Senior Medical Science Liaison France (f/m) Rare Tumour, Lyon

Merck - avec plus de 300 ans de progrès et plus de 38000 employés dans le monde, se positionne en leader sur le marché Pharmaceutique, Chimique, et des Sciences de la vie. Avec passion, engagement et innovation, nous poursuivons un objectif commun : améliorer la qualité de vie. C'est pourquoi nous avons besoin de vous!

Tasks

• Identify KOLs and establish and maintain strong and deep scientific relationships with KOLs across multi-specialty disciplines, connecting to KOLs in academic and non-academic centers at the local, regional, and national level.
• Serve as a scientific expert to the medical community and facilitate the appropriate exchange of scientific information
• Communicate experts’ opinion and feedback on new data and clinical trends to Medical Affairs and translate this information into strategic recommendations to enhance science and advance patient care
• Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator-initiated research
• Collaborate with the Clinical Operations organization to enhance patient enrollment in company-sponsored clinical trials by identifying appropriate clinical trial sites, supporting clinical trial awareness, and interacting with investigators in ongoing studies
• Serve as medical lead and provide scientific support at medical congresses, support national and European medical booths staffing, participate and lead clinical support, and facilitate medical discussions at advisory boards and local scientific/medical programs
• Lead national projects such as national congresses, PAG engagement, as delegated by Country or European medical leadership
• Be familiar with country specific pharma rules and regulations, particularly as they apply to MSL activities
• Provide clinical presentations and information in response to unsolicited questions (as appropriate) in academic, non-academic, and healthcare provider settings
• Develop and execute territory plans in alignment with regional and national strategy
• Develop and maintain strong and deep relationships with clinical decision makers at local and national institutions
• Partner with cross functional teams, including HEOR/market access to develop the strategy and generation of health economic and outcomes data as needed, andpresentation of such data to relevant audiences
• Serve as mentor for other new hires and/or less-experienced MSLs
• Manage/lead relevant medical activities/projects including, but not limited to:
• Facilitate and lead field medical onboarding programs, and support training of commercial (including sales) colleagues
• Support Country Medical Director in translating the medical affairs strategy to a national KOL engagement plan and ensures the KOL development translates to individual territories
• Partner with Global Medical Information colleagues to continuously improve Standard Response Letters and efficiency of MIRF process
• As a senior member of the medical team, contribute to the national, and as needed regional, medical strategy and medical plan
• Provide scientific support to Regional Medical Director and facilitate medical discussion for national medical advisory boards
• Other duties as assigned
• Please submit your resume in both French and English. This is a field-based position located in France. The country will be divided into several territories, so kindly indicate your preferred territory in your application.

Profile

• Advanced Scientific degree or equivalent experience required. (MD, PhD, PharmD)
• Minimum of 5 years MSL experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Rare disease experience preferred, particularly in Oncology and/or Neurosciences
• Demonstrated mastery of effectively presenting clinical/scientific information
• Fluent in both French & English