Medical Science Liaison

**This is a contract role replacing an employee on Parental leave**

At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and ignite your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

**Oncology at AstraZeneca**

Be part of fulfilling our ambition to be world leaders in Oncology. We are already the fastest growing team within AstraZeneca and across the industry, and there are countless new indications and targets in our exciting pipeline. We deliver this value through launch excellence, commercial effectiveness, and improving the lifecycle. By improving our portfolio, we are confident we can change the practice of medicine and redefine cancer treatment.

**Our Position**

Medical Science Liaisons engage in balanced, objective scientific exchange with health care professionals in an effort to facilitate scientific discovery and informed treatment decisions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Appropriately review emerging data with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) discussing benefits and risks in a scientific, objective and balanced way
- Work with HCPs as scientific consultants to engage in scientific activities aligned with corporate projects such as advisory boards, speaker programs and clinical trials
- Identify HCPs with the scientific excellence and expertise to collaborate on forward thinking basic and pre-clinical research identified in strategic planning
- Provide company with an understanding of regional HCPs, their practices and related key issues and trends in disease treatment
- As part of the scientific exchange, find opportunities for research with HCP’s and, where appropriate, connect these opportunities to the Medical Advisor as part of the Externally Sponsored Research (ESR) process
- Provide valuable support to key clinical trial sites by providing relevant scientific expertise on the molecule being investigated either during site initiation or shortly thereafter
- Collaborate with clinical operations groups in helping to ensure successful recruitment of clinical sites

**Qualifications**:

- Preferably two years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a physician-facing role
- Excellent ability to learn and capacity for scientific concepts and knowledge
- Effective and validated strong communication (both verbal and written) and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership and teamwork skills
- Good organizational skills and proven ability to work in a self-directed manner
- Experienced knowledge of the health care environment with regards to Opinion Leaders, Academia and the Medical Community in general
- Travel required (Local, Regional and National)
- Experience in the therapeutic area of Oncology (Breast Cancer) is preferred, however, the incumbent may at times be required to change therapeutic areas to adapt to business needs.

**About AstraZeneca**

Here you’ll have the chance to define a significant difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines - for the world’s most sophisticated diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by groundbreaking the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and crafting the patient ecosystem.

**Great People want to Work with us Find out why**:
AstraZeneca is committed to taking every reasonable precaution to protect employees, our customers and the healthcare systems in the communities in which we serve. In an effort to protect the wellbeing of our employees and customers, full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of all positions at AstraZeneca. As such, all offers of employment will be conditional upon either (i) proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or (ii) proof of need for accommodation under relevant human rights legislation, and AstraZeneca’s determination that the requested accommodation can be provided without undue hardship. You will be required to submit proof of full vaccination or proof of need for accommodation during our background screening process.