Medical Science Liaison, Rare Nephrology, Great Lakes, (OH, MI, IN, KY, WV, Western PA)

About the role

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert that strategically supports the medical and scientific objectives of Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease’s product/s across the product/s life cycle. The individual is a peer scientific expert who communicates accurate and applicable science to Healthcare Practitioners (HCPs) within a geographic area.

Responsibilities

• HCP relationship management
  • Evaluates their territory to profile and identify the HCPs to engage and build relationships with, as well as identify, important centers of excellence
  • Develops clear, succinct, impactful HCP engagement plans, aligned with medical strategic goals and objectives. Evaluates and refines plans as needed per the progress against the quarterly focus priorities
  • Gains HCPs’ trust and respect by effectively providing and communicating relevant scientific/medical information on the company’s products and disease states
  • Gathers and disseminates HCP insights as appropriate internally to help inform medical strategy
  • Develops strong working relationships in different external business settings
• Scientific knowledge and training
  • Keeps current with scientific knowledge within assigned products and therapeutic area
  • Supports scientific exchange of product/disease state with external stakeholders (HCPs) as needed
  • Provides relevant scientific information to other internal teams and functions as appropriate
  • Demonstrates a functional understanding of real-world evidence and HEOR
• Research & Development
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of clinical study design and protocols
  • Ensures HCPs and stakeholders receive focused and balanced clinical and scientific information
  • Develops expertise in applicable research outcomes to credibly conduct effective discussion with HCPs
  • Supports applicable externally sponsored research and clinical trials, as appropriate
• US Healthcare system knowledge
  • Acquires knowledge of the current US healthcare system environment and its impact on the rare disease ecosystem
  • Builds a basic understanding of the foundations of managed markets
  • Acquires a basic understanding of the flow of information in managed care and government organizations

Requirements

• Minimum Education: MD, PharmD, or PhD in biological sciences strongly preferred
• Minimum Experience: Industry experience is preferred but not mandatory; if no industry experience, therapeutic area experience (Hematology/Nephrology/Transplant) is preferred
• Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Excellent communication skills (oral and written), energetic embrace of responsibilities, strong personal initiative, excellent time management, ability to work independently, demonstrates leadership skills and high-level job competencies

Additional Role Requirements

• Office is home based. Travel within region 3-4 days per week with 1-2 office days per week
• Person should be able to travel minimum ~70% time
• Candidate is required to live within the territory
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in a field environment. As is typical of a field-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation, to travel by public transportation, automobile, train, or plane; work comfortably in a clinical setting; use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; problem solve; engage in complex and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours
• At AstraZeneca, we are taking bold action on climate because we recognize the connection between healthy people and a healthy planet. As part of our flagship Ambition Zero Carbon program, we have committed to a fully electric vehicle (EV) fleet by the end of 2025, which means that all of our drivers will be assigned an EV.

Pay

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Schedule

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