AddressAre you an experienced medical professional and passionate about Medical Affairs? Novo Nordisk Oceania has opened a new role for a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Manager which will be located in Melbourne, Australia that will ensure Novo Nordisk therapies and products for will reach the people who need them the most by creating an environment where innovation will drive optimal health outcomes. Join us and apply now!
About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 100 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
As part of a globally successful pharmaceutical business, Novo Nordisk Oceania is a high-growth affiliate with an exciting growth trajectory and pipeline in new products and therapy areas in the coming years. We proudly live our purpose of improving the lives of patients within the therapy areas our products treat and put both patients and people firmly in the centre of everything we do.
The position
This role will define MSL strategy within Medical Affairs and lead MSLs to ensure full implementation of the medical plans.
This position requires:
- MSL Strategy - Define MSL strategy within Medical Affairs and MSLs to ensure full implementation of the Medical Plans. Also, to ensure that team has got full understanding and alignment with the medical strategy.
- Coach MSLs - to develop partnership with internal stakeholders and to interact with HCPs (Healthcare Professionals) to know their views, preferences, and interests and to know where NN (Novo Nordisk) can partner with them to meet their needs.
- Strengthen Key Opinion Leader (KOL) management - building up the capability and capacity of MSLs to ensure high quality scientific engagement and coaching the team to develop and update KOL list for assigned disease areas via thorough KOL identification, profiling, and mapping process.
- MSL competency development - Organize and conduct MSL training to fulfil the organization needs. Also, having routine co-visits of KOLs with MSLs to ensure the quality of scientific discussion and insight generation.
- Team/People Management - Recruit and establish a qualified MSL team, enhance cross-functional collaboration and alignment. Also, need to ensure strict medical compliance in MSL daily activities.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline; MBBS, Ph.D., BPharm, BSc.
- Solid knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment and the role of Medical Affairs to advance the medical and scientific objectives of a pharmaceutical company. Prior experience as a Medical Science Liaison (preferred).
- Minimum of 4 years working in a Clinical or Pharmaceutical environment (Pharma Industry preferred).
- Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with external experts, physicians and other healthcare.
- Successful track record in people management.
Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We're inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things - from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we're all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
Contact
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
Deadline
We will review your applications as you apply!
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we're life changing.
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