Medical Science Liaison, Cardiovascular Surgery (m/w/d)
IQVIA · Mannheim · €90,000–€130,000 (stated in the posting)
IQVIA is seeking a field-based Medical Science Liaison to support our client with the launch and adoption of innovative products designed to support cardiac surgical procedures across the DACH region.
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.
Location: Southern Germany
Territory: DACH region
Key responsibilities
- 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.
- Deliver balanced, evidence-based, non-promotional scientific exchange on the product, the clinical evidence, appropriate use, and its role within the cardiac surgery workflow.
- Support clinical preparedness at hospital and centre level, including education, readiness discussions, and identification of practical barriers to correct product use.
- Capture and communicate high-quality field insights, including clinical practice patterns, evidence gaps, pathway barriers, unmet needs, and relevant competitor or scientific intelligence.
- Support medical education activities, congress engagement, advisory boards, expert meetings, and speaker briefings using approved scientific materials.
- Respond appropriately to unsolicited scientific questions and route complex or off-label enquiries through the correct medical information process.
- Ensure all adverse events, special situations, product quality complaints, and safety-relevant observations are reported within required timelines.
- Work closely with internal medical, market access, commercial, pharmacovigilance, medical information, and clinical operations colleagues while maintaining clear medical and commercial boundaries.
Experience and qualifications
- Previous industry experience working as an MSL or closely related scientific role is essential
- Strong background in cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, perfusion, anaesthesiology, or a closely related hospital specialty.
- PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc, or equivalent clinical qualification required.
- Ability to hold credible scientific discussions with senior clinical stakeholders and specialist healthcare professionals.
- Experience presenting and discussing clinical data with expert audiences.
- Strong understanding of non-promotional scientific exchange, medical governance, adverse event reporting, and compliant field medical activity.
- Comfortable working independently from a field-based role, managing a large territory and travelling regularly.
- Fluency in German and English is essential, including the ability to discuss complex scientific and medical topics confidently.
- Based in Southern Germany, with willingness to travel extensively across the DACH region.
Preferred experience
- Launch experience with a specialist, hospital-based, procedural, or cardiac surgery product.
- Familiarity with hospital decision-making, surgical workflows, theatre environments, or critical-care settings.
- Experience supporting medical education, advisory boards, congress activity, registries, or evidence-generation projects.
Basic gross annual salary between 90,000 and 130,000 Euro.
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