About the Role
The Senior Medical Science Liaison, Associate Director, 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.
Responsibilities
- 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 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.
- 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
- 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.
Requirements
- Ability to drive to or fly to various meetings/client sites.
- Ability to use field-based telephonic and computer tools for all aspects of the job is critical.
- Must have valid driver license with safe driving record
Skills
- Oncology experience is highly preferred
- Clinical, research, or teaching experience.
Location
- Upstate NY, VT, CT, and Western MA
Work Type
- Field-based
- Remote
- Employee
- Regular
- Full time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Associate Director
- A minimum of 3-5 years of healthcare, clinical, or related experience (residencies, post-doc fellowship, managed markets, clinical practice, research or academic) is required.
Education Level
- Advanced scientific or healthcare degree required; doctoral degree preferred. (Health sciences advanced or doctoral degree, such as a PharmD, PhD, MD, RN, NP or DMP/ARNP, etc)
Salary/Compensations
- U.S. Base Salary Range: $169,400.00 - $266,200.00
Benefits
- U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives.
- U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
- U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
About the Company
- At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs.
- Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
- Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do.
- We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
- Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do.
- We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine.
- Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.
- At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.
Equal Opportunity
- Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
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