Medical Science Liaison

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

MSLs embody our medical mission in becoming a trusted, agile partner who engages in relevant dialogue and delivers timely, high impact data and insights that advance the science or accelerate access, optimize medical practice and drive appropriate adoption of BMS medicines. The MSL role is a field-based role, and it is anticipated that a MSL will spend their time in the field with external customers.

The primary role of MSLs is to develop and maintain contact with Thought Leaders (TL) and Healthcare Providers (HCP) within their healthcare system. The purpose of interactions is to ensure patients have access to BMS medicines, to ensure their safe and appropriate use through peer-to-peer discussions aligned with medical strategies and needs expressed by the stakeholders. The scientific dialogue focuses on scientific/clinical information around disease management and BMS products in a fair and balanced way and includes appropriate Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) data.

Key Responsibilities:

1. External Environment and Customer Focus:

• Develop and maintain interactions with Thought Leaders, appropriate HCPs, and access stakeholders, within a given geography to answer scientific, unsolicited product and HEOR related questions. MSLs will use various channels for interactions (1:1, group presentation; remote, etc.).

• Effectively present information to HCPs and be able to respond to questions, ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures, ethical and legal guidelines and directives.

• Actively assess the medical landscape by meeting with Thought Leaders to understand their needs and expertise.  Continuously update own knowledge in treatment strategies, products, unmet medical needs, clinical trials and scientific activities. Understand the competitive landscape and actively prepare to address informational needs of customers.

• Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to the medical and commercial organization to be actioned in support of the strategy development.

 2. Contribute to the Medical Plan:

• Develop territory Field Medical plan and TL Interaction plans based on therapeutic area objectives and TLs needs.

• Adopt institution/account planning approach and contribute to cross-functional institution/account plans.

• Contribute to development and delivery of scientifically meaningful medical programs/projects in line with the local Medical and Field Medical plan

 3. Provide Medical Support:

• As necessary and appropriate, support the initial and ongoing medical/scientific area and product specific training and provide key scientific updates to internal stakeholders (e.g. Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, HEOR, Market Access).

• Provide scientific support at promotional meetings by presenting unbiased scientific and clinical data, by evaluating speakers and by giving support to BMS-contracted speakers.

 4. Support Clinical Trial Activities:

• Support Interventional and Non-Interventional Research (NIR) studies (e.g. identification and assessment of potential study sites) to support patient recruitment and/or discussions around the safe and effective use of BMS investigational products, as agreed with local medical management and as defined by the study scope document.

• Provide recommendations and insights to clinical development team on study and site feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with local medical management.

• Actively support CRO sponsored studies as agreed with local medical management and as defined by the study scope document.

• Support HCPs in the ISR submission process as agreed with local medical management.

5. Support Patient Safety Activities:

• Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alert appropriate BMS personnel to any Adverse Events identified.

Qualifications & Experience

• Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Experienced in adult learning methodologies, Instructional design experience with excellent verbal and written communication, customer service, team-oriented with project management skills.
• Strong business expertise and ability to understand business strategy, Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects in a dynamic and ambiguous environment, Skilled in consulting, influencing and interacting with Sr. Leaders, Strong facilitation and presentation skills a must.
• Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications: MD, PharmD, DVM or PhD required.
• Travel: based on business needs.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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BMS will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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