Senior MSL II, Dermatology - Miami, Florida

Company Overview

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.

Job Description

The MSL/Senior 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 for a specific geography/territory. The MSL/Senior MSL is the primary communicator of AbbVie science within that geography with healthcare professionals, developing and maintaining professional relationships with internal and external customers to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support to AbbVie initiatives in assigned therapeutic areas. The role serves as a peer scientific expert, a conduit of information, education, and research activities, and works closely with AbbVie personnel to meet the information, education, and research needs of healthcare professionals while ensuring scientific and technical training needs of commercial organizations are identified and met.

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.
• Prepare marketplace in new therapeutic areas of interest, creating awareness and relationships for AbbVie in the medical community.
• Create, maintain, and collaborate in relationships with internal cross‑functional partnerships, working with in‑field commercial teams as appropriate to develop and execute account plans designed to support and meet shared business objectives, serving as a scientific resource to commercial partners 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.
• Practice core capabilities in strategic segmentation and optimal resource utilization.
• Be responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and Procedures, including accurate and timely documentation of HCP interactions, and maintain annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.
• The candidate must live in the territory or be willing to self‑relocate within the territory; the territory includes Miami, Florida.
• Job grade, level, and title will be determined by the selected candidate’s credentials, education, and experience.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (e.g., Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD, APP such as Physician Associate or Nurse Practitioner) in a relevant scientific discipline; doctorate strongly preferred in a 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 skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and teaching skills; ability to work independently and in a team structure; ability to adjust effectively to work within new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures; strong planning and organizational skills; team and leadership skills.
• An essential requirement is to meet health‑care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to enter facilities and organizations in the assigned territory (background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization for various diseases).
• Ability to learn and convey clinical and non‑clinical technical information effectively.
• Ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information.
• Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.

Additional Information

• Advanced degree required (e.g., Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD, APP such as Physician Associate or Nurse Practitioner) in a relevant scientific discipline; doctorate strongly preferred in a 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 skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and teaching skills; ability to work independently and in a team structure; ability to adjust effectively to work within new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures; strong planning and organizational skills; team and leadership skills.
• An essential requirement is to meet HCIR credentialing requirements (background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization for various diseases).
• Ability to learn and convey clinical and non‑clinical technical information effectively.
• Ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information.
• Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.

Equal Opportunity Statement

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled.

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