Medical Science Liaison ( Germany)

The Role

This Medical Science Liaison (MSL) position will be part of a pan-European medical affairs team and involve key strategic and operational initiatives in their responsible region.

It demands an ability to work strategically and operationally under the direction and mentorship of the Associate Medical Director and the Medical Leadership team.

The role involves variable amounts of overnight travel within the assigned region and the ability to pivot between different projects and disease states, as required.

The MSL is responsible for the scientific integrity of clinical assets and the translation of scientific and clinical insights into business concepts for Uniphar and / or its clients.

They will excel at high level scientific and strategic interactions with external key opinion leaders (KOLs), clinicians and scientists as well as internal stakeholders.

The MSL will work closely with colleagues across relevant therapy areas and other organisations within the Uniphar Group to shape and execute medical strategies, plans and tactics aligned to brand and / or company strategy with the goal of addressing unmet patients needs.

We are expanding our team of MSLs throughout 2024 across Europe, with a focus on the following therapeutic areas :

• Immunology
• Oncology
• Nueroscience

While we are open to candidates across Europe, the following countries are of particular interest :

• France
• Spain
• Germany
• Italy
• Austria
• Portugal
• Sweden
• Belgium

Responsibilities :

• Maintain high level of scientific, clinical and technical expertise in assigned therapeutic area(s) with continuous development through review of scientific / medical literature and attendance of scientific, clinical or internal meetings.
• Contribute to insight and competitive intelligence gathering, prepare summaries from scientific and medical conferences or other external meetings and communicate internally.
• Identify and engage with local, regional and global scientific and medical KOLs and other healthcare professionals to establish and nurture strong collaborative relationships.
• Provide product and therapeutic area medical expertise and relevant scientific information in response to clients, external HCPs and internal partners and engage in peer-to-peer discussions, providing fair balanced medical information at all times in accordance with applicable ethical and regulatory standards required by health authorities governing the regulation of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
• Work with manager, peers and other partners in the development of medical strategic plans and tactics to ensure they reflect the needs of the local market(s) aligned to the product brand & regional strategy.
• Collaborate with the wider medical team and other key internal stakeholders, in a local and regional market context, to support the development of strategic initiatives and implement operational plans supporting dossier submissions, product launches and commercial rollouts.
• Evaluate, review and propose, when appropriate, changes to protocols in support of the development and / or medical strategy of the assigned product(s), ensuring full compliance with regulations and procedures in place.
• Build and cultivate relationships with study site clinical research staff, clinical investigators, physicians, pharmacists, etc.

This includes supporting Clinical Operations with clinical studies (feasibility, site mapping, identification and participation).

• Support the development of data generation plans for relevant assets and their implementation, including medical assessment of health economic outcome research projects, in vitro and in vivo research and real-world data.
• Identify scientific gaps in brands, develop scientific projects, develop, and execute publication plan to advance brand objectives in collaboration with the medical team.
• Work closely with Product Access in the strategic planning and implementation of early access and named patient programmes in local markets.
• Supports the development of scientific content, including symposia, medical advisory boards and continuing medical education initiatives.
• Work with the Medical Leadership team to support Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance function / department to establish program / product regulatory strategies that best support product medical and commercial objectives ensuring compliance with applicable ethical and regulatory standards required by health authorities governing the regulation of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
• Execute all required administrative functions, including documentation of field activities, answering medical information requests, reporting adverse events, etc.
• Train commercial and medical colleagues on scientific data.

Candidate Requirements :

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Life Sciences graduate educated in MSc, PhD, PharmD, or MD level.
• 5 or more years of related professional work experience (academic, research, clinician, consulting or industry).
• 2 or more years as a field-based Medical Science Liaison required in two or more of the following areas : Haematology, Neurology, Oncology (Breast, Lung, Colorectal, Prostate).
• Experience in planning and organising advisory board meetings and / or roundtable discussions.
• Knowledge of local Health Technology Assessment Procedures.
• Experience in HEOR / Evidence Generation is an important asset.
• Clinical trials / research experience is a strong asset.
• Fluency in English and local language, written and spoken.
• Excellent oral presentation skills, writing skills and aptitude for creating reports and scientific content.
• Good team communication skills and team spirit.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership skills.

Personal Qualities for all Staff

• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to excel in an autonomous operating environment.
• Ability to communicate scientific and clinical information clearly and credibly verbally and in writing.
• Interpersonal : ability to interact easily with all levels within the organization in a tactful, mature and flexible manner.
• Committed to continuous independent learning within relevant therapeutic areas and actively attend and participate in upskilling and educational programmes.
• Must act ethically and with integrity. Ability to make sound and compliance guided judgments.
• High level of collaboration and influencing skills.
• Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Must be a self-motivator with a strong drive for result-driven success.
• Versatility and flexibility.
• Autonomy and initiative.
• Sense of humour is essential!

Uniphar Background

Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland.

Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach.

With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams.

Uniphar is organised into three key divisions : Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma

Uniphar Pharma

Pharma is a global division operating across the US, Europe, APAC and MENA, bringing a range of pharma services to manufacturers across the product life cycle.

We leverage this platform to provide unlicensed medicines or medicines that are otherwise difficult to source. In addition, we commercialise, launch, and establish brands for HCPs on behalf of pharmaceutical clients across the globe.

The core to this division is providing equitable access to medicines globally.

Culture at Uniphar

From our leadership team and across all of our divisions, Uniphar lives and breathes four key culture pillars :

1.We have a People First approach, we do the right thing and take a stand for our people.

2.We foster a strong Entrepreneurial Spirit where Adaptability, Commitment & Resilience is embodied in our way of working.

3.We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.

4. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

How we’d like to work together

As we are a global team, there is flexibility to be based in one of Uniphar’s offices or work from home. There may be a need for face-to-face meetings in other locations.

There may also some flexibility required in order to interact with colleagues or clients in their time zones (i.e. it’s not a 9 to 5’ type of job).

In return, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it through our Hybrid Working philosophy.

Please note that Uniphar is an equal-opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses.