MSL/Senior MSL, Aesthetics Portfolio - TN, MO, KS

AbbVie Inc.; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 125,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a field-based Medical Science Liaison (MSL) to strategically support scientific objectives across a designated geography.

You will build and maintain relationships with healthcare professionals, present AbbVie’s science, and collaborate on medical affairs initiatives. The Senior MSL will work with cross-functional teams, support investigator-initiated studies, and ensure accurate documentation while traveling up to 75% within the territory.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., PharmD, MD/DO, PhD).
• Senior MSL typically requires 3+ years; MSL typically 0–2 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other software; strong written/verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and maintain professional relationships with thought leaders, academic centers, and researchers in assigned therapeutic areas.
• Present scientific information and education to healthcare professionals across the product lifecycle.
• Support research initiatives with AbbVie R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs, including investigator meetings and external collaborations.
• Prepare the marketplace in new therapeutic areas, creating awareness and relationships within the medical community.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and commercial partners to develop and execute account plans.
• Provide medical/scientific responses to questions and conduct ongoing training for medical affairs and field staff.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and timely documentation of HCP interactions.

Skills

Strategic communication

Presentation skills

Teaching skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Advanced degree (PhD/MD/PharmD)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 124500
• Salary Max: 236500
• Workday Global Grade: 19
• Compensation: USD 124,500 - USD 236,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

• A field based scientific expert that strategically supports the research and business objectives of a designated therapeutic area across the product life cycle for a specific geography/territory
• The primary communicator of AbbVie science within a specific geography with healthcare professionals.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with internal and external customers to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support to AbbVie initiatives in assigned therapeutic areas.
• Viewed as a peer scientific expert in a designated therapeutic area/product.

Combined with strong strategic vision, market therapeutic area awareness, as well as clinical expertise, the MSL/Senior MSL serve as a conduit of information, education, and research activities for physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies in development or commercialized by AbbVie.

The MSL/Senior MSL works closely with other AbbVie personnel to ensure information, education, and research needs of healthcare professionals are met and to ensure scientific and technical training needs of commercial organizations are identified and met.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop, and maintain professional relationships with thought leaders, academic centers, and researchers in assigned areas of therapeutic interest to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the designated therapeutic/product area
• Present scientific information and education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape, and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare professionals including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and other health care professionals.
• Support research initiatives as requested by AbbVie R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs Departments and physician-initiated projects including, but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and external collaboration management.
• Prepares marketplace in new therapeutic areas of interest, which includes creating awareness and relationships for AbbVie in the Medical community.
• Creates, maintains, and collaborates in relationships with internal cross-functional partnerships, Works with in-field commercial teams, as appropriate, to develop and execute Account plans designed to support and meet shared business objectives. Serves as a scientific resource to commercial partners, as appropriate, to support activities
• Serve as a medical/scientific resource to healthcare providers through answering unsolicited medical questions and addressing other clinically related medical information issues.
• Support and provide Conduct on-going training to medical affairs, field sales and other internal personnel as directed.
• Practices core capabilities in strategic segmentation, as well as optimal resource utilization.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and Procedure, including accurate and timely documentation as it relates to HCP (Healthcare Professionals) interactions. Responsible for maintaining annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (i.e., Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD, in a relevant scientific discipline. Doctorate strongly preferred in a health science or clinical discipline.
• Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience for a Senior MSL
• Typically requires a minimum of 0-2 years of relevant experience for an MSL
• Must be able to identify, analyze, and translate specific territory and corporate needs to support internal and external customers and achieve business and clinical objectives.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, and other software skills; Excellent written/verbal communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and teaching skills; Ability to work independently and in a team structure; Ability to adjust effectively to work within new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures; Strong planning and organizational skills; team and leadership skills
• An essential requirement of the position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to enter facilities and organizations in your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases.
• Ability to learn and convey clinical and non-clinical technical information effectively
• Ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information
• Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.

The candidate must live in the territory or willing to self-relocate within the territory. The preference is for the candidate to be located Nashville, Memphis, St. Louis or Kansas City

Job grade, level, and title will bedeterminedby the selected candidate’s credentials, education, and experience.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.