Medical Science Liaison sHTG - Köln

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About The Position

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert who engages healthcare professionals, clinical experts, and other key stakeholders to support the agreed medical strategy for an innovative therapy for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), with potential future application in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG). The position may be based in Cologne, Koblenz, Bonn, Aachen, or other cities in Germany. The MSL drives scientific exchange, supports clinical and evidence-generation initiatives, gathers actionable insights, and collaborates cross-functionally to maintain consistent, high-quality scientific standards. The role helps improve understanding of rare lipid disorders, supports patient pathways, and enables informed, ethical decision-making. Field medical activities are conducted in accordance with Medical Excellence standards, including insight capture, engagement planning, and agreed performance measures.

Requirements

Advanced degree in life sciences or a related healthcare discipline, such as PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc, or equivalent.
Experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.
Proven ability to engage confidently with healthcare professionals 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.
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 for effective engagement with local healthcare professionals 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.
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 key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, and academic researchers.
Conduct balanced, non-promotional scientific discussions about disease pathways, clinical evidence, patient management, and emerging data using approved medical content.
Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement plans, including segmentation, objectives, scientific exchange plans, and documentation.
Capture actionable insights from healthcare professional interactions, scientific meetings, and other stakeholder activities, and share them with Medical Affairs to inform strategy, evidence-generation priorities, engagement plans, education, and cross-functional activities.
Identify emerging challenges and opportunities relating to diagnosis, treatment access, and unmet patient needs; contribute to regular insight reviews.
Deliver scientifically robust education to healthcare professionals, 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, and contribute to scientific exchange.
Support evidence-generation activities, including Phase IIIb/IV studies, investigator-initiated research, non-interventional studies, registries, real-world evidence programmes, patient identification, and site feasibility discussions.
Engage with investigators and research sites to support study awareness, feasibility discussions, 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 practices for documentation, tool use, and KPI reporting; ensure scientific exchange is balanced, accurate, compliant, and non-promotional.
Follow medical, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance processes.