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Medical Science Liaison (m/f/d) Austria

ID:  2207
Date of Posting:  Jan 12, 2026
Business Area:  Medical
Job Type:  Direct Employee
On site / Remote / Hybrid:  Remote
Hub Office: 

Großebersdorf, AT

Territory: 
Full-Time or Part-Time:  Full Time
Seniority:  Mid-senior

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We’ve always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Country Head Switzerland & Austria and working as part of a dynamic, supportive and well-respected team, the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will provide customer-oriented activities, giving medical and scientific support for all core products in Austria in accordance with local codes of practice in place.

The MSL will develop professional relationships with key customers to understand and improve the patient care journey (e.g. diagnosis, accessibility to treatment, disease awareness, and facilitate the development of scientific programs).  Through participation in the training of regional and national experts on the scientific data, the MSL will become an expert in the rare disease field.

Key Responsibilities

  • Scientific Expertise: Establish themselves as an internal and external product and diseases state expert, communicate and disseminate scientific information, ensure impactful customer interaction, deliver internal and external product and disease state training
  • KOL Management: Serve as primary scientific contact with HCPs, coordinate and engage medical interactions with KOLs, organize specific events and develop medical collaboration
  • Territory Management: Implement and track territory plan including treatment pathways, protocols as well as practices, analysis of hospitals, KOLs, competitor activities, studies and trends
  • Ownership of medically led projects
  • Represent the medical department and the company at national and international meetings, congresses and symposia and reporting from relevant sessions
  • Be able to tailor communication across multiple health care professional groups.

Required Education

Life Sciences Degree essential, PhD or MSc preferred

Required Skills and Experience

  • Strong communicator in a one-to-one and group and remote setting, verbal and non-verbal using appropriate industry and medical language.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with company policies.
  • Capacity to work within a matrix organization and professionally manage multiple stakeholders
  • Excellent project planning, organisation, implementation, and tracking skills.
  • Proven experience in the pharmaceutical industry  in medical affairs, clinical research, or related medical field
  • Relevant experience in the rare diseases and/or specialty care (prescription and hospital business)

Technical Competencies

  • Familiarity with code of conduct for pharmaceutical product compliance
  • Familiarity with review and approval process of promotional and educational materials 
  • Usage of project management tools.
  • Experience in interpretation of scientific data and writing of scientific information
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, medical information systems (i.e. Veeva) and database management (i.e. CRM)

Required Behaviours and Competencies

  • Embracing Recordati's identity and living our company purpose 
  • Capacity to work in multi cultural environment
  • Positive and enthusiastic attitude 
  • Good interpersonal skills  and ability to quickly build up relationships 
  • Proactivity and intrapreneurial mindset 
  • High sense of responsibility and commitment 

Required Languages

German and English fluency

Travel required in %

The Medical Science Liaison is expected to spend approximately 70% of her/his time on customer-facing activities during the year.

At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.

If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.

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