Senior Medical Scientific Liaison

Job Description

Purpose: The Senior MSL is a credible and valued representative of the company in the field to interact with key stakeholders across their regions/products/TAs to establish and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders and other healthcare professionals via a scientific approach that is aligned with the Brand Team objectives and therapeutic area Medical Plan. The Senior MSL is responsible for providing a variety of external and internal customers with medical and scientific information on the appropriate utilization of specific company products and with more general information about their therapeutic area and disease state. The Senior MSL attends conferences and meetings on behalf of the company as a scientific expert with the objective of bringing back information on the latest scientific advances in a specific therapeutic area.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR)

1. External stakeholder engagement: The Senior MSL will spend up to 60% of their time in field-based and customer-facing activities by engaging in mutually beneficial 2-way dialogues with scientific experts/key opinion leaders.
2. The additional time will be office-based contributing to the holistic medical strategy for oncology. The Senior MSL engages with clinical and medical oncologists to share scientific data on DRL Oncology assets and share phase 3 clinical trial data.
3. Discuss the clinical unmet need and current treatment landscape as well as global guidelines and pipeline molecules.
4. The incumbent will also develop an adoption ladder to measure the adoption of the portfolio by the clinicians.
5. Stay abreast of all clinical developments in the specific therapeutic area and possible opportunities or challenges for the local business.
6. Collaborate outside the company with stakeholders to achieve common goals of the company - building a long-term plan of activities with leading scientific organizations and communities.
7. Coordinate planning of scientific publications in credible scientific journals, including guideline publications.
8. Perform key opinion leader mapping for relevant cancers and establish a scientific advisory board.
9. Regularly engage advisory board members.
10. Participate in other formalized and informal insights generation initiatives including formalized market research.
11. Prepare speaker development program in collaboration with the global medical affairs team.
12. Create and execute a plan for the company's collaboration with key opinion leaders.
13. Manage any product-specific EAP (Expanded Access Program).
14. Implement and disseminate high-quality medical and scientific education in the field – to give clinical and scientific presentations at sites and to key external audiences including local decision-makers and budget holders.
15. Provide input in the strategic segmentation of customers, and ensure MSL in-field material and discussion aligns with the segmentation of the key external expert.
16. Contribute towards building patient and HCP decision journeys, identify and prioritize leverage points from patient/HCP journey.
17. Contribute to the scientific elements of a detailed Brand plan for oncology assets.
18. Prepare key clinical messages for oncology assets from a scientific communication perspective.
19. Collaborate with physicians on medical affairs initiatives including publications, advisory boards, medical education opportunities, training, and speaker development.
20. Conduct continuous medical education initiatives - webinars, face to face and alternative digital channels.
21. Find innovative ways to engage with customers and increase DRL scientific share of voice.
22. Create specialized content for different target audiences.
23. Have knowledge of how to extract customer insights.
24. Identify barriers and create communication plan based on insights.
25. Prepare a formal insight gathering and dissemination plan based on KOL and field insights.
26. Develop an understanding of the regional landscape including specialties involved in the care of patients.
27. Communicate clinical insights on new data to the company Medical Affairs and to inform medical strategy for the therapeutic area.
28. Develop country-specific disease area medical strategy.
29. Data Generation Plan: Identify any data gaps and propose post-marketing studies to close the data gaps.
30. Responsible for assisting in the preparation of study synopses, study protocols, and case report forms.
31. Prepare publications and congress abstracts in collaboration with key external experts.
32. Support clinical development initiatives including site identification, trial recruitment, registry, and presentation of final approved data.
33. SalesForce Engagement: Conduct trainings with the sales team and cross-functional brand team.
34. Code of ethics and compliance: Full adherence to Dr Reddy's and South Africa code of marketing and ethical engagements with Key Opinion Leaders.
35. Complete onboarding training matrix within agreed time.
36. Maintain up-to-date training register and adherence to all company training requirements within allocated timelines.
37. Adhere to all policies and processes relevant to specific role/function including but not limited to LMRC promotional material management, contracting and procurement processes, execution of events, engagements with HCPs, expense policies, etc.
38. Strategic Vision and Leadership: Senior MSLs synthesize complex data and effectively communicate meaningful clinical insights and unanswered customer questions they receive from opinion leaders to Dr Reddy's medical and cross-functional teams.
39. BU wide Transformation initiatives: Take lead in proposing BU wide transformation initiatives which could create distinct value for the organization.
40. Facilitate implementation, review & tracking such initiatives.

Qualifications

Qualification and Experience: Qualification: PhD or masters in Pharmacy/Pharmacology or medical sciences. At least 3-5 years' experience in a medical affairs role within pharma. Oncology experience is a pre-requisite. Excellent stakeholder engagement skills. Experience in launching innovative assets. Advanced communication, medical writing, and presentation skills.

Benefits: Market-related salary, Provident Fund, Medical Aid, Performance Bonus.

Additional Information: At Dr. Reddy's we actively help to catalyze your career growth and professional development through personalized learning programs. The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy's are on par with the best industry standards, including joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture: Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy's why they come to work every day and they'll say, because Good Health Can't Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we're always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.

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