Purpose:

The Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field based scientific expert that strategically supports the research and business objectives of a designated therapeutic area across the product life cycle. MSLs are the primary communicators of Abbvie science within a specific geography with healthcare professionals, and MSLs are viewed as peer scientific experts in a designated therapeutic area. They combine strong business acumen, market awareness, as well as clinical expertise, and serve as a conduit of information to a cross functional customer base internally within AbbVie. Based on therapeutic needs and product life cycles, teams will focus on certain responsibilities to a greater or lesser degree. 

Responsibilities:

•External expert (opinion leader) cultivation:  Identifies, gains access to, and develops professional relationships with external experts in therapeutic areas of interest within assigned geography.
•Provides education relative to disease state and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare providers and researchers.
•Serves as a medical/scientific resource to healthcare providers through answering unsolicited medical questions, and addressing other clinically related medical information issues.
•Clinical trial support: Supports research initiatives across development at the request of R&D to include but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and study management.
•Project management: Works with internal Medical Affairs customers to develop and execute a territory plan designed to support and meet shared business objectives.
•Inputs and maintains internal database as it relates to activities in their geography.
•Prepares marketplace in new therapeutic areas of interest, which includes creating awareness and relationships for AbbVie in the Medical community.
•Serves as a scientific resource to commercial partners, as appropriate, to support activities
•Self-development: Develops and communicates a professional growth plan. Continually educates self on global market issues, trends, and product knowledge as it pertains to specific business responsibilities in key therapeutic areas.
•Takes responsibility for and actively manages professional development.