Novartis
Medical Science Liaison Hematology - Western Canada
Field Non-Sales (Canada)
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About the role
- This role is based in Vancouver or Alberta, Canada.
- Contribute to a team of three MSLs by sharing knowledge, best practices, and territory learnings; this role has no direct people management responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong scientific relationships with targeted external experts across Western Canada, ensuring engagement is credible, compliant, and aligned with territory needs.
Requirements
- Represent Novartis externally with strong communication, people skills, business acumen, and the ability to translate complex scientific information into clear and meaningful discussions.
- Strong scientific knowledge with the ability to conduct credible, in-depth data discussions with external experts.
- Excellent communication and vulgarization skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific concepts into clear, audience-appropriate messages.
- Proactive mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a field-based environment.
Nice to have
- strong communication skills are highly desirable for engagement across West Canada.
Skills
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and commitment to compliant, ethical, and patient-focused scientific engagement.
Compensation
- Over the last three years, our average annual research and development investment in Canada was over $30 million, and we conduct clinical trial research in every region throughout Canada.
Benefits
- Lead high-quality scientific exchanges on Hematology, applying robust disease-area and product knowledge to support deep data discussions with healthcare professionals and external stakeholders.
- Develop a strong understanding of local territory dynamics, expert networks, and unmet needs to inform field medical priorities and support effective stakeholder engagement planning.
- Act as a proactive field-based medical partner, identifying opportunities to add scientific value through timely insights, expert interactions, and appropriate medical education activities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal medical, commercial, and market access colleagues while maintaining the independence and integrity of the MSL role.
- Gather, synthesize, and communicate relevant external insights from the field to help inform medical strategy and support patient-focused decision making.
- Advanced scientific, medical, or healthcare-related education preferred; relevant MSL or field medical experience in Canada is an asset; strong communication skills are highly desirable for engagement across West Canada.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with targeted experts and healthcare stakeholders.
Company info
- Part of the way we are doing this is by leveraging data, technology, and partnerships.
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