Novartis Pharmaceuticals Hiring for Medical Scientific Liaison – CRM at Chennai, India Full Time

335472BR Job ID: 335472BR Job Description: Dozens of opportunities to work collaboratively across different functions. In Medical Affairs we are encouraged to collaborate, grow, and work on new ways to increase our impact in the community. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Develop professional relationships; build advocacy and scientific partnerships with MEs/decision makers, through regular field based interactions. Engaging the MEs in various Scientific activities for improving the quality of patient care • Provide and discuss scientific information and data with healthcare professionals to ensure quality and accuracy of medical and scientific information on new treatment options including Novartis products and selected areas of therapeutic interest aligned to local policies. • Liaise and provide up-to-date medical support to relevant external groups to facilitate listing of products in medical guidelines, formularies to impact pricing and health-economic discussions. • Provide speaker training to health care professionals to support the best use of new therapies developed and commercialized by Novartis • Contribute to the identification of appropriate clinical investigators and facilitates placement into Novartis sponsored clinical trials. Support the investigational sites, as needed, as part of a cross-functional team with ICRO and the Medical Advisor and others as appropriate. • Collaborate with Novartis colleagues to actively support medical and scientific meetings by collecting and interpreting insights /presentations/ results. • Gather medical insights and support translation of those into Medical Affairs, Development and Commercial product strategy. Evaluate the impact of competitive information to share internally and externally as post-meeting deliverables. • Provide medical support and training (i.e. disease state and product) to Novartis colleagues (e.g. sales reps, CRAs, etc.). Screen business opportunities. Collaborate with Medical Advisors/TA Medical Teams and other cross-functional groups (i.e. Business Franchise Teams, Market Access) through innovation, quality and commitment. Position Title: Medical Scientific Liaison – CRM Minimum requirements: What you’ll bring to the role: • Ph.D., MBBS, MD Pharmacology, or Masters Degree in Life Sciences/Pharmacy required with or without prior MSL experience • Proven ability to develop and foster peer-to-peer, credible relationships in order to educate and negotiate ME/decision makers. • Working knowledge of the Healthcare System and of the research procedures as well as the ICH guidelines, GCP and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry. Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine, disease management, and medical research in at least one therapeutic area. • Ability to synthesize recent scientific information, analyze them within strategic and regulatory settings and proven ability to use IT tools and interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms. • Strong personal integrity and customer focus, excellent interpersonal communication, negotiation and advanced presentation skills, effectively contribute to work on multifunctional teams. • Must be able to adapt, organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing field-based environment. Why Novartis? 769 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2020, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives. We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying! Imagine what you could do here at Novartis! Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusion workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential. Novartis is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons. Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network Job Type: Full Time Country: India Work Location: Chennai Functional Area: Research & Development Division: PHARMA Business Unit: AMAC Employment Type: Regular Company/Legal Entity: Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Shift Work: No Early Talent: No