Job Description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Purpose

Medical Science Liaisons (MSL) are field based medical professionals with deep content knowledge about specific disease states, Lilly and competitor compounds along with having knowledge on current issues in the therapeutic areas they represent. MSLs recognize and communicate feedback and insights of strategic importance from their interactions with Scientific Experts, to better inform Lilly’s strategic direction for research and commercialization. By facilitating scientific exchange between industry and the scientific community, MSLs have the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare by providing needed information that addresses important clinical and scientific questions

Educational Qualifications

Core

• PharmD, BPharm, MD, or PhD in a medically related field

Or

• Masters or bachelors level degree in health sciences (e.g., BSN, RPh, PA, NP) with min of 1 or more years clinical, research or industry (medical/scientific role) experience preferably in Neurology

Desirable

• Master’s degree in health sciences
• Preference will be given to candidates with MD or PhD

Knowledge and Experience

Core

• Minimum 1 year experience in pharma field or Medical Education field
• Proven experience to work as an individual and team contributor
• Proven experience to engage medical professionals

Desirable

• Previous scientific experience in neurology
• Previous experience as a medical science liaison
• Experience with academic communities, medical research, and medical education process

Main Accountability/responsibility:

Maintain and effectively communicate deep scientific knowledge:

• Engage and ensure continuous learning to maintain the highest level of technical expertise within their respective therapeutic area. This will enable the MSL.
• Be equipped to answer deep scientific questions and be sought after by their customers based on peer-credible knowledge and expertise.
• To establish oneself as a reliable, trusted, resource of unbiased, accurate, up-to-date, medical and scientific knowledge requested and desired by customers.

Excellence at customer engagement and support medical/scientific information needs of scientific experts:

• Ensure customer facing engagement through mutually beneficial 2-way dialogues with scientific experts
• Act as the primary interface between Lilly medical and scientific experts to deliver the best in class customer experience through application of effective emotional intelligence and deep understanding of customer needs
• Connect scientific experts with Lilly resources or internal business partners as appropriate and identify possible collaborative research or external collaborations

Strategic vision and leadership:

• Synthesize complex data and effectively communicate meaningful clinical insights and unanswered customer questions received from Scientific Experts to Lilly medical and cross -functional teams (CFT).
• Use reactive problem-solving skills and utilize internal resources effectively to execute upon solutions.
• Use a principle-based decision-making approach to make decisions independently or escalate them appropriately.
• Cultivate internal networks and collaborate effectively across functions with an active contribution to medical planning and strategy in the affiliate.

Territory ownership:

• Demonstrate strategic analysis, planning, and prioritization to maximize efficiency.
• Implement and evaluate a strategic territory plan prioritizing core activity and take personal accountability for results.
• Execute the role in a compliant manner, adhering to all governing internal and external requirements, procedures, and laws, demonstrating good judgement at all times.

Professional Development:

• Keep up to date on trainings for professional development.
• Ensure Performance Management objectives are completed in line with company process.
• Understanding of all company policies and procedures.

Skills:

• Intellectual curiosity about the field of science/medicine for which they are responsible
• High learning agility to comprehend and effectively communicate large amounts of complex scientific content in a clear and concise fashion
• Independent contributor to be able to work alone in the field effectively managing multiple priorities and projects
• Advanced presentation and computer skills with expertise in literature identification
• Strategic and critical thinking in order to analyze, assess and evaluate information and interpret impact or relevance to future states
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use field-based electronic or other communication tools needed for role
• Resiliency in managing complex challenges
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• High emotional intelligence
• Strong relationship building and networking
• Strong planning and organization

Key Relationships:

Internal:

• Marketing Team
• Clinical Research Physicians
• Regional/Global Medical teams
• Medical Affairs Professional
• Clinical Operations

External:

• Scientific Experts
• Physicians
• Pharmacists

Other role requirements:

• Ability to travel 80% of the time (role is pre-dominantly field based)
• Will require domestic travelling and may require international travel
• May require evening/weekend work

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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