Remote Medical Science Liaison Job at AbbVie, New Delhi
Looking for a Medical Science Liaison role in oncology with a global pharma company? AbbVie is hiring an MSL in Oncology for a remote-based role in Delhi. This position focuses on scientific engagement with healthcare professionals and experts. You will play a key role in clinical research support and medical affairs activities. This Remote Medical Science Liaison Job at AbbVie Careers in New Delhi is ideal for candidates with oncology knowledge and strong communication skills. The role also involves significant travel and cross-functional collaboration.
About the Company:
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines. The company operates across therapeutic areas such as immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Headquartered in North Chicago, AbbVie is committed to addressing complex health challenges and improving patient outcomes worldwide.
Job Details
- Job Role: Medical Science Liaison – Oncology
- Location: Delhi
- Work Type: Remote
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job ID: R00139422
- Department: Research & Development
- Travel Requirement: Up to 75%
Key Responsibilities:
- Represent AbbVie Medical Affairs as subject matter expert Oncology and territory, provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with external experts /HCPs of strategic importance to Abbvie.
- Serve as a point of contact within the Medical Affairs team for external experts within an assigned geographic area in order to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in assigned therapeutic area and, when requested, relevant AbbVie medicines, to support their safe, effective and appropriate use in this Remote Medical Science Liaison Job.
- Develop and execute scientific interaction plans, cycle plans; contribute to cross-functional account planning, as appropriate.
- Responsible for appropriate tiering and segmentation of external experts based on guidance from the IFT playbooks and appropriate documentation of HCP interactions and relevant insights in the Veeva CRM and related platforms and systems.
- Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for Abbvie in key academic centers by facilitation of research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to Abbvie.
- Support internal teams at AbbVie Careers in New Delhi, such as sales and marketing and members of the Affiliate Brand Team to develop their scientific and technical expertise through the delivery of scientific update presentations. Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other in-field members while retaining functional independence.
- Assist in the initiation, oversight and follow up of assigned GMA studies and medical projects initiated within the therapeutic area for which the MSL carries responsibility (e.g. registry/database projects, epidemiological studies, post-authorization studies (PMOS), where applicable.
- Support prioritized interventional studies run by Clinical Development Operations, with study initiation visits and act as subject matter expert, where applicable, as part of One R&D community. All such activities must comply with applicable local laws, guidelines, codes of practice, SOPs, and AbbVie R&D SOPs.
- Act as the point of contact with external experts to facilitate investigator-initiated study (IIS) ideas and requests for support to the local and global medical teams as appropriate.
- Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to physicians, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where requested, but with the focus on thought leaders.
- Attend relevant scientific meetings and Conferences. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform Abbvie strategic priorities and initiatives.
- Upon request, assist physicians with requests for access to AbbVie medicines on a named patient or compassionate use basis, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Provide key thought leaders / external experts and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.
- Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted with due regard to all applicable local, global, and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, Company policies and accepted standards of best practice.
Educational Requirements for this Job:
- MBBS and MD (Preferred). Candidates with an undergraduate degree with relevant years of experience will be considered
- 1-2 years of experience within oncology (preferably in hemato-oncology) in developing and maintaining expert knowledge in the therapeutic area, and in medical research in general.
Skills Required:
- Solid knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment and the role of Medical Affairs to advance the medical and scientific objectives of a pharmaceutical company.
- Demonstrated expertise in the scientific methods applied to clinical research and current legislative/regulatory controls applicable to this research will be an added advantage.
- Ability to comprehensively learn about new subject areas and environments.
- Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with thought leaders, physicians, and other healthcare decision makers.
- A good understanding of written and oral English is a must.
- High customer orientation.
Benefits of the Medical Science Liaison Job:
- Opportunity to work with a global pharmaceutical leader
- Remote work flexibility
- Exposure to oncology research and medical affairs
- Career growth in clinical research and pharma industry
- Participation in scientific meetings and conferences
- Collaborative and innovation-driven work environment
