Senior Medical Science Liaison, Dermatology - Pacific Northwest

Takeda • USA - WA - Virtual, WA

1d • $151,100 - $237,490 • Remote

About The Position

The Medical Science Liaison is a field-based, external customer-facing member of Takeda’s US therapeutic area medical unit team. The role analyzes, interprets, and disseminates scientific data; acquires and translates customer insights; fosters external expert networks; and compliantly connects customers to Takeda to advance medical strategy and improve patient outcomes. The position reports to the Director, MSL. The Northwest Region includes ND, SD, MT, WY, ID, OR, WA, and AK. External KOL/HCP-related activities are expected to comprise at least 80% of responsibilities. The role requires frequent travel, including the ability to travel up to 70% of the time, with some overnight and weekend travel. The employee must be able to drive and/or fly to meetings and have a clean, valid driver’s license.

Requirements

• At least a Master’s degree in health sciences, such as MSN, NP, or PA.
• At least 2 years of MSL experience within healthcare or related experience in managed markets, clinical practice, research, or academia, following award of a professional degree.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to travel up to 70% of the time, including some overnight and weekend travel.
• Ability to drive and/or fly to meetings.
• Clean and valid driver’s license.
• Ability to execute activities within legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Doctoral degree in life or health sciences, such as PharmD, MD, PhD, or equivalent.
• Experience disseminating complex scientific data to healthcare audiences.
• Relevant therapeutic-area knowledge and expertise.
• Clinical, research, and/or teaching experience.
• Ability to work effectively in virtual and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain professional relationships with KOLs/HCPs in accordance with individual territory plans aligned with medical strategy.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of Takeda disease areas and products and the therapeutic-area competitor landscape; analyze and interpret complex scientific information and disseminate it to KOLs/HCPs in a compliant, fair-balanced, and non-misleading manner.
• Support Takeda-sponsored research and appropriately assist with strategically aligned medical collaborative studies and investigator-initiated research processes.
• Collect, interpret, and internally communicate medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform and refine medical strategies and tactics, using advanced knowledge of therapeutic-area intelligence topics and questions.
• Identify and cultivate partnership opportunities between KOLs/HCPs and Takeda US Medical.
• Participate in executing medical strategy at medical conferences, including staffing medical booths and communicating insights gathered through poster/session attendance and KOL/HCP interactions.
• Respond to unsolicited HCP medical-information inquiries referred by Medical Information within defined timelines and quality standards.
• Complete customer activity documentation, including CRM entries and insights capture, as well as required training, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities accurately, promptly, and compliantly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior