Medical Science Liaison - Aesthetics Portfolio

AbbVie
Sacramento, CA

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Medical Science Liaison is a field based scientific expert who strategically supports the scientific and business objectives of a designated therapeutic area across the product life cycle for a specific geography/territory. The Medical Science Liaison is the primary communicators of AbbVie science within a specific geography with healthcare professionals. The Medical Science Liaison combines strong strategic vision clinical expertise, therapeutic area awareness, serving as a conduit of information to a cross functional customer base internally within AbbVie. The Medical Science Liaison develops and maintains professional relationships with internal and external customers to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support to AbbVie initiatives in assigned therapeutic areas. The Medical Science Liaison facilitates the exchange of scientific information, education, and research activities for physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies

Responsibilities

List up to 10 main responsibilities for the job. Include information about the accountability and scope.

  • Focus on mastery of scientific content, materials, disease state and therapeutic area to establish themselves as a scientific expert.
  • Identify, develop, and maintain professional relationships with thought leaders, academic centers, and researchers in assigned areas of therapeutic interest to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the designated therapeutic/product area.
  • Present scientific information and education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape, and AbbVie products across the product lifecycle to healthcare professionals including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and other health care professionals.
  • Support research initiatives as requested by AbbVie R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs Departments and physician-initiated projects including, but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and external collaboration management.
  • Serve as internal medical and scientific resource to assigned therapeutic/product areas for development of disease-state and product communications and materials that are medically accurate, balanced, and consistent with regulatory guidelines.
  • Create, maintain, and collaborate in relationships with internal cross-functional partnerships. Work with in-field commercial teams, as appropriate, to develop and execute account plans designed to support and meet shared business objectives.
  • Support and provide on-going training to medical affairs, field sales and other internal personnel as directed. Ensure up-to-date clinical knowledge of product use and competitor data as a scientific expert in the therapeutic area and treatment landscape.
  • Practices core capabilities in strategic segmentation, as well as optimal resource utilization.
  • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and Procedure, including accurate and timely documentation as it relates to HCP (Healthcare Professionals) interactions. Responsible for maintaining annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree required (i.e., Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD, APP (i.e.: Physician Associate or Nurse Practitioner) in a relevant scientific discipline. Doctorate strongly preferred in a health science or clinical discipline.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 0-2 years' relevant experience.
  • Must possess problem solving and analytic skills to be able to identify, and translate specific territory and corporate needs, into an action that will achieve objectives.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, and other software skills; Excellent written/verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to quickly learn and apply foundational skills in Scientific Storytelling, Identifying Mobilizers and Active Listening.
  • An essential requirement of the position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to enter facilities and organizations in your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases.
  • Ability to learn and convey clinical and non-clinical technical information effectively
  • Ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information
  • Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Posted 2026-07-30

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