MEDICAL SCIENCE LIAISON

1. Primary Purpose and Overall Objectives: 

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based resource that supports the scientific medical strategy of High Medical Value (HMV) bioMérieux diagnostic solutions, by proving and communicating their value across the entire patient’s journey and to a broad set of stakeholders. 

2.  Main Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain the highest scientific and medical knowledge in the relevant fields and be acknowledged internally and externally as an expert 

• Deliver high quality medical education presentations in a variety of settings (F2F and Hospital Meetings)

• Ensure all the stakeholders’ questions/concerns are answered/addressed in a timely, accurate and balanced way

• Support healthcare institutions in defining and deploying the most appropriate diagnostic recommendations, based on data availability, context and guidelines

• Facilitate the intra-departmental collaboration within healthcare institutions (i.e. between the Laboratory and clinicians) to set up local diagnostic flow charts, maximize the cost-effectiveness of bioMérieux solutions and ensure their proper adoption

• Engage HCPs in bi-directional scientific exchanges, collect insights on patient's journey and current clinical practices, and obtain valuable feedbacks on bioMérieux diagnostic solutions to be shared with internal stakeholders

• Understand customers’ needs and expectations and ensure internal functions support those needs

• Drive the identification, mapping and profiling of KI stakeholders 

• Create and maintain collaborative relationships with National/Regional Opinion Leaders (OLs) and other external stakeholders, including scientific professional organizations

• Build advocacy and develop a speakers bureau who talks on behalf of the Company at congresses and other scientific events

• Establish centers of excellence as benchmark for other sites to model 

• Train and scientifically advise internal stakeholders [i.e. mentoring and shadowing Clinical Education Managers (CEMs)]

• Develop/review/validate the scientific content of educational materials

• Support market access activities, in order to develop Regional Diagnostic-Therapeutic Pathway 

• Contribute to manage company-sponsored post-market studies, showing high confidence in handling all the phases of the process, including site identification, feasibility assessment and monitoring

• Support investigator-initiated trials (IITs) in line with global strategy and according to Medtech requirements and bioMérieux SOPs

3. Qualifications: Education and Work Experience, Skills and Competencies:

• Medical Doctor (ideally in either Infectious Diseases or Clinical Microbiology) OR University scientific degree (PhD in a research science would be desired), with at least 2-3 yrs professional experience within pharma or IVD industry in Medical Affairs functions. Previous experience in a MSL Field Medical based position is also preferred.

• Expertise in Infectious Diseases and/or Clinical Microbiology is preferred, along with a strong KOLs network and a solid reputation within the scientific community

• Expertise in handling clinical trials and knowledge of National clinical research legislation is a plus

• Expertise in reviewing and analyzing scientific literature

• Solid communication and presentation skills

• Business acumen

• Customer orientation 

• Excellent planning and execution capabilities to drive for results

• Extensive interpersonal skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams

4 . Scope and Resources Accountability, Travel Time, Performance Indicators:

•  Scope and Resources Accountability: HMV IVD portfolio solutions (syndromic testing, AMR/AMS and Sepsis); N/A

•  Travel Time: Availability to travel up to 70% of the time

•  Financial Indicators (revenue, budget, etc.): N/A 

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):  KI stakeholders interactions, hospital meetings,  publications/abstracts/posters accepted,  internal training courses conducted,   post-market studies initiated (company sponsored or supported), oral communications at scientific conferences

•  Key Contacts (internal / external) and Interfaces: External [Clinicians (IDs, ICU, ER, Hematology), Microbiologists, Scientific Societies, Payers, Health authorities]; Internal (Local/EME/Global Marketing, Global/EME Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, Customer Service)