MSL/Senior MSL, Dermatology - Chicago North, WI, MN, Dakotas

Role Summary

The MSL/Senior MSL is a field-based scientific expert who strategically supports the research and business objectives of a designated therapeutic area across the product life cycle for a specific geography/territory. They are the primary communicator of AbbVie’s science within their geography to healthcare professionals, and they develop and maintain professional relationships to provide medical and scientific support for AbbVie initiatives. They are regarded as a peer scientific expert in a designated therapeutic area/product, serving as a conduit of information, education, and research activities for physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies in development or commercialized by AbbVie. They collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to ensure information, education, and research needs of healthcare professionals are met and to identify and meet scientific and technical training needs of commercial organizations.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and maintain professional relationships with thought leaders, academic centers, and researchers in assigned areas of therapeutic interest to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the designated therapeutic/product area.
• Present scientific information and education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape, and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare professionals including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Support research initiatives as requested by AbbVie R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs Departments and physician-initiated projects including, but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and external collaboration management.
• Prepares marketplace in new therapeutic areas of interest, which includes creating awareness and relationships for AbbVie in the Medical community.
• Creates, maintains, and collaborates in relationships with internal cross-functional partnerships, works with in-field commercial teams, as appropriate, to develop and execute Account plans designed to support and meet shared business objectives. Serves as a scientific resource to commercial partners, as appropriate, to support activities.
• Serve as a medical/scientific resource to healthcare providers through answering unsolicited medical questions and addressing other clinically related medical information issues.
• Support and provide ongoing training to medical affairs, field sales and other internal personnel as directed.
• Practices core capabilities in strategic segmentation, as well as optimal resource utilization.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including accurate and timely documentation as it relates to HCP interactions; responsible for maintaining annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (e.g., PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, APP such as Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner) in a relevant scientific discipline; Doctorate strongly preferred in health science or clinical discipline.
• Typically requires a minimum of 2+ years relevant experience.
• Must be able to identify, analyze, and translate specific territory and corporate needs to support internal and external customers and achieve business and clinical objectives.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other software; Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and teaching skills; ability to work independently and in a team; adaptability to work within new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures; strong planning and organizational skills; teamwork and leadership abilities.
• Ability to learn and convey clinical and non-clinical technical information effectively; ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information.

Skills

• Proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; strong written and verbal communication; interpersonal, presentation, and teaching skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team; strong planning and organizational skills.

Education

• Advanced degree required (e.g., PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, APP); Doctorate strongly preferred in health science or clinical discipline.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
• HCIR credentialing requirements to enter facilities and organizations in the assigned territory (background checks, drug screens, immunization proof, etc.).