Lead Medical Science Liaison, Cardiorenal-St. Louis, MO - Bayer Corporation

 

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Lead Medical Science Liaison, Cardiorenal-St. Louis, MO  

The Lead Medical Science Liaison (MSL) serves as a trusted scientific expert and partner representing Bayer in the medical community through the dissemination and education of scientific data related to Bayer products across the product lifecycle. The MSL establishes proactive long-term scientific/strategic relationships with key, influential healthcare providers, and stakeholders, and with major medical associations and academic centers of excellence. These relationships will ensure that healthcare providers and organizations have access to relevant scientific information and that pertinent information is shared with the medical community. The MSL serves as technical and scientific support in the field for healthcare providers ensuring safe and effective use of Bayer products including timely adverse event reporting and responses to unsolicited requests for detailed product and disease state information.  The MSL also develops a complete understanding of national, regional, and local experts and stakeholders in specific therapeutic categories and the healthcare environment in which they work. The MSL is an expert in specific therapeutic areas covering a specific region and Area Business Unit, collaborating with internal business partners and external contacts addressing specific scientific needs.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Lead Medical Science Liaison-Women's Healthcare, are to:

 

Scientific Expertise

• Depth of knowledge within the therapeutic area and business acumen exceeds that of peers and/or Medical Affairs experience in multiple therapeutic areas;
• Shares expertise and leads projects, discussions, or training initiatives across Therapeutic Areas and USMA;
• Coordinates and lead TA updates, team discussions, training initiatives (i.e. journal clubs);
• Identifies educational gaps and provides subsequent recommendations for educational resource, content, or initiative development;
• Complete core training curriculum and basic MSL and Therapeutic Area (TA) Certification;
• Demonstrated accountability to continuous learning and growth (Franchise data, MSL role, Soft Skills, Personal Development).  Completes recertification where applicable;
• Professional licensure with CEU documentation where applicable;
• Attend and report on local, regional and national medical conferences and other meetings of value;
• Coordinate team coverage of major regional or national meetings including program evaluation, required attendance and coordination of high quality meeting reports.

 

External HCP and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinates National/Global TL engagement with senior management and other key senior stakeholders;
• Initiates opportunities for potential organizational collaboration with Bayer;
• Leverage Thought Leader and organizational relationships to create mutually beneficial opportunities across Bayer and with other TLs;
• Establishes robust long-term relationships with Thought Leaders and other key stakeholders with up to date segmentation aligned with US, Global, and Area Business Unit definitions and strategies;
• Impactful proactive engagement with TLs, HCPs, research sites, associations, societies, & other stakeholders according to defined scope and engagement plans.  Actively seeks future stakeholders and emerging Thought Leader groups in alignment with local health care system and medical strategy;
• Advisory board or other Bayer Program coordination, workshop leadership and presentation;
• Leverage knowledge of US and Global definitions and strategies to develop and pull through Area Business Unit strategy;
• Responsible and Accountable for driving medical strategy by translating the local medical plan into implementable TL engagement strategies with cross-functional teams and identify synergies with the interests of Bayer and the general medical community;
• Approach accounts, customers, and Area Business Unit strategically, utilizing key metrics to ensure alignment to territory plan and medical objectives;
• Compliantly supports speaker training and evaluation and medical evaluation of scientific merit.

Education

• Delivers educational presentations to external audiences, stakeholders, and customers groups.  Proactive identification of educational opportunities within assigned Area Business Unit to stakeholders or customers groups;
• Responsible for timely, accurate, specific and balanced responses to Medical Inquires in collaboration with Medical Communications;
• Adherence to SOP and FDA guidance for distribution of scientific information;
• Adherence to SOP and compliance guidelines for all external contacts;
• Prepares and presents data to internal audiences including MA and Commercial partners.

Research

• Collaborative support with Clinical Development, CDO, or other research stakeholders to lead strategic and intentional Field Medical support of Bayer research programs;
• Responsible for supporting research projects aligned with medical and brand strategy; including facilitating investigator-initiated research (IIR) and research site identification;
• Responsible for supporting clinical trial team and engaging with appropriate stakeholders for Bayer sponsored clinical trials. Support with data collection, feasibility & initiation visits, and study support as appropriate.

Insights

• Propose strategic recommendations on medical or other strategy and tactics based on insight analysis;
• Responsible and Accountable for generating relevant HCP and stakeholder insights that deepen understanding of patients, HCPs, consumers, or treatment landscape.  Document and communicate them accordingly within system or to stakeholders to inform tactics and strategy;
• Effectively collect, record, interpret, and communicate insights from patients, HCPs, and consumers with correlating recommendations to inform, refine, and enhance medical strategies and tactics;
• Report new compound development information and potential collaborations when appropriate or requested in line with corporate strategy.

 

Collaboration

• Responsible and accountable as MSL mentor and peer coach including across-TA or country. As an informal team leader, the Lead MSL is actively engaging other MSLs in the TA and initiating collaborative opportunities with cross-functional partners including US and Global;
• Lead strategic project teams or task forces within USMA, Customer or Product teams, or Global team;
• Contribute to product development initiatives in collaboration with Global Product Development or other internal partners;
• Compliant active strategic partnership and collaboration with territory cross-functional stakeholders (i.e. Area General Manager, Area Business Unit team, Field DGOS) as part of Area Business Unit team;
• Presentation to internal audiences including cross-TA, USMA, or Global teams and partners;
• Contribute to or lead resource development and review;
• Initiates best practice discussions for MSL team and internal partners;
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders as scientific resource for development of materials for internal and external use (i.e. Learning & Development, Commercial, Digital, Market Access, Global).

New Ways of Working (Data collection / analysis / interpretation)

• Responsible and accountable for developing strategic perspective and strong understanding of Bayer’s commercial, go to market strategies, and healthcare landscape (includes healthcare systems, competition, healthcare technology, regulations etc.) so as to anticipate business and customer/stakeholder needs and shape stakeholder plans accordingly;
• Proactive recommendation and insights into evolution of new ways of working based on experimentation and analysis of data or outcomes;
• Internal champion of new ways of working including platforms, systems, capabilities.  Train, mentor, and empower Field Medical team to leverage new ways of working;
• Complete all required customer activity documentation, training, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner;
• Responsible for reviewing and interpreting interaction analytics related to TL engagement and take appropriate actions to execute stakeholder plans;
• Use data and analytics to seek out and maximize opportunities within the territory;
• Leverage evolving country and Global platforms and systems to ensure data driven tailored approach to customer engagement;
• Leverage omnichannel methods of engagement with stakeholders to ensure customer-centric approach to data dissemination and education. 

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:

• BA/ BS Degree is required;
• Experience in a scientific or healthcare clinical setting; or pharmaceutical industry experience in Medical Affairs, Sales, Marketing or Clinical Development; or post-graduate fellowship experience in a hospital or industry setting; Rotations or fellowships do not contribute to above requirements;
• MSL experience is required;
• Demonstrated project management ability;
• Demonstrated expertise in communicating scientific information;
• Demonstrated project management ability;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Demonstrates understanding of clinical trial design;
• Ability to critically evaluate the medical literature;
• Ability to work in a team environment;
• Established ability to build productive work relationships both internally and externally;
• Travel 50+% and manage a demanding schedule;
• Valid Driver’s License and eligibility to drive a company car or pooled vehicle (driving record must meet guidelines base on the company’s Risk Screening for Hiring Drivers and MVR will be reviewed as part of pre-employment screening).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced terminal degree in medical or health sciences (e.g M.D., PhD, PharmD, DPH, EdD) or an advanced degree in Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing or equivalent experience is preferred;
• Minimum 5 years experience in a scientific or healthcare clinical setting; or 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience Medical Affairs, Sales, Marketing or Clinical Development; 
• Minimum of 3 years MSL or Liaison experience;
• Working knowledge of FDA, OIG requirements.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of between $$154,200 to $231,200.  Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc..  This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 4/3/2024.

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Science for a better life, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.  To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.   Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans   Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.
Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.
Location:	United States : Missouri : Residence Based
Division:	Pharmaceuticals
Reference Code:	810488

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Email:	hrop_usa@bayer.com