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Chicago, IL Full Time Posted by: Boehringer Ingelheim Posted: Monday, 26 January 2026
 
 
Overview

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is part of a regional therapeutic area MSL team within Field Based Medicine (FBM), reporting to the Sr. AD, MSL. The focus of this role is field based scientific exchange (SE), using scientific background, industry knowledge, and business acumen to act as a scientific resource to scientific experts (SCEs), while gathering insights that inform Scientific Objectives (SOs) and strategic decision making by Medicine. Within their territory, MSLs establish, cultivate, and maintain relationships with SCEs and function as an extension of the medical information group to provide product and pipeline therapeutic area expertise to SCEs and HCPs, and as a scientific expert to internal stakeholders within Medicine and Commercial groups at BIPI. The MSL collaborates with the field-based organization and performs all activities in a compliant manner.

Duties & Responsibilities

Customer Interactions and Scientific Exchange:

  • The overarching objective is to conduct scientific exchange with prioritized SCEs in the field. Plan, prepare for, and conduct field-based interactions in support of the TA Scientific Objectives (SOs).
  • Establish and maintain scientific relationships with SCEs; develop understanding of territory-specific healthcare systems and clinical practices related to patient care, disease management, treatment protocols, and research interests.
  • Act as a scientific resource to SCEs and HCPs to answer questions on ILD | Rheumatology or related topics and BI compounds through scientific exchange.
  • Provide disease state education on topics related to ILD | Rheumatology Scientific Objectives.
  • Act as a scientific resource to Scientific Experts at payer accounts and integrated delivery networks when requested.

Planning and Support:

  • Develop a tactical, customer-centric medical engagement plan for their geography aligned with management; provide internal and external scientific support as required.
  • Develop a territory-specific medical engagement plan for scientific exchange with prioritized SCEs that supports ILD | Rheumatology SOs and priorities.
  • Assess SCEs appropriate to interact with as part of the medical engagement plan.
  • Identify and communicate gaps between BIPI and customer expectations, needs, and priorities.
  • Monitor and adjust the tactical medical engagement plan to better achieve ILD | Rheumatology SOs.
  • Support identification and development of scientific materials as directed to effectively conduct scientific exchange.
  • Support identification of training needs to effectively engage in scientific exchange.
  • Maintain regular communication with the ILD | Rheumatology MSL Team (field-based, virtual meetings, etc.) to review activities, share best practices, and communicate learnings.
  • In alignment with Clinical Operations, interact with current and potential BI study investigators to support clinical trial activities.
  • Facilitate logistical communications between BIPI and HCPs regarding Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS), External Collaborative Research, company study contracts, etc., as requested.
  • Provide additional scientific support for Medicine and Scientific Affairs activities in alignment with local working instructions, including support for scientific congresses and medical information.
  • Maintain clinical, scientific, and technical expertise in ILD | Rheumatology through continuous learning and knowledge of ILD | Rheumatology literature.

Requirements

MSL Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc) required plus one of the following:
  • Advanced science/clinical degree with 1+ years' relevant experience (preferred).
  • Masters in health sciences with 3+ years' experience.
  • BSc. with MBA or BSN with MBA, and 5+ years' experience.
  • PA with 3+ years' experience.
  • Other medical licensure with 7+ years of experience.
  • 2+ years' MSL experience in relevant therapeutic area - preferred.
  • Skills: Strong communication; ability to interpret scientific data; knowledge of regional healthcare systems; field-based role with 50% travel; proficiency with electronic communication tools.

AD, MSL Requirements:

  • BSc. required plus one of the following:
  • Advanced science/clinical degree with 3+ years' relevant experience (preferred).
  • Masters in health sciences with 5+ years' experience.
  • BSc. with MBA or BSN with MBA, and 7+ years' experience.
  • PA with 5+ years' experience.
  • Other medical licensure with 9+ years of experience.
  • 2+ years' MSL experience in relevant therapeutic area - required, 4+ years preferred.
  • Skills: Strong communication; ability to interpret scientific data; knowledge of regional healthcare systems; field-based role with 50% travel; proficiency with electronic communication tools.

Eligibility Requirements:

Legal authorization to work in the US, willingness to take drug tests and physicals if required, must be

Compensation

This position offers a base salary typically between $140,000 and $222,000 for the standard MSL level. The base salary is $170,000 and $269,000 for the AD, MSL level. The role may be eligible for a performance-based bonus and/or other compensation elements. For an overview of our benefits please click here.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities :

Insight Generation and Reporting:

Identify, document, discuss, and communicate scientific insights as guided by the ILD | Rheumatology SOs. Specific aspects include:

  • Document field-generated scientific insights within appropriate systems and communicate to internal stakeholders as required.
  • Participate in discussions of insights gathered by the ILD | Rheumatology MSL team to understand breadth and potential impact, and stimulate scientific exploration.
  • Support communication of scientific insights across Medical and Commercial organizations as directed.
  • Identify changes in the healthcare landscape and trends impacting delivery within the territory.

Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with the field-based medicine team, CDMA, appropriate Commercial personnel, and the broader organization in a compliant manner.
  • Provide field-based scientific expertise for key accounts as required.
  • Learn about new and evolving customers and changing medical needs.
  • Collaborate with Commercial personnel to provide scientific support for internal and external activities where a scientific role exists for FBM.
  • Collaborate with CDMA and the broader Medicine organization to provide scientific support and communicate insights.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person's race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.

Chicago, IL, United States of America
Healthcare
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