Medical Science Liaison- BeLux

Key Responsibilities

·    Translate network and needs into concrete opportunities, projects and collaborations
·    Deliver successful medical project as defined in medical/brand plans
·    Ensure timely and informative scientific / medical exchanges with external customers and internal partners, which accurately reflect scientific data, in accordance with compliance policies and procedures as well as with legal and ethical standards
·    Improve and establish/monitor regional/local opinion leaders within assigned therapeutic areas
·    Show entrepreneurship within Brand team and assigned projects
·    Ensure continuous medical education, clinical doubts resolution and responses to solicited requests of information 
·    Be a medical reference for the field force and physicians 
·    Identify, build and maintain strong relationship with local opinion leaders, promote the publication of interesting case reports, encourage doctors to present the cases in congresses and meetings and develop action plans by territory in close collaboration with commercial team
·    Develop opportunities to generate local data (i.e. publications, speaker presentations etc.)
·    Facilitate the setting up of Advisory Boards and Scientific meetings related to the top priority brands
·    Generate meetings with the physicians, obtain clinical information, design an action plan for correct usage of the treatments
·    Provide input for medical, marketing and market access activities if needed (e.g. promotional copy design, brand claims, brand reviews, market research, advisory boards etc.)
·    Deliver, quality medical education presentations in a variety of settings and obtain feedback that can be disseminated throughout the organization e.g. staff meetings, round tables, hospital meeting activities in collaboration with the commercial field-based staff
·    Support speaker meetings via developing speakers and delivering specific scientific content
·    Attend and support at International, European and local congresses / symposia (if needed or required by the needs of the business).
·    Act as an ethical leader, work closely in a team and demonstrate excellent awareness of the ethical, governance and compliance framework both internally and externally.

Job Purpose

To provide customer-facing medical, support for assigned products in the assigned territories (BeLux) in line with the Codes of conducts/Local regulations in place. To develop key customer relationships and networks to improve accessibility to the treatment, increase disease awareness, and gain better understanding about practical infield-use of the portfolio. Develop regional and local experts (ROLs) in assigned therapeutic indications (focus on psychiatry and urology). Create and maintain (new and existing) networks and alliances with key stakeholders for our key brands.

Required Education

Advanced scientific degree or equivalent in Medical, Biological Sciences required.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience & network in psychiatry and uro-oncology would be a plus.

• In-depth knowledge of drug development process and relevant guidelines.

• Experience implementing, monitoring, and/or managing clinical trials for academic clinical research or pharmaceutical/biotechnology company.

• Ability to review and interpret clinical data.

• Must be willing to travel most of the time

• Broad experience in successful implementing projects with external stake holders (project management).

 • Track record in building strong networks with external stakeholders and transforming them into solid alliances within BeLux

Required Behaviours and Competencies

• Good communicator (internal and external)
• Entrepreneurial and opportunity seeker
• Hands on project mgt and roll-out
• Competitive and focussed on results
• Highly motivated and hard worker
• Accurate with an attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent time management and ability to work independently
• Able to respond to short deadlines
• Personal and professional integrity
• Goal-oriented, with ability to plan for the long-term and execute
• Innovative and driven, with a “can do” mindset
• Creative/Resourcefulness; ability to make things happen within a small-business environment
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a professional behaviour at all times

Required Languages

Dutch

French

English

Travel required in %

20%