Medical Science Liaison – Cardiovascular

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Make a difference by enhancing clinical practices within the designated territory to improve patient outcomes.

• Exhibit therapeutic knowledge and comprehend the influences within the territory and market.

• Engage scientifically with healthcare providers and medical specialists.

• Oversee and develop the assigned territory while executing activities that align with medical strategy.

• Gather significant and actionable insights to inform and guide medical strategy.

• Build and nurture professional relationships with healthcare providers and thought leaders.

• Conduct customer engagements that involve emerging data, clinical trials, patient journey obstacles, market dynamics, unmet medical needs, pipeline discussions, disease state and product education, adverse event reporting, and medical insights.

• Identify, map, and strategize medical engagements and key accounts.

• Recognize stakeholders who influence the patient journey and disease landscape.

• Formulate education, engagement, and partnership strategies.

• Spot partnership opportunities with academic institutions, centers of excellence, and healthcare systems.

• Identify opportunities for healthcare providers to engage in publications and clinical trials.

• Collaborate internally to further therapeutic-area, clinical, and product objectives.

• Provide medical support for company-sponsored clinical trials.

• Work collaboratively with Medical Affairs and Clinical Operations.

• Partner with HEOR, access, marketing, commercial, and sales teams.

• Act as a medical resource for customers and internal colleagues.

• Stay informed of internal policies and external regulations.

• Fulfill administrative duties and training, including Veeva CRM, email, voicemail, expense reports, and compliance modules.

• Profile core customers and maintain up-to-date CRM information.

• Advocate for emerging responsibilities as strategic priorities and territory needs evolve.

• Promote personal and professional development.

⛳️ Requirements

• A graduate degree in science or healthcare is required.

• Strong clinical understanding of pharmacotherapy, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, medical expert engagement strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical standards.

• For Manager level: 0–3 years of experience in a field medical position within the pharmaceutical industry or as an MSL is required, or 3–5 years of relevant medical affairs, clinical research, or related scientific/clinical experience is preferred.

• For Associate Director level: a minimum of 3 years of field medical/pharmaceutical or MSL experience is preferred, or 5–7 years of relevant medical affairs, clinical research, or related scientific/clinical experience is required.

• Residing within the assigned territory or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 50 miles from the territory border is necessary.

• Approximately 60–70% travel is required.

• A valid, fully valid, and unrestricted driver’s license is required.

• Compliance with Novartis policies and state and federal laws and regulations is essential.

• Ability to work within Ethics, Compliance, and Promotional policies is necessary.

• Previous experience in the assigned or related therapeutic area is preferred.

• The company will not sponsor visas for this position.

• Must be capable of successfully completing required initial training.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based cash incentive.

• Eligibility for consideration for annual equity awards, depending on role level.

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Life benefits.

• Disability benefits.

• 401(k) with company contribution and matching.

• Vacation.

• Personal days.

• Holidays.

• Other leaves.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Initial training, including home study, of eight or fewer hours per day and forty or fewer hours per week.