Medical Science Liaison - Respiratory (1-year contract)

(0609) sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.; Toronto; Remote; CAD 109,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi Group Canada is seeking a Medical Science Liaison to support immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. You will engage healthcare professionals and payers in a non-promotional manner to inform medical strategy and generate actionable insights.

This is a field/remote role covering Western Canada with travel up to 75%. Responsibilities include executing the Country Medical Plan, building partnerships, and ensuring compliance with training and governance.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Medical, pharmacy or post graduate level science degree.
• Fluency in spoken and written business English.
• In-depth knowledge of disease state, therapeutic area, portfolio and pipeline (highly preferred).
• Strong communication and presentation skills to simplify complex topics, good negotiation and networking skills.
• Familiarity with omnichannel tools and ability to communicate via digital channels from remote environment.
• Good understanding of clinical development and clinical research.
• Ability to critically evaluate clinical study protocols, reports and publications (Highly preferred).
• Good knowledge of pharmacovigilance and local regulatory process and its impact on the product portfolio (highly preferred).
• Strong business acumen and ability to build strategic plans and medical initiatives (highly preferred).
• Role modelling and upholding integrity and ethics (highly preferred).
• Experience +1 year as an MSL preferred, especially in Respirology with understanding of Severe Uncontrolled Asthma.

Responsibilities

• To build enduring value-based partnerships through scientific engagement with healthcare professionals and institutions.
• Engage proactively and reactively with healthcare professionals, payers and institutions.
• Execute the Country Medical Plan and generate actionable insights.
• Create cross-functional partnerships and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
• Comply with local and corporate compliance frameworks and complete mandatory trainings.
• Support development and execution of clinical trials and data sources for RWE.

Skills

Scientific communication

Business English proficiency

Strategic thinking

Omnichannel engagement

Clinical development knowledge

Negotiation & networking

Education

Medical, pharmacy or post graduate level science degree

Tools

Office 365

Zoom

MyTeams

Concur

Job description

Reference Number: R2876873 Position Title: Medical Science Liaison Department: MSL Manager Dupixent Respiratory GI CA Location: Field position (remote), Western Canada

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

About the Job

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

MSL Role

Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) engage with healthcare professionals, institutions and payers, in a non-promotional manner, to identify and address their needs. MSLs use their scientific expertise to communicate and form partnerships to deliver the medical strategy, capture actionable insights and ultimately improve patient pathways and outcomes.

Main responsibilities

To build and develop enduring value-based trusted partnerships, through scientific engagement and exchange, with healthcare professionals and institutions in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment. To engage proactively and reactively with healthcare professionals, payers and institutions. To execute the Country Medical Plan. To generate actionable and valuable insights and propose solutions. To create cross functional partnerships and collaborate with internal stakeholders. All MSLs comply with the local and corporate compliance frameworks for external and internal interactions and complete all global/local mandatory trainings.

Scientific Engagement and Exchange

Through scientific engagement and exchange, MSLs build and develop enduring needs-based peer-to-peer relationships with healthcare professionals, institutions and payers. MSLs understand their perspectives and needs in order to adapt and be relevant and valued. Acting as partners, MSLs identify areas of mutual collaboration, developing and implementing strategic medical action plans aligned to the Country Medical Plan. MSLs communicate in an accurate, fair and balanced manner, the benefits, risks, appropriate use and clinical value of our products and solutions. MSLs operate independently (with minimal supervision) and develop healthcare networks to navigate the complex local health care environments at national, regional and local level.

Insight Generation

MSLs generate and share actionable and valuable insights and propose solutions/actions in a timely manner, utilizing appropriate tools available. MSLs gather data, facts and observations on the external healthcare environment towards generating internal insights.

Internal Collaboration

MSLs work closely with their office based medical counterpart to shape, develop and co-execute the Country Medical Plan. MSLs develop and maintain an internal stakeholder network. MSLs provide scientific and technical support towards material development (aligned with relevant policies) for internal and external stakeholders, where applicable. MSLs provide scientific support for internal functions such as commercial, market access, regulatory/PV and R&D regarding scientific trainings and updates.

Supporting Evidence Generation

MSLs support development and execution of clinical trials. MSLs identify potential data sources and develop partnerships for RWE.

Training Compliance

Complete all MSL SOP trainings and all other corporate assigned compliance trainings. Complete the MSL onboarding (and certification) program. Commits to applying and continued practice of the Scientific Engagement Model and Insights process. Continue to develop and maintain technical therapy area and soft skills. Create individual development plan aligned with career aspirations.

About You

Required Qualifications:

• Medical, pharmacy or post graduate level science degree.
• Fluency in spoken and written business English.
• An in-depth knowledge of the disease state, therapeutic area, the relevant products in the portfolio and in the pipeline. (highly preferred)
• Strong communication and presentation skills to simplify complex topics, good negotiation and networking skills.
• Familiarity with omnichannel tools and being able to communicate via digital channels from remote (non-office based) environment.
• A good understanding of (or prior experience in) clinical development and clinical research.
• The ability to critically evaluate clinical study protocols, reports and publications. (Highly preferred)
• Good knowledge of pharmacovigilance and local regulatory process and its impact on the product portfolio. (highly preferred)
• Strong business acumen, understanding importance of and being able to build strategic plans and implement medical initiatives. (highly preferred)
• Role modelling, upholding integrity and ethics values and adhering to high standards. (highly preferred)
• Experience +1 year of experience as a Medical Science Liaison preferred, especially in the Respirology Area, with an understanding of Severe Uncontrolled Asthma.

Travel

Travel is required up to 75% of the time. Travel will be primarily domestic, and will include some travel within US.

Computer knowledge

Office 365, ZOOM, MyTeams, Concur, HSE responsibilities: Employee with a corporate vehicle. Drive the vehicle using safe driving practices, while complying with all current applicable laws and regulations, as well as all Sanofi directives.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is: 108,900.00 - 157,300.00 Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefits programs, and additional benefits information can be found through the (CA)LINKOR (US) LINK. La fourchette salariale pour ce poste est la suivante: 108,900.00 - 157,300.00 La rémunération finale sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée, des compétences, du lieu de travail et d'autres facteurs pertinents. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise, et des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées via le lien

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to culture, inclusion, and experience. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.

Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

AI Usage

Artificial Intelligence” refers to any systems that use automated processes, including algorithms and machine learning, to analyze data and make predictions, inferences, decisions, or recommendations without direct human involvement. These systems may process personal information to identify patterns, improve services, or support decision-making.

The Company may use Artificial Intelligence for purposes including, but not limited to, resume screening and hiring, scheduling interviews or meetings, conducting surveys, matching skills with potential job openings, interview scoring, ensuring compliance with regulations applicable to our industry, and activities related to performance evaluation. Information collected and processed by the Company’s Artificial Intelligence systems may include the personal information detailed above and calendar availability. It excludes the information collected and processed for monitoring purposes. You should contact Human Resources if you have a question or concern regarding your personal information. You can also contact Canada’s Privacy Officer via Sanofi’s data subject request portal,Data Subject Rights Webform. The Data Subject Rights Webform can also be used to request access or correction of your personal information and file a complaint.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com! Pursue progress, discover extraordinary. Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

Sanofi Overview

We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and creating compelling growth. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We want to build a healthier, more resilient world, and turn the impossible into the possible by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines for millions of people around the world. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi. Start a career that makes a difference. Reinvention is in our DNA. It’s what drove our evolution from a small French enterprise to one of the world’s leading biopharma companies. Whether it’s using AI to shorten drug-discovery times or building trust in healthcare, you could be helping our teams make life better for patients, partners, and communities. This is where you grow your career. We open the door for you to explore new opportunities, push your limits, and connect with people who are driven by a shared purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.