(Sr.) MSL, Medical, Beijing

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Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. KOLs engagement
•    Responsible for identifying and updating regional KOLs (national KOLs if applicable) list to engage within assigned Therapy Area.
•    Responsible for profiling regional KOLs (national KOLs if applicable), design and implement individual KOL engagement plan.
•    Maintain robust and long-terms professional relationships with regional experts, particularly KOLs, by regular on field visit and other medical initiatives defined by KOLs engagement plan.
•    Obtain feedback and advice about Takeda products or interesting TAs from KOLs through 1 on 1 interactions, advisory boards or medical meetings.
•    Summarize and communicate relevant KOLs feedback to relevant internal stakeholders to support and help inform the medical strategy in line with brand plan.
•    Train and develop speakers on the company’s products.
•    Identify potential investigators for Medical affairs study.

2. Regional Medical Plan and Initiatives
•    Responsible for establishing regional medical plan and design medical initiatives, consistent with central medical strategy and regional medical needs. 
•    Responsible for developing and maintaining annual regional medical budget requests and ensuring the approval budgets are being managed and tracked.
•    Plan, organize and conduct regional AB boards meetings in relevant TA.
•    Conduct KOLs visit according KOLs engagement plan, record the visit report and insight collection by appropriate system, like VEEVA CRM, MEDIsource system.
•    Provide and communicate fair and balanced information on the benefits and risks of Takeda products, therapeutic options, and the disease state in Takeda regional medical activities.
•    Develop and conduct lectures/educational sessions for appropriate healthcare audiences on non-promotional regional educational activities.
•    Develop non-promotional educational materials (e.g. slides decks, education videos) for specific regional medical activities.
•    Proactively support the conduction of Takeda MA study (Phase IV study, HEOR), including input for regional sites feasibility check, investigator recommendation and communication.
•    Identify KOL’s research capability & interesting area and the feasibility of IISR possibility with Takeda, receive unsolicited investigator initiated sponsored studies (IISR) requests which fit for medical strategy, escalate for MA’s review if appropriate.
•    As part of Medical Education team, responsible for submitting regional medical education grant request applications from external customers.

3. Regional Medical Expertise
•    Build reputation as regional TA expert participating in appropriate internal network across Medical, Marketing, Trainings and sales functions.
•    Provide medical insight and support for regional market/sales activities as appropriate accordance with all local and regional guidelines.
•    Give internal medical training to regional internal customers, focused on TA trends and key information updating of Takeda products, based on the business needs.
•    Properly response to the unsolicited inquiry in compliance with relevant Takeda SOPs.
•    Medical support for SFE activities as request (e.g. DSM quarterly test)
•    Liaise with Takeda development team where appropriate to establish and manage an external regional network of investigators and KOLs.

4. Others
•    Additional scope of responsibilities and other therapeutic areas may apply if assigned by the line manager.

Qualifications & Skills:

•    Master degree in Medical or Life science is required, doctoral education is preferred.
•    Either ≥1 year working experience in clinical practice and/or in multinational pharmaceutical company  or ≥2 year relevant work experience.
•    [For senior MSL, ≥2 prior MSL experience with a track record of success in multinational pharmaceutical company are required]
•    Clinical experiences within relevant TAs are preferred.
•    Fundamental knowledge of clinical study methodology.
•    Customer focused with excellent communication and influencing skills that can impact at regional level.
•    Highly medical project management skills to deliver on complex tasks within timeframe and manage milestones.
•    Innovative sense and willing to drive a complex and changing environment and effectively manage and resolve issues of responsible products from medical perspective.
•    Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
•    Fluent in written business English, workable in spoken English.
•    Awareness of and adherence to the company’s credo and compliance requirement.
•    Strong communication skill and team spirit

Travel Requirements:
•    MSL is a field based role and the successful candidate would be expected to >50% work days on field. The successful candidate will also be expected to travel during the holidays as required by the business need.

Locations

Beijing, China

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time