Medical Science Liaison

Janssen Saudi Arabia is recruiting for a **Medical Science Liaison - Immunology **to be located in **Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.**

**Duties & Responsibilities**

To maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals.

To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients’ treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other partners) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.
- To keep abreast of the **medical and scientific knowledge.**
- Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
- Development and maintenance of a **contact network with Leading Specialists **.
- Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area
- Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions
- Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches
- Represents the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor/ Medical Lead/Medical Director
- **Pr **o **a **ctive and reactive communication **of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences:

- Communicates directly and proactively scientific information of our products within the approved label
- Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs
- Responds to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
- Organization and participation in **Medical Education activities**:

- Identify/support/educate speakers
- Build Medical Education programs with scientific third parties
- Organization and participation in **Advisory Boards **in cooperation with Medical Advisor/Medical Lead/Medical Director
- Provision of **scientific support to company Sales Representative**
- Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Department as appropriate
- Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate
- Support Medical Affairs **study execution**
- Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
- Proposes investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
- Participates in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation
- Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision
- Through scientific interactions, **gain valuable insight **into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision-making
- Achieve main performance measures **(Performance Goals)**

**Qualifications**:

- Pharmacists/Physician bachelor's degree, postgraduate studies is an advantage
- 2 years experience in multinational pharmaceutical company (working as medical science liaison is an advantage)
- Scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer
- to-peer relationship. Preferably with pharmaceutical industry experience
- Highly customer focused with an awareness of the importance of business results
- Innovative with the ability to coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment

**Technical/Functional Skills Required**
- Excellent presentation & communication skills
- Flexible to travel within the GCC region and to spend 80% of their time in the field
- Deep knowledge of the Immunology therapeutic area (Dermatology and Rheumatology in specific), strength in research and interpretation of medical data
- Relevant work experience & scientific acumen in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer-to-peer relationship
- Awareness of business strategy and high customer focus with an understanding of the importance of business results
- Innovative, able to work in a matrix and coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment

**Leadership Behaviors Required**
- **LIVE OUR CREDO**: Puts the needs of Our Credo stakeholders first, pursues the highest standards of quality, safety, compliance & ethics and E