Manager, Medical Affairs MSL / External Scientific Engagement (Nutrition)
Baxter International Inc.
Summary
As a Manager, Medical Affairs MSL / External Scientific Engagement, you'll serve as a trusted scientific partner to healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders (KOLs), health systems, academic institutions, and professional societies. This highly visible, field-based role drives meaningful scientific exchange, uncovers clinical insights, and fosters collaborations that advance evidence generation and patient care. As an experienced individual contributor, you'll lead through expertise and influence, partnering across Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams to shape strategy, strengthen Baxter's scientific reputation, and bring the voice of the customer into critical business decisions.
Job description
Your Role at Baxter
As a Manager, Medical Affairs MSL / External Scientific Engagement, you'll serve as a trusted scientific partner to healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders (KOLs), health systems, academic institutions, and professional societies. This highly visible, field-based role drives meaningful scientific exchange, uncovers clinical insights, and fosters collaborations that advance evidence generation and patient care. As an experienced individual contributor, you'll lead through expertise and influence, partnering across Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams to shape strategy, strengthen Baxter's scientific reputation, and bring the voice of the customer into critical business decisions.
What You'll be doing
- Build and maintain strong scientific relationships with KOLs, healthcare professionals, researchers, and healthcare organizations.
- Deliver balanced, evidence-based scientific communication through one-on-one engagements, presentations, congresses, and educational programs.
- Gather and communicate clinical insights, emerging trends, evidence gaps, and unmet patient needs to inform Medical Affairs strategy.
- Identify opportunities for research collaborations, investigator-initiated studies, real-world evidence generation, and strategic partnerships.
- Support advisory boards, expert engagement strategies, speaker development, and key scientific initiatives.
- Collaborate with Medical Affairs, R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Commercial teams to address scientific needs and support portfolio growth.
- Lead Medical Affairs projects and strategic initiatives, ensuring execution, impact measurement, and alignment with organizational priorities.
What You'll Bring
- Strong ability to interpret and communicate complex scientific and clinical data.
- Proven success building credibility and relationships with healthcare professionals and scientific experts.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Knowledge of Medical Affairs compliance standards and scientific exchange requirements.
- Ability to translate customer insights into actionable business and evidence-generation strategies.
- Demonstrated leadership through influence, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, clinical, or healthcare-related field required.
- Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, RD, NP, PA, or equivalent) preferred.
- Experience in Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, MSL, Field Medical, or related healthcare/life sciences roles.
- Experience presenting scientific or clinical information to healthcare professionals and expert audiences.
- Clinical nutrition experience preferred.
- Ability to travel approximately 50-70%.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific, clinical, or healthcare-related field required
- Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, RD, NP, PA, or equivalent) preferred
- Experience in Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, MSL, Field Medical, or related healthcare/life sciences roles
- Experience presenting scientific or clinical information to healthcare professionals and expert audiences
- Clinical nutrition experience preferred
- Ability to travel approximately 50-70%
- Strong ability to interpret and communicate complex scientific and clinical data
- Proven success building credibility and relationships with healthcare professionals and scientific experts
- Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
- Knowledge of Medical Affairs compliance standards and scientific exchange requirements
- Ability to translate customer insights into actionable business and evidence-generation strategies
- Demonstrated leadership through influence, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 401(k) Matching
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Educational Assistance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Family and Medical Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Commuting Benefits
- Employee Discount Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Childcare Benefits
Company overview
Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational healthcare company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, founded in 1931. As a leading global medical device manufacturer, Baxter specializes in developing and producing essential medical products for treating chronic and acute medical conditions. The company operates across three primary business segments: Medical Products and Therapies, Healthcare Systems and Technologies, and Pharmaceuticals. Baxter's extensive product portfolio includes intravenous (IV) solutions, infusion pumps, dialysis equipment for kidney disease treatment, surgical technologies, and hospital pharmaceuticals. With approximately 38,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues exceeding $10 billion, Baxter plays a critical role in global healthcare infrastructure. The company is particularly known for its leadership in IV fluid production, manufacturing approximately 60% of the intravenous fluids used in the United States. Baxter's innovations include pioneering developments in artificial kidney technology and advanced surgical products, serving healthcare providers across more than 100 countries. The company maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing significantly in medical technology advancements that improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery efficiency.