Novartis

MSL Lead

Bucuresti Full time

Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Bucharest, Romania


The MSL Lead provides strategic and people leadership to the Medical Science Liaison team, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and evidence-based scientific engagement with healthcare professionals and medical experts. The role drives field medical excellence, strengthens external scientific partnerships, and ensures high-quality insight generation to support medical and cross-functional decision-making.


 

Job Description

Key responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day people leadership, coaching, and scientific guidance to the Medical Science Liaison team, building a high-performance and patient-centric culture.

  • Conduct regular joint field visits to ensure high-quality scientific engagement, coaching, and impact of medical discussions.

  • Drive credible, unbiased, and compliant scientific exchange with healthcare professionals and medical experts through the MSL team.

  • Ensure excellence in medical education activities, including peer-to-peer discussions, scientific meetings, and local educational initiatives.

  • Oversee high-quality external insight generation and ensure systematic integration of insights into medical and cross-functional strategies.

  • Guarantee compliance with ERC, governance, and medical regulations across all field medical activities and materials.

  • Provide medical insights and scientific interpretation to internal stakeholders including Commercial, Market Access, HEOR, Regulatory, and Clinical Research.

  • Represent the MSL function in cross-functional forums and, when appropriate, at regional or international engagements.

  • Build and maintain strong scientific partnerships with medical experts, academic institutions, and scientific societies.

  • Lead recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and capability development of the MSL organization, strengthening succession and future readiness.

Requirements

  • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD or equivalent) with relevant experience in field medical roles; fluency in English and local language (Romanian) required.

  • Proven experience as a Medical Science Liaison or similar field-based scientific role.

  • Strong scientific acumen with the ability to interpret and communicate complex clinical data.

  • Demonstrated people leadership or coaching experience within scientific or medical teams.

  • Solid understanding of healthcare systems, research, and evidence generation.

  • Experience collaborating effectively in cross-functional, matrix environments.

  • Strong compliance, governance, and ethical judgment in medical activities.

  • Ability to leverage digital engagement tools and omnichannel approaches for scientific exchange.

  • Excellent communication skills and a patient-centric, growth-oriented leadership mindset.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.


 

Skills Desired

Biostatistics, Clinical Practices, Clinical Research, Clinical Study Reports, Curious Mindset, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Disease Management, Drug Development, Education, Epidemiology, IT Tools, Medical Information, Medical Research, Medical Writing, Phase Iv Clinical Trial, Product Placement, Scientific Support