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      <title>Medical Science Liaison</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>IQVIA is seeking a field-based Medical Science Liaison to support the launch and adoption of innovative products designed to support cardiac surgical procedures across the DACH region.</p>
<p>The MSL will work closely with cardiac surgeons, surgical teams, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, hospital pharmacists, and other specialist healthcare professionals. The successful candidate will act as a trusted scientific partner in the field, supporting clinical education, scientific exchange, launch readiness, and the collection of meaningful medical insights.</p>
<p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p>
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<li>Build and maintain peer-to-peer scientific relationships with key external experts, surgical teams, specialist physicians, hospital pharmacists, nurses, and relevant treatment centres across the DACH region.</li>
<li>Deliver balanced, evidence-based, non-promotional scientific exchange on the product, the clinical evidence, appropriate use, and its role within the cardiac surgery workflow.</li>
<li>Support clinical preparedness at hospital and centre level, including education, readiness discussions, and identification of practical barriers to correct product use.</li>
<li>Capture and communicate high-quality field insights, including clinical practice patterns, evidence gaps, pathway barriers, unmet needs, and relevant competitor or scientific intelligence.</li>
<li>Support medical education activities, congress engagement, advisory boards, expert meetings, and speaker briefings using approved scientific materials.</li>
<li>Respond appropriately to unsolicited scientific questions and route complex or off-label enquiries through the correct medical information process.</li>
<li>Ensure all adverse events, special situations, product quality complaints, and safety-relevant observations are reported within required timelines.</li>
<li>Work closely with internal medical, market access, commercial, pharmacovigilance, medical information, and clinical operations colleagues while maintaining clear medical and commercial boundaries.</li>
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<p><strong>Experience and Qualifications:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Previous industry experience working as an MSL or closely related scientific role is essential.</li>
<li>Strong background in cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, perfusion, anaesthesiology, or a closely related hospital specialty.</li>
<li>PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc, or equivalent clinical qualification required.</li>
<li>Ability to hold credible scientific discussions with senior clinical stakeholders and specialist healthcare professionals.</li>
<li>Experience presenting and discussing clinical data with expert audiences.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of non-promotional scientific exchange, medical governance, adverse event reporting, and compliant field medical activity.</li>
<li>Comfortable working independently from a field-based role, managing a large territory and travelling regularly.</li>
<li>Fluency in German and English is essential, including the ability to discuss complex scientific and medical topics confidently.</li>
<li>Based in Southern Germany, with willingness to travel extensively across the DACH region.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Preferred Experience:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Launch experience with a specialist, hospital-based, procedural, or cardiac surgery product.</li>
<li>Familiarity with hospital decision-making, surgical workflows, theatre environments, or critical-care settings.</li>
<li>Experience supporting medical education, advisory boards, congress activity, registries, or evidence-generation projects.</li>
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<p>The basic gross annual salary is between 90,000 and 130,000 Euro.</p>
<p style="margin-top:24px;font-size:13px;color:#666;">Job Data by <a href="https://yubhub.co">YubHub</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <jobtype>full-time</jobtype>
      <experiencelevel>senior</experiencelevel>
      <workarrangement>onsite</workarrangement>
      <salaryrange>90,000 - 130,000 Euro</salaryrange>
      <skills>Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, Perfusion, Anaesthesiology, German, English, PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc, Launch experience with specialist products, Familiarity with hospital decision-making, Experience supporting medical education</skills>
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      <category>Healthcare</category>
      <industry>Healthcare</industry>
      <employername>IQVIA</employername>
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      <employerdescription>IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries.</employerdescription>
      <employerwebsite>https://jobs.iqvia.com</employerwebsite>
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      <location>Southern Germany</location>
      <city>Southern Germany</city>
      <state></state>
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      <country></country>
      <postedate>2026-10-30</postedate>
      <visasponsorship>unknown</visasponsorship>
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