Medical Science Liaison

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Core Job Responsibilities
•    Provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with thought leaders and external experts of strategic importance to Abbvie.  
•    Ensure a solid medical and scientific presence for Abbvie in key academic centers by facilitating research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to Abbvie.
•    Support internal teams such as sales and marketing and members of the Affiliate Brand Team to develop their scientific and technical expertise by delivering scientific update presentations.  Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other in-field members while retaining functional independence. 
•    Serve as a point of contact within the Medical Affairs team for thought leaders and external experts within assigned therapeutic areas to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in a therapeutic area and, when requested, relevant AbbVie medicines to support their safe, effective, and appropriate use. 
•    Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to physicians, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where requested, but with a focus on Tier 1 and 2 thought leaders.
•    Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified thought leaders the Company would wish to engage in collaborative efforts – such as potential research collaborations or educational and advisory roles (Advisory Boards, Congresses, Symposia, etc.) while ensuring a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.   
•    Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence – for example, competitor research and medical strategies, and educational activities – and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.
•    Attend relevant scientific meetings and Conferences.  Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of critical data and other scientifically relevant information to inform Abbvie's strategic priorities and initiatives. 
•    Provide key thought leaders / external experts and internal medical and clinical teams with scientific and technical support for publications of scientific or medical interest.

•    Advanced degree (e.g., PhD) in a hematology/oncology scientific discipline is preferred.
•    Minimum of three years of experience in scientific engagement with hematologists or oncologists.
•    Experience in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for the assigned therapeutic area and in medical research in general.
•    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.
•    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 desirable.
•    High customer orientation.
•    Armed with problem-solving abilities and a growth mindset, one can independently and responsibly carry out planned activities.
•    Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures and to scientific quality and integrity

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.