Regional Medical Science Director
Summit Therapeutics, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $235,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Develop, execute and maintain high impact territory plans, including HCP and Investigator engagement plans in alignment with therapeutic area medical and scientific objectives with a focus on quality.
- Support clinical development and research initiatives across development at the request of R&D to include, but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and involving experts to generate scientific data including investigator-sponsored trials.
- Identify, gain access to, and develop professional customer centric based relationships with external experts in Immuno-Oncology within assigned geography.
- Provide education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape and Summit Therapeutics products across the product lifecycle to healthcare providers and researchers.
- Participate, monitor, and provide insights to Summit from relevant scientific meetings in relevant geography.
- Continuously maintain self-education on market issues/trends, product knowledge, and new therapeutic areas of interest as it pertains to specific business responsibilities, including creating awareness and relationships for Summit Therapeutics in the Medical community.
- Actively participate in relevant team meetings, organizational activities, and Country-driven medical affairs activities (e.g. advisory boards, masterclasses, roundtables).
- Create, maintain, and collaborate in relationships with Cross-Functional partnerships, as appropriate, to develop and execute Account plans designed to support and meet shared scientific or business objectives.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Doctoral degree in the health sciences from an accredited university required (MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent).
- Significant clinical and/or industry experience in oncology and cancer therapeutic area may be accepted in lieu of education requirements.
- A minimum of 5+ years of solid tumor cancer experience
- A minimum of 5+ years of clinical, scientific/research, or industry related experience or equivalent
- A minimum of 2+ years experience in Medical Science Liaison role
- Previous pharmaceutical industry experience within relevant scientific discipline is strongly preferred.
- The MSL must possess and be able to demonstrate past achievements in: Understanding, analyzing and communicating complicated scientific concepts and data.
- Building credible relationships with prominent HCPs.
- Ability to independently identify and translate corporate needs into an action plan that will achieve objectives.
- Self-motivation to achieve and exceed goals.
- Problem solving and analytic skills.
- Critical thinking.
- Ability to work independently.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Stock options
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
clinical developmentresearch initiativessite evaluationinvestigator meetingsscientific data generationinvestigator-sponsored trialsproduct lifecycle knowledgemarket issues/trends analysisoncology experiencesolid tumor cancer experience
Soft skills
relationship buildingcommunication of scientific conceptsself-motivationproblem solvinganalytical skillscritical thinkingindependent workteam collaborationcustomer centricityorganizational activities participation
Certifications
Doctoral degree in health sciencesMDPhDPharmD