Medical Science Liaison sHTG - Bremen

Sobi

About The Position

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert who engages healthcare professionals, clinical experts, and external stakeholders in support of the medical strategy for an innovative therapy for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), with future potential in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG). The role may be based in Bremen, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Göttingen, or other cities in Germany. It drives scientific exchange, supports clinical and evidence-generation initiatives, gathers actionable insights, and partners cross-functionally to maintain consistent, high-quality scientific standards. The MSL helps improve understanding of rare lipid disorders, support patient pathways, and enable informed, ethical decisions. The role executes field medical activities in line with Medical Excellence standards, including capturing qualitative insights, planning engagements, and meeting agreed performance measures. It builds trusted relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals (HCPs), and researchers; provides balanced, non-promotional scientific education; and contributes to clinical research, evidence generation, and medical strategy. All activities must comply with internal governance standards, standard operating procedures, applicable external codes, and medical, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance processes.

Requirements

Advanced degree in life sciences or a related healthcare discipline, such as PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc, or equivalent.
Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.
Ability to engage confidently with HCPs and build trusted external relationships.
Strong scientific mindset and ability to understand and clearly communicate complex scientific and clinical information.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to establish credibility with clinical and scientific experts.
Strong analytical skills and ability to listen, identify meaningful insights, and translate them into actionable contributions.
Ability to work autonomously in the field, with strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
Collaborative approach and ability to work effectively with cross-functional internal teams.
High ethical standards and commitment to balanced, unbiased, compliant scientific engagement.
Willingness and flexibility to travel for external meetings, site visits, congresses, and other medical events.
Good command of English.
Fluency in German, required for effective engagement with local HCPs and stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Previous MSL or customer-facing medical experience.
Experience as a pharmaceutical sales professional with motivation to transition into Medical Affairs is welcomed.
Experience in specialty care, metabolic disorders, or highly scientific therapy areas.

Responsibilities

Act as a trusted field-based medical and scientific expert for the product within the FCS and sHTG communities.
Develop and maintain long-term relationships with KOLs, HCPs, and academic researchers.
Conduct balanced, non-promotional scientific discussions using approved medical content and communicate relevant information clearly.
Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement plans, including segmentation, objectives, scientific exchange plans, and documentation.
Capture actionable insights from HCP interactions, scientific meetings, and other stakeholder activities, and share external perspectives to inform medical strategy, evidence-generation priorities, engagement plans, education initiatives, key account plans, and cross-functional work.
Identify emerging challenges and opportunities in diagnosis, treatment access, and unmet patient needs.
Contribute to regular monthly and quarterly insight reviews to support cross-country visibility and strategic decision-making.
Deliver scientifically robust education to HCPs, specialist centres, and relevant networks.
Partner with the Medical Advisor to develop educational content, disease-awareness initiatives, and scientific resources.
Provide scientific training and support to internal colleagues across functions.
Support advisory boards, congresses, and expert meetings.
Contribute to evidence-generation activities, including Phase IIIb/IV studies, investigator-initiated research (ISS/ISR), non-interventional studies, registries, and real-world evidence programmes.
Support patient identification and site feasibility discussions; engage investigators and research sites on study awareness, feasibility, and scientific collaboration.
Bring insights from clinical practice and patient care into medical and scientific strategy discussions.
Ensure field activities and materials comply with internal medical governance standards, SOPs, and applicable external codes of practice.
Follow Medical Excellence processes, documentation standards, tool-use requirements, and KPI reporting expectations.
Maintain balanced, accurate, compliant, and non-promotional scientific exchange, and follow medical, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance processes.