Medical Science Liaison

Medical Science Liaison - Oncology

At (COMPANY NAME), we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.

As a Medical Science Liaison you will be responsible for providing medical and scientific support regarding (COMPANY NAME)'s (AZ's) marketed products and compounds in development to a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organization. Your responsibilities will also include engaging in-depth medical and scientific product or disease area discussions, and presentations in a non-promotional scientific context

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with external customers (e.g. Current and future kols, brand advocates and cooperative groups)
• Develop and implement kols plans together with relevant cross-functional teams
• Implement and disseminate high quality medical and scientific education in the field - to give clinical and scientific presentations at sites and to key external audience including local decision makers and budget holders - in co-operation with local marketing, sales, and hospital management functions.
• Provide accurate medical/therapeutic area/product advice and information to internal and external customers for specified products/therapeutic areas (ta)
• Provide scientific and clinical input into key commercial initiatives - participation in all activities of relevant cross-functional team(s) including participation in preparation of relevant parts of marketing and brand plans
• Prepare medical programs//local territory medical tactics as part of strategic/operational/cycle marketing and medical plans and ensure implementation of it in the field
• Provide medical support of pre-launch activities of new ta development/licensed in specified ta in cooperation with hta/market access/ra and marketing department
• ensure medical contribution and consultancy to hta manager on business opportunities analyses, health economy trials and models, outcome research, and comparative effectiveness research
• Assist and advise the marketing department in the preparation of promotional and training materials; support sales & marketing training as a product/area expert in training sessions
• Deliver targeted internal training - to ensure preparation, execution and testing of medical education for relevant marketing & sales functions by himself/external consultants
• Ensure consultancy and support for key external customers and marketing & sales departments in medical objections handling process for specified products/ta
• Ensure medical and ethical integrity, excellence and compliance of all activities within given therapeutic area (for the detailed responsibility in capacity of nominated signatory - see separate functional job descriptions)
• Ensure conduct of advisory boards in specified ta if needed
• Provide support to medical information, regulatory affairs and patient safety (particularly in handling of unsolicited/off label requests, smpc/api review process, risk management plans creation) in assigned therapeutic areas/products
• Keep up-to date knowledge in relevant areas of clinical and theoretical medicine by continuously reviewing relevant literature, monitoring competitors activities, networking with experts and attending both local & international conferences
• Ensure ad hoc management of competitors complaints in specified ta/products together with other relevant medical, marketing and compliance functions in mc
• Keep working level of knowledge in general medicine, health care systems, evidence based medicine, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomy and outcome research
• Contribut to local clinical investigation program - to identify new opportunities, to prepare, implement and follow up on non-interventional studies, patient registries, investigator initiated studies, pharmacoepidemiology trials and other medical-marketing projects related to specific ta/products
• Date:

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• Cooperate with local crr-cee operations to help to ensure medical science optimisation of site selection across territory

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Medically qualified - university degree (graduate level) in medicine, pharmacology, natural or health sciences. Postgraduate degree in those areas or in business administration is an advantage.
• Clinical experience (even in non physician positions, i.e. dept. of biochemistry) is an advantage.
• Minimum 3 years of marketing or sales or medical affairs or clinical development experience.
• Commercial awareness
• Confident & enthusiastic
• High level of knowledge in medicine generally and in areas mentioned above Motivation to learn
• Advanced communication and presentation skills
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