Medical Science Liaison, Cote d’Ivoire at Novo Nordisk

About the job
Are you passionate about advancing medical science and making a tangible impact on patient outcomes? Do you thrive on building meaningful connections with healthcare professionals? If you answered yes, then, join Novo Nordisk as a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) and leverage your expertise to drive innovation and shape the future of healthcare. We encourage you to apply!
The Position
As our new Medical Science Liaison (MSL), you will serve as a crucial link between our pharmaceutical company and healthcare professionals (HCPs), facilitating strategic communication and education initiatives to drive scientific engagement and advocacy. Your role will be instrumental in ensuring accurate medical information dissemination, fostering strong relationships, and promoting comprehensive understanding of medical landscapes and product intricacies. The position is based in Cote d’ivoire . Field position with 70% traveling within country, occasionally in other west and central Africa countries.
As a Medical Science Liaison your responsibilities will be:
- to undertake a field-based role to actively foster scientific engagement with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and healthcare organizations (HCOs), encompassing stakeholder mapping, HCP/HCO engagement and interaction, as well as scientific advocacy.
- to play a crucial role in implementing the medical strategy, focusing on diabetes and Novo Nordisk (NN) registered products for diabetes and Rare Diseases. This will involve organizing scientific events, providing medical information, and promptly responding to medical inquiries to external stakeholders.
- to establish and maintain strong relationships with HCPs and HCOs, delivering essential medical education through face-to-face interactions, scientific meetings, symposia, and supporting pre-launch, launch and post-launch activities, including advisory boards and congress participation.
- to provide valuable medical guidance to internal stakeholders, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of disease landscapes and product intricacies for effective training and support.
- to actively contribute to scientific communication efforts, disseminating relevant medical information, and promoting awareness of Novo Nordisk’s portfolio among key stakeholders, thereby driving scientific engagement and advocacy
Qualifications
You hold Min. bachelor’s degree in natural sciences, healthcare, or an advanced degree in health sciences. Medical degree is most preferred. Moreover, you have:
- 2 – 5 years of experience in a similar position, with at least a minimum of 1 year of experience in the pharma industry. Previous experience in diabetes area preferred.
- Ability to adapt to changing business environment and introduce innovative approaches.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills to evaluate knowledge capacity gaps and design tools and methodologies to bridge the gaps.
- Good IT skills with use of MS office, organized and good planner.
- English fluency, spoken and written, will be a plus.
On a personal level, we are looking for a person that should collaborate across teams, possess a business-oriented mindset, and are adept at fostering teamwork.
About The Department
The Medical science liaison is part of the medical affairs team composed of medical advisors, medical manager and headed by the MRPVPE manager. He will be based in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire under the Novo Nordisk West and Central Africa business unit. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with human insulins, modern and new generation of insulins, GLP1 receptor agonists in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market, ensure the availability of better-quality modern portfolio within the markets and support the communities living with diabetes. As an MSL, you will represent company vision, values, commitments in daily conduct.
We are a dynamic and fast-paced team, dedicated to driving patient reach and making a difference in the lives of millions. Join us in our mission to defeat serious chronic diseases.
Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here – to ensure that people with chronic diseases can lead an independent life.
Contact
Please submit your application via the Novo Nordisk website as we are unable to accept direct CVs.
Deadline
Apply before 26.07.2024
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.