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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Diegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Job Description:

Medical Science Liaison (MSL), located in Belgium

Field-based role (Belgium and Luxembourg)

Full time

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine BeLux is recruiting for a Medical Science Liaison (MSL), located in Belgium.

In this exciting role as MSL within our Medical Affairs (MAF) BeLux team you engage with Leading Specialists and other healthcare professionals in high-quality, non-promotional scientific exchange. You provide fair, balanced and objective scientific information and education, discuss our products and the supporting evidence, and help enable the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.

You will build scientific relationships, identify medical insights and bring those insights back into our Medical Affairs and Core Value Team strategy. Your work contributes to the Medical Affairs Plan and to our short- and long-term company goals. All MSL interactions are non-promotional.

Your scope may evolve with business needs. You may work across therapeutic areas, products or territories within BeLux. This means quickly getting up to speed on new science, data and stakeholder networks while ensuring continuity in existing relationships.

This is a field-based role, within Belgium and Luxembourg, with 70–80% of your time spent in the field. You will work closely with Medical Affairs colleagues and cross-functional partners and report to the Medical Therapeutic Area Lead (MTAL).

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive scientific exchange and generate insights. Prepare and lead interactions with Leading Specialists. Proactively and reactively discuss relevant scientific information in line with healthcare compliance guidelines, drive scientific alignment and identify actionable medical insights. Bring these insights back into Medical Affairs strategy, tactical plans and integrated account planning.
• Support data, information and evidence generation. Respond to unsolicited scientific questions and support clinical research, from PI/site selection and study feasibility to site engagement and issue resolution for R&D clinical trials and Medical Affairs studies, as appropriate. Contribute to real-world evidence generation, patient-value initiatives, early-access and risk-management programs, as well as customer support requests such as educational grants, and investigator-initiated studies.
• Bring medical education to life from start to finish. Identify educational needs, define concepts and objectives, engage collaborators and speakers, plan and deliver compliant medical education initiatives, and evaluate their impact.
• Collaborate and deliver. Work closely with Medical Affairs and cross-functional partners. Set priorities, take ownership of your work and continue developing your expertise. Ensure that all activities comply with applicable legal, HCBI, safety-reporting, company-policy and SOP requirements.

Qualifications

Education:

• Scientific degree : Medical doctor, pharmacist or degree in life sciences (with MD/PhD being an additional asset)

Experience and Skills:

• Scientific and clinical knowledge to quickly understand new disease areas, compounds, clinical trial designs and complex medical data.
• Can translate data into relevant, balanced scientific discussions with healthcare professionals.
• Adapt quickly to different therapeutic areas, products, stakeholder networks and territories as business needs evolve.
• Can build effective relationships with internal and external partners and maintain a strong customer focus and business insight.
• Understands the healthcare environment and identify relevant opportunities for Medical Affairs.
• Understand clinical research, clinical trial execution and Good Clinical Practice.
• Work effectively across functions while taking ownership of your own priorities and activities.
• Act proactively and manage your work independently, with a clear focus on delivery.
• Work with integrity and follow J&J Credo values, applicable regulations and HCBI guidelines.

Other Requirements

• You are fluent in Dutch, French and English, both spoken and written, to support stakeholders across BeLux.
• The role involves 70–80% travel within Belgium and Luxembourg and requires a valid driver's licence.

Ready to make an impact?

If you want to leave your personal mark and be valued for who you are, Johnson & Johnson offers an unusual experience to professionals looking for an opportunity to work with hardworking people who share your real passion for caring in an environment that empowers you to drive your own career and where you feel you can bring your whole self to work.

We provide you an environment to fulfil your career aspirations as well as promoting your physical and mental wellbeing. You will receive a competitive compensation and benefits package as well as benefits that can be tailored to what is valuable to you throughout different stages of your life.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Experience, Coaching, Communication, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Gathering and Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Interpersonal Influence, Market Research, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Problem Solving, Scientific Research, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy

  

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€63,300.00 - €99,015.00

 

 

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

 

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.