Medical Scientific Liaison Oncology Madrid

**Medical Scientific Liaison Oncology Madrid**

**Position purpose**

The MSL shall act as a scientific expert between Bayer and the medical community through the dissemination and education of scientific data and material. The MSL establishes long-term scientific/strategic relationships with key, influential physicians/scientists/stakeholders and with related major medical associations and

academic centers of excellence. These relationships will ensure that Thought Leaders (TLs) and organizations have access to relevant scientific information and that pertinent information is shared with the medical community. The MSL uses his/her experience and knowledge interacting with key external medical and pharmacy professionals through the process of education via one-on-one interaction; small group discussion and symposia lecture presentations including interactions associated with sponsored medical education programs and research protocols. The MSL facilitates TL involvement in national, regional and local educational forums including advisory boards, symposia and Continuing Medical Education (CMEs). The MSL also serves as an important partner to internal stakeholders within Bayer by communicating relevant information from TLs to key cross-functional partners.

**Major tasks and responsibilities of position**

**1**. Strategic contribution

a. Responsible for driving medical strategy by translating the local medical plan into

implementable TL engagement strategies with cross-functional teams and identify synergies with the interests of Bayer and the general medical community

2. Data collection, analysis and interpretation

a. Responsible for reviewing and interpreting interaction analytics related to TL engagement and take appropriate actions

b. Responsible and accountable for keeping abreast with latest scientific research on

therapeutic area and competitors

c. Responsible and accountable for developing strategic perspective and strong understanding of Bayer’s commercial, go to market strategies and healthcare landscape (includes healthcare systems, competition, healthcare technology, regulations etc) so as to anticipate business and customer/stakeholder needs and shape plans accordingly

3. Managing external relationships

a. Responsible for fostering strong partnerships across MSL territories and play the role of ‘trusted advisor’ and ‘conductor’ to shape and synergize to reach win-win outcomes

b. Responsible and Accountable for identifying the right TLs to engage and maintain a current list with up-to-date segmentations as per global definitions

c. Responsible and Accountable for generating TL insights on unmet medical needs, document and communicate them to cross-functional teams to inform tactics and strategy.

d. Responsible and Accountable for implementing TL engagement strategies by building an understanding of Thought Leaders, fostering TL relationships and disseminating customer / patient-centric insights and data, whilst leveraging on various digital and physical channels to engage TLs with focused content

e. Responsible for supporting Market Access presentations of new information to hospital formularies

4. Internal support

a. Responsible for providing scientific contributions to development and implementation of Bayer-organized national, regional and local medical educational programs and gather competitive intelligence, build networks and build new material to engage with TLs.

b. Responsible for medical material creation for MSL internal comunications as required.

c. Responsible for facilitating evidence generation aligned with medical and brand strategy,including facilitating investigator-initiated research.

5. Medical Queries

a. Responsible for documenting and process medical Information queries in alignment with MI handling procedures.

**Qualifications (Education, skills, experiences and personal characteristics necessary for success in this position)**
- Has at least 3 years of experience working directly in the field with key customers/stakeholders in the oncology therapeutic area or with hospital products as an MSL (preferably) or as a sales representative with scientific skills.
- Possess basic knowledge of TA Products
- Preferable to have business acumen / knowledge, gained through academic study or work experience in a pharma or equivalent organization
- Track record of successfully dealing with internal and/or external stakeholders to develop coherent strategy/ approach or to gain support on key issues
- Successfully led workstreams / projects and organized scientific engagement platforms and events
- Has experience learning and using digital technology on-the-fly to develop communications, brand / TA campaigns and/or conduct analysis of medical data and generate insights
- Balances Stakeholders & Interpersonally Savvy - Proactively building relationships with different stakeholders
- Influencing, building trust, curability and seeking buy-in from peers / internal and exte