Sr. Medical Science Liaison US Immunology Biosimilars -Central/Southeast Region (DC/Chicago/Atlanta)

Job Description

About This Role

As a Biogen Biosimilars Unit MSL you will support medical education through peer to peer engagement with thought leaders, select US clinics & large group practices, payers and other stakeholders specializing in rheumatology/immunology, and other areas where Biogen biosimilar is developing and/or commercializing products. You will support the BBU’s advancing biosimilar clinical and research programs by delivering clinical, scientific, and technical education to the rheumatology community. You will be responsible for cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships with influential members of the medical community to promote company, disease state and therapeutic awareness, in addition to serving as an advanced technical, scientific, and medical expert in the rheumatology community for the assigned region. In addition, you will be responsible for developing, coordinating and assuring implementation of BBU corporate, scientific, and clinical strategies with these thought leaders within academic, clinical, and healthcare organizations. These scientific exchanges will support and/or expand current therapeutic concepts, as well as ensure the safe and effective utilization of Biogen biosimilar product(s).

Additionally, you may support Biogen biosimilar research initiatives including Real World Evidence generation, and investigator-sponsored studies. You will also participate in and contribute to projects and initiatives that increase the value and productivity of the Medical Affairs team.

1. This territory will cover the Central/Southeast (MD, VA, NC, TN, SC, GA, FL, LA, OH, IL, MN, MI).  The successful candidate must live within the boundaries of the territory and the preferred location will be in Chicago, Baltimore/DC, Atlanta, Miami or large metro area within territory.

What You’ll Do

• Establish the Biogen biosimilars unit as a leading organization committed to patient access and the advancement of biosimilars as a new treatment option.
• Maintain clinical, scientific and technical expertise in Rheumatoid Arthritis and other relevant and future disease state areas.
• Heighten medical affairs presence and visibility by leading individual projects and initiatives.
• Collaborate within medical affairs, clinical development, commercial and serve as a Biogen biosimilar resource to HCPs, large group medical practices, payers and formulary decision-makers.
• Develop and track key medical experts (KME) engagement plans – identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with KMEs within assigned region in order to further understand and educate on relevant medical and scientific areas.
• Participate in medical and scientific exchanges with the medical/ scientific community including advisory boards in a compliant manner.
• Provide medical/ clinical teams with feedback and insights from interactions with KOLs and payers.
• Deliver scientific presentations and respond to and document unsolicited requests for information on Biogen biosimilar products and clinical programs to HCPs and payers.
• Support internal requests for dossier review and comment, medical review/consideration of potential business development opportunities and other unique projects as requested.
• Participate in/support the training of Biogen biosimilar field and home office employees.
• Facilitate research collaborations (including Real-World Evidence [RWE] generation and investigator-initiated trials [IITs] with key investigators including helping identify, establish and maintain such collaborations.
• Represent the company at medical meetings through Medical Affairs’ Scientific Booth coverage and other related activities.
• Engage in speaker identification, training and evaluation and provide support for advisory board meetings as requested.
• Collaborate with US Market Access & Reimbursement and Commercial colleagues for thought leader and institutional engagement where appropriate.

Who You Are

You have demonstrated a proficiency presenting to HCPs and payers on relevant clinical impact for the medical community and to payer formulary decisions. You thoroughly understand rheumatology, the biosimilar development process, biosimilar products, clinical protocols and related procedures. You enjoy working in a collaborative effort towards a common goal and have exceptional communication skills. In addition, you are passionate about science and deep scientific knowledge while keeping patients, payers and physicians front and center in your daily work.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Advanced Scientific or Clinical degree; doctoral (MD, PhD, PharmD) level preferred.
•  Must have minimum 5 years experience to be considered for the Sr. MSL role and a minimum of 2 years experience for an MSL in a clinical or pharmaceutical environment.
• . Experience in rheumatology/immunology and/or in supporting biosimilars/biologics is preferred.
• Solid base knowledge as a subject matter expert in rheumatic diseases and/or the biosimilarity concept.
• Ability to engage in thoughtful and compliant Scientific Exchange.
• Exhibited marked curiosity about healthcare and business opportunities and develop solutions quickly to take advantage of emerging opportunities.
• Have a strong and trusted cross-functional working relationship to enable rapid alignment on compliant solutions/compromises to minimize/avoid delays.
• Comfortable using and experimenting with technology and have embraced and optimally utilized new tools and systems.
• Knowledgeable about the healthcare and access landscape with a clear understanding of how it impacts the customer’s behaviors and clinical practices.
• Delivered reliably against your goals in the past and were motivated to perform to meet and even exceed metrics and KPIs.

Additional information

The base compensation range for this role is $158,000 to $220,000. Additionally, this role would be eligible for participation in Biogen’s LTI grants and other incentive programs. Biogen offers a full range of benefits that include medical, dental, life, long and short-term disability insurances, vacation, end-of-year shutdown, and 401K participation and matching contributions.

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