledge and Communication

• Keep abreast of relevant medical literature.
• Review Biogen literature alerts and work with Product Managers and sales force effectiveness responsible for education of sales teams on relevant literature alerts
• Discuss, analyse and educate on appropriate medical and scientific publications and clinical study findings in collaboration with Medical Manager
• As requested, attend national and international conferences and provide a medical summary of these conferences to internal stakeholders
• Provide scientific presentations to individual physicians or groups of physicians, e.g. scientific seminars, round table, journal clubs

• Master Degree or Above. Medical or scientific qualification
• Must have 2 years of experience in MSL role
• Related Multinational Pharma industry working experience is preferred
• Better to have lab diagnostics working experience
• Projects management experience is preferred
• Fast Learning ability
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good team player, fits in the environment with international, diverse, teamwork culture
• Strong customer orientation, science based
• Willingness to travel as required

Biogen is an inclusive company of choice that advances the power of difference to drive innovative, equitable solutions.We are committed to building empathy, leveraging differences, and disrupting systems where bias may sit.

Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine. Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.

Why Biogen?

Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine. Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts