Medical Science Liaison, Oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The MSL will develop scientific partnerships and provide crucial support for new oncology products. Candidates should have an advanced degree and experience in the pharmaceutical industry. This role thrives in a collaborative and dynamic environment, offering a chance to impact patient lives significantly.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Opportunity for personal growth

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or clinical/scientific research (oncology experience preferred).
• Stay current on scientific and clinical trends, treatment landscapes, unmet medical needs.
• Collect and transform field medical insights into actionable goals.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scientific partnerships with external stakeholders.
• Execute field medical tactics for product launches.
• Lead scientific communications with investigators on data publication.

Skills

Excellent communication and scientific presentation skills

Ability to work independently in an agile team

Strong understanding of the Korean healthcare environment and regulatory landscape

Change agility

Scientific agility

Education

Advanced degree in a relevant scientific field (MD, PharmD, PhD, or MSc preferred)

Job description

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Position Summary

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL), Oncology is a field-based expert responsible for developing and enhancing professional relationships with thought leaders in Korea. The MSL provides scientific and clinical information through fair-balanced scientific exchange and supports launch excellence for new oncology products. In an agile team environment, the MSL plays a leading role in field medical activities, collaborating closely with field commercial colleagues to ensure successful product launches and optimal patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

External Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain scientific partnerships with external stakeholders, including thought leaders (TLs), healthcare professionals (HCPs), payers, and health authorities.
• Lead scientific exchange with HCPs, ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures, ethical guidelines, and legal directives.
• Collect and transform field medical insights into actionable goals aligned with strategic medical plans.
• Stay current on scientific and clinical trends, treatment landscapes, unmet medical needs, clinical trials, and competitor activities.
• Implement and execute individual TL interaction plans in a timely manner.

Launch Excellence

• Execute field medical tactics for product launches, ensuring alignment with local regulations and ethical standards.
• Identify and communicate country- or population-specific medical unmet needs to inform launch strategy.
• Collaborate with field commercial partners to deliver integrated launch activities and ensure scientific alignment.
• Provide disease and product data training for internal partners as needed.
• Drive launch readiness and excellence by proactively supporting pre- and peri-launch activities.

Data Generation & Evidence

• Support BMS-sponsored interventional and non-interventional research (NIR) studies as appropriate.
• Serve as the primary contact for Investigator-Sponsored Research (ISR) and non-interventional research, ensuring compliance with company and legal guidelines.
• Identify clinical unmet needs and translate them into data/evidence generation opportunities.
• Lead scientific communications with investigators on data publication and presentation.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant scientific field (MD, PharmD, PhD, or MSc preferred).
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or clinical/scientific research (oncology experience preferred).
• Strong understanding of the Korean healthcare environment and regulatory landscape.
• Excellent communication and scientific presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently in an agile team.

Key Competencies

• Change agility: Adapt and thrive amid change and ambiguity.
• Scientific agility: Stay current with scientific advances and apply them to business needs.
• Scientific communication & customer engagement: Effectively engage HCPs to drive scientific exchange and collect actionable insights.
• Customer mindset: Focus on strategic, customer‑centric scientific exchange.
• Teamwork/Enterprise mindset: Collaborate for collective success, including close partnership with field commercial colleagues.
• Digital agility: Leverage digital tools for engagement and competitiveness.
• Analytical mindset: Use critical thinking and data‑driven decision‑making.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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