Medical Science Liaison Cardiovascular/immunology

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**Position Summary**

The primary role of the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialogue with healthcare system leaders such as Regional Thought Leaders (RTLs), National Thought Leaders, and Healthcare Professional (HCPs) within a defined geography to optimize medical practice and drive appropriate adoption of BMS clinical/scientific data and to translate science into patient care.

The MSL captures medical insights and acts as a clinical & scientific advisor to cross-functional partners. Ensures applicable interactions are aligned with enterprise and medical strategies and ultimately serve to ensure patients have access to BMS medicines through their efforts to ensure the medical community is fully apprised of their safe and effective use. Additionally, the MSL will work with medical community to address other pertinent scientific related questions not limited to approved assets and indications. MSL engagement with HCPs is focused on pre
- and peri-launch activities or according to lifecycle needs of the brand.

The MSL will engage in educational dialogue with relevant HCPs and share relevant clinical evidence and information based on the physicians' needs and in accordance with the field medical plan.

This role is field-based, and it is anticipated that the employee will spend 80% of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders, while also supporting internal stakeholders and continuing to maintain a high level of therapeutic expertise.

**Key Responsibilities**

Develops trusted relationships with appropriate academic and community Thought Leaders (TLs) in **Cardiovascular and Immunology**through high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialogue in both proactive and reactive settings. The MSL will use various channels for interactions (1 to 1 discussions, group presentations, virtual, etc.)

Medical engagement:

- **Develops and maintains credible connections** with key Thought Leaders (TLs) and supports dialogue in scientific community with appropriate HCPs in **Cardiovascular and Immunology**through high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialogue.
- ** Effectively collaborates and engages** in scientific dialogue with TLs to gain insights on clinical landscape to ensure development of a medical plan that is both product/disease area focused and translates into effective launch
- ** Proactively**engages in scientific and clinical conversation with HCPs and understanding TLs networks to ensure development of a medical plan that is both product/disease area focused and translates into effective launch and LCM activities.
- Engages with medical societies, PAGs (Patient Advocacy Groups) and guideline committee members as appropriate.
- Provides training for external speakers and acts as speaker as needed.
- Addresses unsolicited HCP questions
- ** Appropriately documents and achieve** annual goals
- Leverages digital capabilities to enhance medical engagement
- Contributes to institution/account planning approach

Clinical Trial engagement:

- Provides recommendations and insights to clinical development team/RCO on study feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators
- Liaises with key accounts to understand clinical barriers to patient access and ensuring equity in access to clinical trials.
- Support Interventional and Non-Interventional Research (NIR) studies (e.g. identification and assessment of potential study sites) to facilitate patient recruitment and/or discussions around the safe and effective use of BMS investigational products
- Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alert appropriate BMS personnel to any identified Adverse Events
- Support CRO sponsored studies as defined by the study scope document

**Required Qualifications & Experience**
- Relevant medical or scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, etc) with experience in a specific Disease Area or with a broad medical background or relevant pharmaceutical experience
- Strong **Cardiovascular**experience required, **Immunology desired**:

- scientific or clinical disease area knowledge, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape
- pharmaceutical industry including compliance and regula