Rotkreuz Medical Scientific Liaison

**Summary**:
This is a field-based position

Region: Zurich-Basel-Lucerne-Aara-St.Gallen, Switzerland

Purpose of the role

Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) is a field-based Medical Affairs Associate at Novartis, who develops and leads scientific engagement and long-term relationships with Medical Experts/Key Stakeholders within the healthcare environment. In this role you will strategically prepare and support the development, launch and commercialization of Novartis products through scientific exchange by seeking external insights to shape Novartis’ understanding of the therapeutic environment and by responding to unsolicited requests for scientific information and implementing clinical and educational strategies.

This role is part of the Medical Affairs team and is reporting directly into the National MSL Lead

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**About the Role**:
This is a field-based position

**Region**:Zurich-Basel-Lucerne-Aarau-St.Gallen, in Switzerland

**Key Responsibilities**

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- ** Engage**with Medical Experts (MEs) to educate on medical/scientific information
- ** Ensure**appropriate identification/mapping of MEs/ Key Accounts including identification of opportunities to involve MEs, when a specific medical need is identified to provide support
- ** Develop and execute** ME engagement plans to effectively prioritize and strategically engage MEs aligned with country strategy
- ** Respond** to unsolicited requests for information from MEs
- ** Inform and shape** medical strategy by collecting impactful insights from MEs
- ** Collaborate** cross-functionally with clinical, commercial, and regulatory teams to ensure alignment and effective delivery of medical information and insights.
- ** Develop, plan, implement and timely execute** field medical tactic & medical engagement plan, aligned with the brand strategy
- ** Support** Novartis clinical research programs, optimize trial execution and provide scientific educational support to potential and actual study sites in collaboration with clinical operations
- ** Facilitate**Investigator Initiated Trial (IIT) process upon investigator request
- ** Serve**as a medical resource to field matrix colleagues

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- MD, PharmaD or PhD degree in health/life sciences with solid medical/technical background and expertise knowledge in respective scientific area
- Near native fluency in German and English is critical for the role, knowledge of French is an important asset, other languages are a plus
- Good knowledge of all aspects of drug development, GCP and local regulations.
- Demonstrated excellence in collaborating across boundaries and stakeholders’ engagement. Strong networking mindset
- Excellent analytical & planning skills
- Strong scientific communication and presentation skills
- Digital & Technology Savvy
- Readiness to work in a field force team
- Willingness to travel within the assigned geographic area as required to meet with MEs, investigators, and study sites.


**Desirable Requirements**:

- Several years of experience in Pharma, preferably in a similar role with a strong customer/patient focus
- Experience in project-management and planning of events would be a plus

**Why Novartis?**

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us Learn more here:
**You’ll receive**:
**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

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**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
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Division

International

Business Unit

Innovative Medicines

Location

Switzerland

Site

Rotkreuz (Field-Based)

Company / Legal Entity

C018 (FCRS = CH018) Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG

Functional Area

Research & Development

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.