ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Senior MSL/MSL, Chicago South
ViiV Healthcare
Summary
The Senior MSL/MSL, Chicago South role is a field based, customer-facing, non-promotional medical and scientific position, covering South Chicago & Indiana. The MSL’s key objective is to create impact through advancing clinical practice within the assigned territory that leads to improved patient outcomes. The MSL serves as a scientific expert in HIV treatment and prevention, understands territory and market influences, engages scientifically with Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and medical experts, manage, and develop their territory and execute all relevant activities in alignment with the medical strategic plan. The MSL will Inform and shape medical strategy through application of a curious mindset to collect impactful and actionable insights to drive the development and commercialization of our products.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Build strong scientific acumen and serve as a primary point of contact for medical and scientific inquiries in HIV treatment and prevention supporting scientific engagement for territory.
- Provide advanced scientific and clinical knowledge to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with external experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals.
- Maintain a strategic plan to provide support to external experts in order to facilitate scientific discussions and collaborations to support ViiV Medical’s scientific and clinical objectives.
- Gather and relay insights from the field to inform product development, clinical trial design, and market strategies.
- Develop and deliver scientific presentations and training sessions for healthcare professionals and internal teams.
- Ensure all activities comply with regulatory guidelines and company policies.
- Mentor and coach new or less experienced MSLs and lead scientific or strategic projects to elevate team acumen.
- Disseminate important safety information to healthcare professionals as directed by Medical Affairs or Research and Development teams.
- Interface with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including external experts, healthcare professionals, investigators, professional societies, advocacy groups, and formulary decision-makers.
- Assist in clinical development activities, including GSK and Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS).
- Attend both national and regional scientific/medical meetings to gain medical voice of the customer on recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to ViiV.
- Conducts business with a One-ViiV mindset compliantly and regularly engaging across matrix stakeholders.
- Execute all responsibilities and training (i.e., Veeva CRM, email, expense report mylearnings) in a timely manner, including profiling of core customers and ensuring up-to-date information in the CRM.
Basic Qualifications
- Advanced degree (MD or DO or PharmD, or PhD, or NP or PA)
- 3+ years of clinical experience in HIV
- Stakeholder management experience
- Valid Driver’s License
- Ability to travel (40-60% by car and plane domestic)
Preferred Qualifications
- HIV field medical experience in the US
- Proven track record of consistent, high performance within Field-Based Medical Affairs
- Solid grounding in clinical, medical, and pharmaceutical science with demonstrated ability to rapidly assimilate specific and detailed knowledge in these areas.
- Experience evaluating and effectively communicating evidence-based medicine with strong scientific communication and presentation skills
- Leadership skills and experience, including high business acumen, stakeholder management, as well as successful project participation and completion
- Demonstrated excellence in mentoring fellow MSLs, leading complex field based medical team initiatives, participating in and representing field-based medical on internal cross-functional team, and contributing to strategic planning and development of team’s objectives.
- Experience engaging effectively one on one and in group settings
- Effective communication skills
Requirements
- Advanced degree (MD or DO or PharmD, or PhD, or NP or PA)
- 3+ years of clinical experience in HIV
- Stakeholder management experience
- Valid Driver’s License
- Ability to travel (40-60% by car and plane domestic)
Benefits
- Health care
- Insurance benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Paid caregiver leave
- Paid parental leave
- Paid medical leave
- Annual bonus
- Share based long term incentive program
Company overview
ViiV Healthcare is a British multinational pharmaceutical company exclusively dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of medicines for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Established in 2009 as a joint venture between GSK and Pfizer, with Shionogi joining in 2012, ViiV Healthcare represents a unique collaboration in the pharmaceutical industry with ownership distributed among GSK (76.5%), Pfizer (13.5%), and Shionogi (10%). As the only global pharmaceutical company 100% focused on HIV, ViiV Healthcare has developed a comprehensive portfolio of antiretroviral therapies including nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, integrase strand transfer inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and innovative fixed-dose combinations. The company holds approximately 32% of the global HIV therapy market, making it the second-largest player in this specialized sector. With over 1,100 employees worldwide and headquarters in London, ViiV Healthcare operates across multiple continents, maintaining a strong commitment to community engagement, treatment access programs, and partnerships with HIV-affected communities to advance its mission of ending the HIV epidemic.