Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) CMH

254 Lilly S.A.U; Alcobendas; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking an associate Medical Science Liaison in Barcelona to translate complex clinical data into credible internal reporting and to foster scientific exchange with external stakeholders. The role requires deep therapeutic knowledge, cross-functional collaboration, and compliant communication materials.

The MSL will develop internal networks, support medical planning and strategy in the affiliate, and travel up to 80% to meet external scientific experts.

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor level degree in health sciences and PhD level degree.
• At least 1 year of medical affairs or MSL experience.
• Excellent English (C1/Advanced).
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Residence in Barcelona.
• Willing to travel up to 80% of time.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and communicate deep scientific knowledge.
• Excel at customer engagement and support medical/scientific information needs of scientific experts.
• Provide deep disease state and product information.
• Collaborate with internal partners and explore potential collaborative research.
• Synthesize complex data and communicate meaningful clinical insights.

Education

Master's degree in health sciences

PhD degree

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Medical Science Liaison Summary

As an associate Medical Science Liaison, you translate complex clinical data and real-world insights into credible internal reporting while upholding compliant, scientifically rigorous materials. You will cultivate peer-to-peer relationships that enable trustworthy scientific exchange, serving as a disciplined conduit between clinical evidence and cross-functional partners. This role blends analytical thinking with clear, cross-functional communication to synthesize findings that inform team decisions and patient-focused outcomes. You operate with defined methods and established procedures, contributing to small, well-scoped initiatives and coordinating with colleagues to advance shared objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and synthesize complex clinical data and real-world insights to inform internal reporting.
• Maintain scientifically credible and compliant communication materials for professional audiences.
• Build and sustain peer-to-peer relationships that foster trust and scientific exchange.
• Collect and report unbiased field-based clinical insights to inform strategy.
• Validate expertise of key external stakeholders within assigned therapeutic areas.
• Support the design and execution of evidence generation studies.
• Complete required documentation of scientific activities and stakeholder interactions.
• Engage external stakeholders using deep therapeutic and scientific expertise.

Core Capabilities

• Establishes and sustains peer relationships to support trusted scientific exchange within defined medical affairs boundaries.
• Applies rigorous analysis to routine data, drawing conclusions from established methods to support internal reporting.
• Facilitates clear, timely information flow across teams to align on standard processes and patient-focused goals.
• Interprets analytical results within compliant procedures to ensure integrity of data used in submissions.
• Translates complex clinical insights into credible materials for internal and peer audiences.

Preferred Capabilities

• Familiarity with aligning medical initiatives to strategic goals and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with organizing and interpreting data to support medical insights.
• Exposure to pharmaceutical industry practices and regulatory landscapes.
• Understanding of regulatory considerations that inform medical affairs activities.

Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) Role Overview

The Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) role is a position specifically designed to meet the needs of scientific experts through a group of medical professionals with deep knowledge about specific disease states, available products, and investigational compounds (both Lilly and competitor), as well as detailed knowledge about research, regulatory and medical education. By providing relevant information and facilitating scientific exchange between industry and the scientific expert community, MSLs have the opportunity to improve patient outcomes by providing needed information that addresses important clinical and scientific questions.

Key Responsibilities (MSL)

• Maintain and effectively communicate deep scientific knowledge.
• Excel at customer engagement and support medical/scientific information needs of scientific experts.
• Provide deep and advanced disease state and product information.
• Connect with internal partners as appropriate and identify possible collaborative research or external collaborations.
• Synthesize complex data and effectively communicate meaningful clinical insights and unanswered customer questions they receive.
• Develop internal networks and collaborate effectively across functions with an active contribution to medical planning and strategy in the affiliate.

Responsibilities (MSL)

• The MSL will execute the role in a compliant manner, adhering to all internal and external requirements, procedures.
• Implements a strategic territory plan that is aligned to Lilly’s priorities while leveraging a deep knowledge of customers to prioritize their needs and preferences.
• Prioritizes customer-facing time and aligns with customer expectations.
• Incorporates Lilly strategic vision and evolving customer needs into future plans.
• Responsible steward of company resources.
• Delivers thoroughly optimized solutions to complex problems via methodical root cause analysis.

Requirements

• Master or Bachelor level degree in health sciences and PhD level degree.
• At least 1 year of medical affairs or MSL experience.
• Communication, interpersonal, organizational.
• Excellent English (C1/Advance).
• Residence in Barcelona.
• Willing to travel up to 80% of time.

Desirable Experience & Skills

• Knowledge/Experience in Diabetes and/or Obesity will be valued.
• Highly motivated and capable of comprehending large amounts of scientific content, which is then communicated in a clear.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including capability to engage in professional relationship building and networking.
• Demonstrated success in self-managing priorities and multi-tasking projects.
• Ability to work effectively and share information within a team environment.
• Catalan fluent.

Disability and Diversity

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance.

We note that this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Compensation and Benefits

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is 3 - 3 Full-time equivalent employees may also be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a pension plan; vacation benefits; eligibility for healthcare benefits; flexible benefits (if applicable) life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

Why Join Lilly

#WeAreLilly At Lilly we strive to ensure our employees are part of a team that cares about them and our shared purpose of making life better for those around the world. How do we do this? We continue to look for ways to include, innovate, accelerate and deliver while maintaining integrity, excellence and respect for people. We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe! #WeAreLilly