MSL, Neurology/Metabolics Switzerland & Austria

Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime - like a job where you have the chance to change lives. At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star. We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives. We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients.

Medical Science Liaison,

Neurology/Metabolics Switzerland & Austria

Territory: Switzerland and Austria

This is what you will do:

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will be an integral part of the North Cluster medical affairs team and will be responsible for the Neurology & Metabolics in the Switzerland and Austria. The MSL will focus on maintaining and expanding professional scientific relationships with the local healthcare community and network as HCPs, pharmacy’s managers, key hospital’s decision makers, communicating scientific, clinical and health economic information in a balanced and objective way and implementing medical field activities as planned in the corresponding therapeutic area.

You will be responsible for:

• Strengthen, develop and maintain strong relationship with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs)
• Engage, educate, and create advocacy among HCPs, KOLs, PAOs, decision makers at key institutions representing Alexion Medical Affairs with scientific activities.
• Contribute to the development of the medical plan and implement medical affairs tactics for the therapy area(s), including advisory boards, registry meetings, hospital presentations, patient support program.
• Maintain a high knowledge of product, disease state, and applicable global regulatory expertise in order to provide the highest input for understanding current and future positioning aims of the brand.
• Provide scientific/medical information in time to both internal clients and external customers in most up-to -date and balanced way
• Proactively identify needs for promotional / educational materials and discuss with brand team
• Provide support for the development, review, and approval of presentation materials for scientific meetings, symposia, and other Medical Education activities (external).
• National and international travel required (approximately 70% of time)
  
  

Stakeholder engagement

• Provide scientific engagement by providing evidence-based information and discussing novel solutions with key stakeholders.
• Prepare medical field activity plan and support the development of the Austrian & Swiss Medical Plans, according to collected insights from the key stakeholders and in alignment with the cross-functional key account plan.
• Lead scientific discussions to build mini dossier for inclusion of the related treatment in Hospital formularies and/or definition of treatment algorithm
• Participate in the development and implementation of local national registries and local evidence generation programs emphasizing in Real Word Evidence.

Cross functional work

• Develop and maintain highly effective cross-functional collaboration with other departments (e.g. clinical, commercial, market access, marketing, legal)
• Support cross-functional teams to ensure patient-focused activities, including timely responses to specific internal and external requests to discuss specific situations.
• Being part of launch readiness team, provide insights and feedback from external stakeholders to build a meaningful medical launch plan.
• Provide appropriate and timely medical support to clinical operations, commercial, market access team among other teams, in line with local standards and regulations and internal policies.
• Provide insights into HEOR and comparative effectiveness research and budget impact models to support formulary and coverage decisions.
  

You will need to have:

• Advanced degree in medical science MD, PharmD or PhD
• At least 2 - 4 years of experience as field MSL
• Solid background and experience with related TAs (rare disease setting), and understanding of drug development and life‐cycle development strongly preferred
• Knowledge of clinical development (clinical trials, registries, RWE)
• Knowledge of local pharmaceutical regulations (pharma codex, etc.)
• Solutions oriented and ability to work in a complex environment
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to deliver impactful presentations
• Fluency in English and German is required
  

We would prefer for you to have:

• Experience with budget and financial planning
• IT skills, utilization of digital tools
• Experience with personalized medicine/ patients support programs
• Launch experience
• Market access experience
• French & Italian language skills

Alexion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on serving patients and families affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions through the discovery, development and commercialization of life-changing medicines. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Alexion has offices around the globe and serves patients in more than 50 countries. Further information about Alexion can be found at: www.alexion.com.

Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify.

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