Job Description

Joining AbbVie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients\' lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada whereby 92% of our employees are proud to say they work for AbbVie.

When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.

AbbVie\xe2\x80\x99s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people\xe2\x80\x99s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women\xe2\x80\x99s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

We have a new opportunity for a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) to join our Medical Affairs team. In this exciting career opportunity, you will develop and nurture relationships, as well as advance our scientific credibility with established and emerging external experts (EEs). Our MSLs respond to requests by providing key scientific/medical information to external experts and internal stakeholders. This role will be based in the field and will cover Toronto and Saskatchewan.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop/maintain key scientific knowledge that enables credible dissemination of information to external experts (EEs) and other healthcare professionals (HCPs), to help the development of professional working relationships.
• Participate and follow-up on assigned investigator-initiated studies (IIS), clinical studies and medical projects initiated within the dermatology therapeutic area.
• Provide scientific support and help maintain relationships with external experts.
• Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to HCPs, individually or in groups.
• Participate in the selection process to identify qualified HCPs AbbVie would wish to engage in collaborative efforts \xe2\x80\x93 such as research, or lecture/meeting support (advisory boards, congresses, symposiums, etc.); and to ensure a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.
• Attend relevant scientific meetings/conferences and develop summaries of key data presented.

Education/Experience Required:

• Doctorate or MD is preferred.\xc3\x82 \xc3\x82 MSc degree in scientific related discipline and demonstrated experience will also be considered.

• Relevant business experience with solid knowledge of the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.

• Previous experience as an MSL preferred.
• Relevant therapeutic area background is considered an asset.
• Previous experience in a customer-facing role in the healthcare industry.
• Experience in the presentation and/or interpretation of scientific or clinical research publications.
• Knowledge of scientific methods applied to clinical research and the current legislative/regulatory controls.
• Keen interest in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for assigned therapeutic area/product and medical research in general.

Essential skills & abilities:

• English language proficiency (oral and written).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.)
• Must be at ease with technology (the use of various tools/systems to perform day-to-day tasks).
• Travel required about 30 to 40% of the time.
• Valid driver\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s license and passport.

Key in-field team (IFT) competencies:

• Ability to understand the unmet needs of key stakeholders, make decisions that have an impact and execute the integration and assimilation of that information into the IFTs\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99 engagement approach.
• Ability to coordinate scientific/medical engagement efforts across stakeholders within a single account, in order to develop interaction plans that are inline with the Scientific Interaction Plan (SIP) to achieve medical objectives.
• In-depth understanding and execution of meaningful strategies and data-based business decisions to exceed IFT business goals.
• Effectively communicate, collaborate and incorporate the views of other in-field team members to optimize business objectives.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

Covid vaccination new hires amendments:

Full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment for this position, with possible accommodation for validated exemptions, within the limits of applicable legislation. AbbVie employees are also required to comply with any COVID-19 related external requirements, including any testing requirements, applicable to their work activities outside AbbVie premises (for example, travelling and visiting stakeholders and customers).

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. It is AbbVie\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s 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 disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.

Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time

Job Type: Experienced

Schedule: Full-time

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