Sr. Medical Scientific Liaison

Boehringer Ingelheim; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a Sr. Medical Scientific Liaison to build trusted external partnerships and drive peer-to-peer knowledge exchange to improve disease awareness.

From clinical development onwards, inform strategic decisions and support patient care by understanding therapeutic areas and healthcare landscapes. Key duties include engaging stakeholders, gathering insights, and supporting educational activities while collaborating with internal teams.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine or life/health sciences degree.
• Ability to collaborate with different internal and external stakeholders, to develop & strengthen trusted partnerships.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel (within the territory/nation, and occasionally internationally).

Responsibilities

• Engage external stakeholders to build long-term partnerships and facilitate early clinical adoption.
• Develop and execute a territory-specific stakeholder engagement plan in line with objectives.
• Communicate scientific data and asset value using omnichannel approaches.
• Gather and share actionable insights with Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Interpersonal communication

Travel willingness

Leadership

Microsoft Office 365

Education

MD or life/health sciences degree

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

We're looking for a passionate and driven Sr. Medical Scientific Liaison who will build trusted partnerships with external stakeholders by driving peer-to-peer exchange of knowledge and improving disease awareness/understanding (in alignment with therapeutic-area/asset strategy) to facilitate appropriate patient-management decisions.
From the clinical development phase onwards, inform strategic decisions, support organizational goals, and help improve patient care, by developing a deep understanding of the therapeutic area and healthcare landscape (including stakeholder networks and patient care pathways), and gathering actionable insights.
You will identify the needs of external stakeholders, recognize opportunities for healthcare solutions and data-generation, and proactively address the needs by collaborating with internal stakeholders and leveraging external partnerships

The Position

We're looking for a passionate and driven Sr. Medical Scientific Liaison who will build trusted partnerships with external stakeholders by driving peer-to-peer exchange of knowledge and improving disease awareness/understanding (in alignment with therapeutic-area/asset strategy) to facilitate appropriate patient-management decisions.
From the clinical development phase onwards, inform strategic decisions, support organizational goals, and help improve patient care, by developing a deep understanding of the therapeutic area and healthcare landscape (including stakeholder networks and patient care pathways), and gathering actionable insights.
You will identify the needs of external stakeholders, recognize opportunities for healthcare solutions and data-generation, and proactively address the needs by collaborating with internal stakeholders and leveraging external partnerships

Duties & Responsibilities

• Stakeholder engagement
  • From the clinical development phase onwards, identify, profile, and strategically engage with relevant external stakeholders in the territory, to build long-term partnerships and facilitate early clinical adoption. The stakeholders may include (but are not limited to) External Experts (EEs),Healthcare Providers (HCPs), Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and Healthcare Organizations (HCOs)
  • Develop a deep understanding of stakeholder network, healthcare landscape, and patient-care pathways, in collaboration with internal cross-functional team members. Utilize this understanding to develop and execute a territory-specific strategic stakeholder engagement plan that supports the TA/asset Scientific Objectives (SOs) and priorities, and is aligned to Integrated Asset Plan (IAP)
  • Understand and apply the skills and behaviors of the Hybrid Customer Engagement Model for Medical (H-CEMM) and Strategic Account Management (SAM) while engaging with external stakeholders
  • Communicate scientific data and asset value-proposition effectively, using omnichannel orchestration, ensuring that individual preferences and needs of external stakeholders are met
  • Recognize the gaps in patient journeys, and identify opportunities that aim to improve referral pathways
  • Lead/support activities such as medical education, preceptorships, round-table discussions, advisory boards and congresses (scientific sessions & Medical booth)
• Gathering insights
  • Proactively gather & record action-focused insights related (but not limited) to disease management, healthcare landscape, patient journey, stakeholder network, clinical data gaps, educational gaps, clinical development, competitors, future trends, content feedback, efficacy/safety of our medicines, health equity, market access, patient outcomes, stakeholder needs, and product use in practice
  • Share insights internally to Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams (as appropriate), to stimulate scientific exploration, and identification of collaborative opportunities
  • Develop and execute (or support development and execution of) strategies/actions based on the insights
• Collaborations
  • Share learnings with internal cross-functional teams, and collaborate to maximize opportunities
  • Support Clinical Development & Operations team in activities such as site/investigator identification, site-initiation, and identification of recruitment gaps
  • Collaborate with Market Access/Healthcare Economics & Outcomes Research/Healthcare Affairs team for discussions on scientific data and asset value-proposition
  • Explore the needs & challenges of patients, in collaboration with Patient Engagement team
  • Support the implementation of Early Access (or related) Programs
  • Support the development of resources and delivery of trainings for internal medical and non-medical functions
  • Lead/support identification & briefing of external speakers
  • Collaborate with, or support, internal and external stakeholders for data generation, including real world evidence (e.g., for External Collaborative Research, Observational Non-Interventional Studies, and Investigator Initiated Studies).

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or has a bachelors degree in life / health sciences
• Ability to collaborate with different internal and external stakeholders, to develop & strengthen trusted partnerships
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to use technical and digital tools including Microsoft Office 365 applications, and an aptitude for learning new software, to perform all aspects of the job
• Ability to manage time and resources optimally
• Demonstrates proactive attitude, growth mindset, agility, emotional intelligence, teamwork, trustworthiness, resilience, accountability and leadership
• Willingness to travel (within the territory/nation, and occasionally internationally)
• Open to work in extended hours including weekends
• Ability to fulfil key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with respective responsibilities
• Knowledge of local healthcare systems and clinical practices related to patient care – preferred
• Experience within the pharmaceutical industry and/or related scientific/clinical area – preferred

Our Company

Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,300 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com

Why Boehringer Ingelheim?

With us, you can develop your own path in a company with a culture that knows our differences are our strengths - and break new ground in the drive to make millions of lives better.

Here, your development is our priority. Supporting you to build a career as part of a workplace that is independent, authentic and bold, while tackling challenging work in a respectful and friendly environment where everyone is valued and welcomed.

Alongside, you have access to programs and groups that ensure your health and wellbeing are looked after - as we make major investments to drive global accessibility to healthcare. By being part of a team that is constantly innovating, you'll be helping to transform lives for generations.

Want to learn more? Visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com