Medical Science Liaison, Solid Tumor- Florida

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Job Description

As a member of Takeda Oncology, your work will contribute to our bold, inspiring vision:
We aspire to cure cancer. Here, you'll build a career grounded in purpose and be empowered to deliver your best.

Join Takeda as a Senior Medical Science Liaison, Solid Tumor covering the Florida and Puerto Rico territory. This role is a field-based, external customer-facing role responsible for analyzing, interpreting and disseminating scientific data, acquiring and translating customer insights, and compliantly connecting customers to Takeda in order to advance medical strategy and improve patient outcomes.

How you will contribute:

• Externally focused KOL/HCP related activities are expected to comprise a minimum of 80% of responsibilities

• Build and maintain professional relationships with KOLs/HCPs per individual territory plans aligned to medical strategy

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge regarding Takeda disease areas and products as well as therapeutic area competitor landscape; analyze and interpret complex scientific information and disseminate to KOLs/HCPs in a compliant, fair-balanced, and non-misleading manner

• Support Takeda-sponsored research and appropriately assist with facilitation of strategically aligned medical collaborative studies and investigator-initiated research processes

• Display advanced knowledge of therapeutic area key intelligence topics/questions and effectively collect, interpret, and internally communicate medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform and refine medical strategies and/or tactics

• Identify appropriate partnership opportunities between KOLs/HCPs and Takeda US Medical

• Participate in executing medical strategy at medical conferences (e.g., staff medical booth, internally communicate medical insights acquired through poster/session attendance and KOL/HCP interactions)

• Within defined timelines and quality standards, respond to unsolicited HCP medical information inquiries referred to by Medical Information

• Complete all required customer activity documentation (e.g., CRM entries, insights capture, etc.), training, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner.

Minimum Requirements /

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in life/health sciences is preferred (Pharm

D, MD, PhD, or equivalent), master’s degree in health sciences (MSN, NP or PA) is the minimum requirement

• A minimum of 3 years of experience post-doctorate as a field-based medical science liaison (MSL) in the pharmaceutical industry is required

• Oncology experience is highly preferred

• Provide constructive and timely feedback to manager and therapeutic area medical leadership

• Assist leadership in coordinating team activities with cross-functional partners in support of medical strategy

• Openly communicate perspectives and ideas across environments and teams

• Assist leadership in gaining commitment from other team members to act on strategies/tactics

• Influence and mobilize others on team to help achieve desired outcomes

• Approach territory strategically, understanding and leveraging interplay between individual stakeholders, institutions, and systems

• Utilize key metrics to ensure alignment to territory plan and adjust activities as necessary

• Contribute to review and/or creation of field medical materials as requested, while continuing to meet core job requirements

• Strategically plan KOL/HCP interactions in advance for the year to maximize efficient use of time in field

• Serve as preferred, “go-to”, and trusted scientific resource for KOLs/HCPs in territory

• Display advanced understanding of Takeda’s legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements and ability to apply principles while working with internal and external stakeholders

• Show awareness of the patient journey and forces…