.Company DescriptionJob DescriptionMedical Science Liaison GastroenterologyLocation: Galicia, León & AsturiasReporting to the Medical Manager, your main responsibilities will be as follows:Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted with due regard to all applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, Company policies and accepted standards of best practice.Provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with thought leaders and external experts of strategic importance to AbbVie.Ensure a strong medical and scientific presence for AbbVie in key academic centers by facilitation of research and educational initiatives, while supporting requests for medical and scientific information on products or areas of therapeutic interest to AbbVie.Assist in the initiation, oversight and follow-up of assigned clinical studies and medical projects initiated within the therapeutic area for which the MSL carries responsibility (e.G., post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, post-authorization studies (phase IV). All such activities must comply with applicable local laws, guidelines, and codes of practice, SOPs, and AbbVie R&D; (GPRD) SOPs.Act as the point of contact with thought leaders to facilitate investigator initiated study (IIS) ideas and requests for support to the local and global medical teams as appropriate.Serve as a point of contact within the Medical Affairs team for thought leaders and external experts within an assigned geographic area in order to satisfy their needs for scientific knowledge in a therapeutic area and, when requested, relevant AbbVie medicines, to support their safe, effective and appropriate use.Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to physicians, individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where requested, but with the focus on Tier 1, 2 and 3 thought leaders.Participate in the selection process to identify appropriately qualified thought leaders the Company would wish to engage in collaborative efforts - such as potential research collaborations, or educational and advisory roles (Advisory Boards, Congresses, Symposia, etc.); while ensuring a high level of scientific or educational integrity in these collaborative efforts.Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence - for example, competitor research and medical strategies, educational activities - and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.Attend relevant scientific meetings and Conferences. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop summaries of key data and other scientifically relevant information to inform AbbVie strategic priorities and initiatives.Support internal teams such as sales and marketing to develop their scientific and technical expertise through the delivery of scientific update presentations