AbbVie Posted July 23, 2026

MSL/Sr. MSL, Psychiatry (Boston, MA)

Boston, MA Full-time
Medical Affairs Senior

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About this opportunity

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  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

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. Facilitates information, education, and research activities for physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies in development or commercialized by AbbVie. Works closely with other AbbVie personnel to ensure information, education, and research needs of healthcare professionals are met and to ensure scientific and technical training needs of commercial organizations are identified and met

Responsible for maintaining annual expenses within assigned budget parameters

Responsible for accurate and timely documentation of above activities

The employee must conduct their work activities in compliance with all AbbVie internal requirements and with all applicable regulatory requirements. AbbVie internal requirements include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, and general business policies, requirements, and objectives.

You Will

· 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 AbbVie products.

· Upon request, present data on AbbVie products 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.

· Serve as internal medical and scientific resource to assigned AbbVie therapeutic areas for development of disease-state and product communications and materials that are medically accurate, balanced, and consistent with regulatory guidelines.

· Support Round Table and Advisory Board sessions to ensure accuracy of scientific and clinical data.

· Conducts on-going training to medical affairs, field sales and other internal personnel as directed.

· May provide support for payer-facing activities to public and commercial managed markets.

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.

Minimum 3-year total specific industry experience (pharma, device, etc) and minimum 4 years post professional degree practice or relevant transferable experience (clinical practice, academic research, regulatory/scientific)

Psychiatry experience highly preferred

Previous MSL experience required

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.

The candidate must live in the territory or willing to self-relocate within the territory. The territory includes Boston MA. 

Job grade, level, and title will be determined by the selected candidate’s credentials, education, and experience.

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 postingbased 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 orless 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 paidand 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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Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Boston, MA
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 130 comparable Senior Medical Affairs roles across 44 biopharma companies.

130Comparable roles tracked
128Currently active
44Companies hiring similar roles
20Countries represented

Salary context

32 of 130 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $124,500/yr – $236,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Medical Science Liaison Sr. /Houston · UCB $156,000/yr – $204,000/yr
Peer group range $180,000 – $231,700 (median $195,125)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 130 comparable roles

United States69
China10
Japan7
Taiwan6
India6
South Korea5

+ 14 more countries

Seniority mix

130 of 130 peers have a known seniority level

Senior92
Associate Director35
Principal3

Therapeutic area mix

57 of 130 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology28
Neuroscience8
Dermatology & Aesthetics6
Vaccines & Infectious Disease5
Rare Disease4
Cardiovascular / CVRM3
Immunology3

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