Medical Science Liaison

Job Description

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert responsible for engaging healthcare professionals, clinical experts, and key external stakeholders in support of the agreed medical strategy for an innovative therapy for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), with future potential in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG).

This position can be based in Cologne, Koblenz, Bonn, Aachen and other cities in Germany.

In this role, you will drive scientific exchange, support clinical and evidence-generation initiatives, gather actionable insights, and partner cross-functionally to ensure consistent, high-quality scientific standards. The position plays a critical part in enhancing understanding of rare lipid disorders, supporting patient pathways, and enabling informed, ethical decision-making.

Executes field medical activities in accordance with Medical Excellence standards, including qualitative insights capture, engagement planning discipline, and agreed performance measures.

Key Responsibilities

Build meaningful scientific partnerships

• Act as a trusted field-based medical and scientific expert for our product within the FCS and sHTG communities.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with KOLs, healthcare professionals and academic researchers.
• Engage in high-quality, non-promotional scientific discussions around disease pathways, clinical evidence, patient management and emerging data, always using approved medical content.
• Foster balanced, scientifically rigorous dialogue and communicate relevant information clearly and effectively.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement plans in line with Medical Excellence guidance, including stakeholder segmentation, engagement objectives, scientific exchange plans and appropriate documentation.

Turn insights into impact

• Capture meaningful, actionable insights from interactions with HCPs, scientific meetings and other stakeholder activities.
• Bring the external perspective into Medical Affairs by sharing insights that can help shape:
  • Medical strategy
  • Evidence-generation priorities
  • Stakeholder engagement plans
  • Educational initiatives
  • Key account plans and cross-functional activities
• Identify emerging challenges and opportunities across diagnosis, treatment access and unmet patient needs.
• Contribute to regular insight reviews, including monthly and quarterly discussions, helping to strengthen cross-country visibility and inform strategic decision-making.

Support medical education and scientific excellence

• Deliver engaging, scientifically robust education to HCPs, specialist centres and relevant networks.
• Partner with the Medical Advisor to develop educational content, disease-awareness initiatives and scientific resources.
• Provide scientific training and support to internal colleagues across functions, helping ensure accuracy, consistency and compliance.
• Support advisory boards, congresses and expert meetings, contributing to meaningful scientific exchange.
• Deliver and support education initiatives in accordance with Medical Excellence quality standards.

Contribute to clinical research and evidence generation

• Play an active role in evidence-generation activities, including:
  • Phase IIIb/IV studies
  • Investigator-initiated research (ISS/ISR)
  • Non-interventional studies, registries and real-world evidence (RWE) programmes
  • Patient identification and site feasibility discussions
• Engage with investigators and research sites to support study awareness, feasibility discussions and scientific collaboration.
• Bring insights from clinical practice and patient care into discussions around medical and scientific strategy.

Champion compliance and medical governance

• Ensure all field activities and materials meet internal medical governance standards, SOPs and applicable external codes of practice.
• Follow Medical Excellence ways of working, including documentation standards, appropriate use of tools and agreed KPI reporting expectations.
• Ensure all scientific exchange is balanced, accurate, compliant and non-promotional.
• Understand and consistently follow medical, regulatory and pharmacovigilance processes.

Qualifications

• An advanced degree in life sciences or a related healthcare discipline (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc or equivalent).
• Experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or healthcare industry. Previous MSL or customer-facing medical experience is preferred, but we are also open to experienced pharmaceutical sales professionals who are motivated to transition into Medical Affairs.
• Experience in specialty care, metabolic disorders or highly scientific therapy areas is beneficial.
• Proven ability to engage confidently with HCPs and build strong, trusted external relationships.
• A strong scientific mindset and the ability to understand and communicate complex scientific and clinical information clearly.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to establish credibility and build trusted relationships with clinical and scientific experts.
• Strong analytical skills and a natural ability to listen, identify meaningful insights and translate them into actionable contributions.
• The ability to work autonomously in the field, combined with strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional internal teams.
• High ethical standards and a commitment to balanced, unbiased and compliant scientific engagement.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel for external meetings, site visits, congresses and other medical events.
• Good command of English; fluency in German is required for effective engagement with local HCPs and stakeholders.

Additional Information

All Sobi employees need to demonstrate behaviors in line with Sobi's core values: Care, Ambition, Urgency, Ownership and Partnership. Are you ready to be on the Sobi team? Come join a culture that empowers every person to be the person that makes a difference for rare disease.

Why Join Us?

We are a global company with over 1,900 employees in more than 30 countries and are committed to the societies where we operate. With a deeply skilled management team directing our day-to-day wins, and a Board with a stellar track record, we’re ready to take on the world’s diseases, ailments and adversity. Our people believe they have the power to make a positive impact in others’ lives because that’s exactly what we do here. If you’re seeking a career that taps into your talents in a way that makes the world a better, healthier place, we just may have a job for you.

We know our employees are our most valuable asset, and our culture conveys that. We offer a competitive benefits package, to support the health and happiness of our staff.

Sobi Culture

At Sobi, we refuse to accept the status quo. This is because we have witnessed first-hand the challenges facing those affected by rare diseases, and have used this knowledge to shape our business to find new ways of helping them.

As a specialized biopharmaceutical company, we are dedicated to rare diseases. And we see this focus as a strength. By effectively turning our research into ground-breaking treatments, we help make medicine more accessible and open up more possibilities for patients and more opportunities for those caring for them. This has been our approach since day one, but we know we can’t change the world of rare diseases on our own. Accomplishing this requires strong partnerships with patients, partners and stakeholders across the entire value chain. Together, we define how our business can create solutions that serve the needs of those affected by rare diseases while facilitating sustainable growth.

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