Description
At Takeda Oncology, we aspire to cure cancer, with inspiration from patients and innovation from everywhere. We value employees with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. As a member of our team, you would bring your unique perspective to help us achieve our aspiration and help us demonstrate our commitment to patients on a daily basis.
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. As part of the Oncology Field Medical team, you will report to Medical Science Liaison Director and work with internal and external partners.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Senior MSL is an integral member of the medical affairs team. In this field-based role, the MSL will contribute to Takeda's mission by supporting the development and life-cycle management of Takeda Oncology medicines. The key objective of the MSL role is to engage scientifically with key opinion leaders in their assigned geography via accurate, scientific, and non-promotional information exchange.
- Responsible for establishing relationships and engaging in peer-to-peer level scientific discussions around emerging data, treatment guidelines, molecular pathways, mechanism of action Takeda Oncology products including clinical outcomes and research opportunities.
- Formulate and keep updated a specific territory engagement plan which aligns to and supports the US Field Medical priorities and objectives that are aligned with the integrated medical strategy for assigned compounds/disease areas. Execute the scientific engagement plan according to MSL priorities
- Regularly collect medical insights and intelligence from scientific exchange with HCPs and medical community. Ensure timely entries of insights into insight tool to ensure relevant information is communicated to internal stakeholders.
- Respond to unsolicited inquiries for consistent with the field medical SOP.
- Support Takeda Oncology sponsored research and may assist in identifying, evaluating, and screening qualified research sites for company sponsored clinical investigation.
- Actively participates in executing USMAO strategy at medical conferences.
- Identifies potential qualified sites for future pipeline studies.
- Presents accurate, fair balanced scientific information to external stakeholders in a variety of settings, including 1:1 interactions, and in medical meetings or Takeda sponsored engagements.
- Completes all required training, activity documentation, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities.
- Daily entry to hospitals and other medical facilities is required. Many facilities have instituted vendor credentialing policies which require vendors to meet defined training, background check, and proof of immunization requirements as a condition of entry. Takeda employees entering these facilities are required to abide by these credentialing requirements.
Qualifications
- Advanced scientific or healthcare degree required; doctoral degree preferred. (Health sciences advanced or doctoral degrees such as a PharmD, PhD, MD, NP or DMP/ARNP, etc.).
- Experience in Oncology is required.
- 3- 5 years of healthcare, clinical, or related experience (residencies, post-doc fellowship, managed markets, clinical practice, research or academic) is required.
- Possesses superior communication skills, both oral and written, and able to engender trust and respect of peers, team members, and supervisors.
- Versed in technical and scientific languages to communicate with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), Medical Affairs, Research and Development, as well as other key internal and external stakeholders.
