Job Description

Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL)

Join a leading global innovative pharmaceutical company committed to advancing patient care through scientific excellence and collaboration. Our Medical Affairs team plays a crucial role in ensuring that the scientific value of our products is understood by engaging in meaningful scientific exchanges with external medical experts and industry leaders. We foster a supportive and flexible team culture that encourages personal and professional development.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As a Medical Science Liaison (MSL), you will play a pivotal role in advancing scientific knowledge and improving patient care through non-promotional scientific exchange. You will serve as a field-based therapeutic and disease state expert responsible for supporting the company’s strategic and scientific objectives. Your role will involve engaging in balanced scientific discussions with scientific leaders (SLs) regarding assigned products and therapeutic areas (TAs). You will play a critical role in collecting actionable insights on evolving standards of care and identifying unmet medical needs to inform portfolio strategies, lifecycle management and our organizational strategies. You will translate global medical priorities and consolidated insights into localized strategies, driving initiatives such as real-world data generation, scientific communication, and educational programs aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and access to healthcare. The MSL may have opportunities to support multiple countries based on company strategies.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Primary Responsibilities

Scientific Expertise and Engagements:

• The MSL is responsible for ensuring that they are fully versed in the therapeutic area (TA) and updated on all major studies, both ongoing and completed. This includes product information on the company’s and other relevant therapies, as well as clinical data and pipeline development to provide the most accurate information to Scientific Leaders (SLs), Key Decision Makers (KDMs), and the healthcare community in a balanced manner to improve patient care.

• As a product and disease state expert, the MSL engages in non-promotional scientific exchanges with SLs and KDMs.

• Facilitate peer-to-peer communication by providing balanced medical and scientific information tailored to the professional interests and needs of SLs and KDMs on their roster.

• Attend and participate in scientific congresses and meetings, both in Malaysia and internationally, to understand the role of emerging data in patient treatment within the therapeutic area covered.

• Utilize scientific and medical expertise to communicate scientific information effectively in both individual and group presentations, aligned with the Field Medical SOP.

• Respond to unsolicited requests for medical, scientific, pipeline, and organizational product information from SLs or KDMs, through appropriate channels, utilizing appropriate approved scientific materials and ensuring proper documentation of these interactions.

• Ensure that various engagement metrics, both quantitative and qualitative, are achieved.

Strategic Execution:

• Prepare and execute the Country Medical Affairs Plans within the scope of local and global policies, local rules and regulations and aligned with the Field Medical SOP

• Adapt Global Value & Implementation (V&I) Goals and Strategies to the country’s context to support and lead initiatives in local real-world data generation, facilitate scientific communication, develop educational programs, and other tactics and solutions to improve patient outcomes and enhancing access within the country.

• Lead and support the preparation of non-promotional Medical Education Programs.

• Execute country advisory boards and group input forums to inform company strategy.

• Performing all company business in accordance with company policies and procedures and country regulations.

Internal Collaboration:

• Provide strategic medical inputs and actionable insights internally on scientific gaps, ideas and other topics gathered from scientific exchange to inform areas of interest, clinical trial programs, development programs, and company TA and product strategy.

• Deliver on-label medical insights and training to internal colleagues, including information on the organization’s and competitors’ products and disease states, leveraging therapeutic knowledge.

Clinical Research, Data Generation:

• Work with Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO) to identify potential investigators/sites for Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials, as appropriate.

• Alert investigators to the Company's program for Investigator Initiated Study Proposals (MISP) and to the process for submitting investigator designed proposals for review and approval; encourage and facilitate research publication of MISP studies supported by the Company, in strict compliance with global/local guidance regarding MISP's.

ABOUT YOU:

Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications required:

• MD; PhD in health or life sciences; PharmD, or a pharmacy degree.

• Ability to think critically and strategically about the implications of scientific data and market trends.

• 1-2 years in an in-field customer facing role and experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Clear and concise communication skills (verbal, written, presentations).

• Strong interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration in cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.

• Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology.

• Learning agility with the ability convey medical/scientific information to healthcare professionals and decision-makers, varying degrees of scientific acumen.

• Ability to develop and maintain strong, trust-based relationships.

• Knowledge of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines/code, regulatory/reimbursement framework and clinical research guidelines (ICH-GCP, Declaration of Helsinki).

• Ability to travel extensively (up to 70% of the working week).

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized. We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Corporate Strategy Development, Data Generation, Healthcare Education, International Travels, Learning Agility, Medical Affairs, Medical Information Services, Medical Knowledge, Medical Literature Review, Medical Marketing Strategy, Medical Teaching, Medical Terminology, Organizational Management (OM), Organizational Strategy, Peer-to-Peer, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Professional Integrity, Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies, Scientific Communications, Stakeholder Engagement {+ 1 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

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Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

04/12/2026

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