Canada_Medical Science Liaison

Celltrion Group provides biosimilar and innovative biopharmaceutical medications to help increase patient access to advanced therapies around the world.
Celltrion Group offers biologics to about 110 countries, along with more than 30 global partners around the world. With hands-on experience and knowledge accumulated through years of working in the advanced pharmaceutical markets around the world, Celltrion Group has been securing distribution channels and providing patients with biosimilars at affordable prices.

POSITION SUMMARY

The mission of the Medical Science Liaisons is to be the trusted scientific partners in the field for external experts and decision-makers engaging in mutual scientific exchanges to accelerate data dissemination. Celltrion HC’s Medical Field base team enhances the knowledge of the scientific and medical value of our products in their respective therapeutic areas, and gather new insights by bringing cutting edge scientific exchange. This is a field-based position focused on establishing and maintaining peer-to-peer relationships with external Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and other relevant healthcare professionals (HCPs). Additionally, MSLs directly report to the Medical Manager should work and communicate very closely with the Marketing team, as well as the Market Access and the BD teams as needed.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for Quebec and Atlantic Canada provinces, which incorporates multiple territories with different key account managers, needs, and priorities

• Maintain clinical/scientific expertise and serve as subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders.

• Establishes and maintains healthcare professional relationships with physicians and other clinicians to provide scientific exchange per predefined targets and objectives and to ensure the safe and effective use of Company products.

• Interact with top regional KOLs as a key company point of contact for products of Celltrion HC Canada’s portfolio, related activities for the medical community, with an initial focus on immunology products, and build & maintain positive relationships with KOLs through the continuous customer education and engagement

• Identify and interact with Scientific Experts or other relevant stakeholders (i.e., patient advocacy groups) through credible and accurate medical/scientific exchanges of information

• Deliver scientifically meaningful medical programs and ensure execution of medical activities

• Deliver MSL related activities in the specific geography (where located) to engage KOLs in value added provision of clinical and scientific information/data to health professionals via scientific exchanges/presentations

• Contribute to the planning & execution of symposia, advisory board, consultant meetings, and/or meetings with KOLs and other HCPs

• Ensure cross-functional collaboration that supports on-time delivery and flawless execution of field initiatives

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of competitor products, activities and medical strategies

• Provide information relevant to the medical landscape in the assigned region, and continuously update knowledge & expertise on products, treatment trends, competitive direction, unmet medical needs, clinical trials, and scientific activities

• Provide training, education and expert therapy area knowledge to internal staff and commercial partners

• Provide strategic execution insights for outcome research studies, and develop local RWD generation strategy

• Provide appropriate medical and scientific support to the generation of data via supporting HCPs and academia in investigator-initiated studies, non-interventional studies, and the generation of real-world evidence

• Provide medical & scientific support to marketing, marketing access, patient access, business intelligence, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, etc.

• Ensure all activities are in compliance with regulations, and internal processes & SOPs

• Contribute to the development and/or review of medical content within promotional and non-promotional materials

• Ability to travel extensively (up to 60-70%)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Experience in medical affairs (academic or industry) is required, experience in biologics and IMIDs is required (especially in IBD), experience in the management of clinical studies is a strong asset, experience in oncology is a plus

• Experience supporting and collaborating with recognized key opinion leaders (KOLs)

• Experience with Biologics including biosimilars is required

• Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology, project management

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Demonstrate critical leadership capabilities including strategic thinking, driving results, execution excellence, collaborating, and influencing

• Demonstrate enthusiasm, strong initiative, high sense of urgency, and being comfortable managing conflicts

• Embrace an agile mindset to develop necessary processes to ensure consistent deliverables, and know how to organize people and activities effectively to achieve impactful outcomes

• Display sound business judgement and business acumen

• Ensure cooperative and collaborative communication and execution between all internal stakeholders

• Excellent communication skills (i.e., verbal, written, presentations) and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in cross-functional teams.

• Ability to learn and convey medical/scientific information to healthcare professionals and decision-makers; Translate clinical and/or medical data into compelling messages to help physicians best serve their patients

• Knowledge of clinical trials designs /HEOR, and RWE studies 

• Ability to prepare and deliver high quality presentations and/or interpretation of scientific or clinical research publications.

EDUCATION

• Doctorate level Degree (e.g. MD, PhD, or PharmD)