Medical Science Liaison, Immunology

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with academic and community research thought leaders, appropriate HCPs, and access stakeholders, within a given geography to answer scientific, unsolicited product, and HEOR related questions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using available scientific resources and presentations.
• Effectively present information to TL/HCPs and be able to respond to questions, ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures, ethical and legal guidelines and directives.
• Actively assess the medical landscape by meeting with TL/HCPs/Access Stakeholders to understand their needs and expertise.
• Continuously update own knowledge in treatment strategies, products, unmet medical needs, clinical trials, health economics outcomes research and scientific activities.
• Understand the competitive landscape and evolving healthcare models and actively prepare to address informational needs of customers.
• Identify opportunities to partner with HCPs on disease state initiatives, collaborative research projects, and investigator sponsored research (ISR) of interest and in alignment with BMS strategic objectives.
• Attend medical congresses and local/regional meetings.
• Collect and provide meaningful medical insights and/or impact by communicating these back to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions.
• Develop geography-specific Field Medical and TL Interaction plans based on therapeutic area objectives and TLs needs.
• Adopt institution/account planning approach and contribute to cross-functional institution/account plans.
• Contribute to development and delivery of scientifically meaningful medical programs/projects in line with the local Medical and Field Medical plan.
• Establish a customer‑centric, compliant collaboration with cross‑matrix field teams within assigned geography.
• Support initial and ongoing medical /scientific area and product specific training and provide key scientific updates to internal stakeholders (e.g. Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, HEOR, Value Access & Payment).
• Provide scientific support at promotional meetings by presenting scientific and clinical data, by evaluating speakers and giving support to BMS‑contracted speakers (if applicable).
• Support Interventional and Non Interventional Research (NIR) studies (e.g. identification and assessment of potential study sites) to facilitate patient recruitment and/or discussions around the safe and effective use of BMS investigational products, as agreed with home office medical and Global Development Operations (GDO) and as defined by the study scope document.
• Provide recommendations and insights to clinical development team on study and site feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with home office medical and GDO.
• Support HCPs in the ISR submission and execution process and study follow‑up as agreed upon with home office medical and GDO.
• Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alert appropriate BMS personnel to any identified Adverse Events.
• Actively support CRO sponsored studies as agreed with home office medical GDO and as defined by the study scope document.

Requirements

• MD, PharmD, PhD, APP, PA, NP with experience in a specific Disease Area or with a broad medical background and relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Disease area knowledge and an understanding of scientific publications
• Knowledge of a scientific or clinical area, competitive landscape and patient treatment trends
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and process
• Knowledge of the national healthcare and access environment
• Knowledge of HEOR core concepts
• Excellent English language skills, spoken and written.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in medical and scientific knowledge, particularly in disease areas and clinical trial processes, while effectively communicating insights to healthcare professionals and stakeholders. Proficient in health economics outcomes research and maintaining compliance with ethical and legal guidelines.