Senior Medical Science Liaison - Neuroscience

Job Description

• Provide scientific and medical leadership to build and maintain credible relationships with thought leaders, external experts, and key internal stakeholders of strategic importance to AbbVie.
• Establish a strong medical and scientific presence in key academic and clinical centers by supporting research, educational, and scientific exchange initiatives, while responding to requests for medical and scientific information related to responsible neuroscience therapeutic area.
• Partner effectively with cross-functional internal teams, including Medical Affairs, Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Market Access, and the Affiliate Brand Team, to align on strategy, exchange insights, and strengthen scientific understanding through clear, timely, and audience-appropriate communication.
• Serve as a key scientific liaison within Medical Affairs, translating complex scientific and clinical information into clear, practical messages for diverse stakeholders, including thought leaders, healthcare professionals, and internal teams.
• Deliver credible, compliant presentations and discussions in one-on-one and group settings, adapting communication style to different audiences and ensuring scientific accuracy, clarity, and impact.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support strategic planning, issue resolution, and execution of medical and brand priorities, while fulfilling strong functional independence, scientific integrity and in-field medical metrics.
• Contribute to the identification and prioritization of thought leaders and external experts for collaborative activities, including advisory boards, congresses, symposia, and research initiatives, ensuring high standards of scientific and educational integrity.
• Gather, synthesize, and communicate medical and field intelligence, including competitor insights, stakeholder feedback, and emerging data, to inform internal decision-making and cross-functional action.
• Attend relevant scientific meetings and congresses and work with internal stakeholders to develop concise summaries and actionable insights that support AbbVie strategic priorities and initiatives.
• Provide scientific and technical support to key thought leaders, external experts, and internal medical and clinical teams for publications and scientific or medical communications of interest.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (e.g. MD, PhD, PharmD) in scientific discipline, and experience in Neuroscience or specialty care related therapeutic area are preferred.
• MNC pharma work experience particularly in medical affairs in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for the assigned therapeutic area, and familiar in medical research and scientific communication
• Demonstrated expertise in the scientific methods applied to clinical research and current legislative/regulatory controls applicable to this research.
• Ability to comprehensively learn about new subject areas and environments and manage multiple tasks according to corporate priorities
• Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with thought leaders, physicians and multi-disciplinary healthcare team with high customer orientation.
• A good understanding of written and oral English is crucial.
• Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrity.

Additional Information

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