Medical Science Liaison

Position: Medical Science Liaison )
At Astellas, we believe that nurturing exceptional relationships with our employees delivers exceptional business results.

Everyone at Astellas has a responsibility for creating a brighter future for patients around the world. From the first moment, Astellas will inspire you to put this ethos into practice – with a positive, agile company culture and with well-defined ethical principles, values and systems.

Everything we do is led by our company values of integrity, being patient centric, taking ownership, delivering results and communicating openly. These values are essential to Astellas' relationship with its employees and now is an exciting time to join us as we continue to evolve as a cutting-edge, value driven life sciences innovator.

Purpose of the Role

The Medical Science Liaison is accountable to initiate, develop and deliver medical and scientific input and activities for one or more of the products in the assigned Therapeutic Area. Responsible for ensuring medical insights are obtained for the particular product; accountabilities include execution of an overall medical strategy and tactics for the individual products in his/her territory in alignment with regional/Global TA objectives.

Responsible for engaging with Key External Experts in relevant TA and working closely with key internal stakeholders, including the brand teams across the affiliate to achieve business objectives for the affiliate.

What you will do includes:

Medical Affairs Strategy & Tactics

Coordinate timely medical input of tactics into the Core Medical Plan (CMP) tools for planning, updating the CMP tracker and executing the CMP within timelines and
budget
Execute medical activities such as internal and external scientific product presentations and participating or leading advisory boards to gain further insights for Medical Affairs strategies and tactics.
Provide medical input to commercial activities for the product brand teams including the planning, preparation and approval of

o Strategic business plans
o Promotional and scientific materials
o Product training to marketing and sales colleagues in the affiliate.

Provide external medical and business environment perspective and TA knowledge in the development to the cross-functional stakeholders in the affiliate.

Insights Generation

To act as a specialist, provide a more detailed knowledge of medical information and insights through external collaboration
Develop a medical communication plan and provide internal medical support to utilize relevant scientific information in support of the marketed product(s), consistent and aligned with TA & product strategy
Attend relevant conferences happening in the territory and gather important insights related to TA and product.

Clinical Research/Investigator Sponsored Research

Evaluate proposed research concept and/or protocols from HCPs for Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR), for medical/scientific merit and appropriate design.
To support the Regional Clinical Operations team in delivering regional/global trials, whenever needed.

Internal/External Relationships

Develop, maintain, track relationships with key external experts (KEEs), healthcare professionals, government authorities, funding bodies and other entities to engage and communicate the value of Astellas products in compliance with Astellas values/code of conduct as well as applicable local regulations as well as contribute effectively within matrix teams across Astellas.
Produce a monthly report on activities for the regional medical affairs team and represent the affiliate at internal MA Asia Oceania events and meetings where appropriate.
Assist Medical Lead for the relevant TA for planning and execution of scientific activities.

Learning & Development

Develop expertise and scientific evaluation of assigned therapeutic areas through self-study, company-provided training, and scientific meeting attendance to enhance the contribution to the company.
Attend selected meetings and congresses and participate in external platforms and share the knowledge to the stakeholders in the company.
Along with other members of the Medical Affairs team, play an active role in identifying the medical training needs of the organization and therefore providing the relevant medical and product training to other employees including relevant sales teams.

Legal/Compliance Skills

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of local regulatory guidelines, and Company SOPs and recognize situations that require legal/compliance input and seek guidance as appropriate to ensure adherence to compliance in all areas of operations.
Manages expectations of both internal and external stakeholders regarding what Medical Affairs can and cannot do based on solid understanding of company, regulatory and legal boundaries by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of Regulatory guidelines, local country Code of Practice and Company SOPs to ensure adherence in all areas as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

Medical Degree and Advanced Scientific degree from…