What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Medical Science Liaison position at BeiGene?
Role Overview:
This is an individual contributor role focused on educating community healthcare professionals (HCPs) on approved BeiGene medicines and indications.
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will establish and maintain a broad set of customer relationships to provide accurate and balanced medical and scientific information and support for BeiGene products.
The MSL will demonstrate scientific, clinical, and therapeutic area expertise by providing timely medical education in support of fair-balanced scientific exchange with Hematologist/Oncologists Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), additional relevant HCPs, including Pharmacy Directors and Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee members, across diverse practice settings.
The goal is to ensure an understanding of available clinical data to support the safe and effective use of our products.
The MSL role is defined as scientific and non-promotional in nature and must remain independent of sales and marketing functions, except for compliance-expressed collaboration.
Territory Includes:
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii
Essential Functions of the Role:
- Proactive Scientific Exchange and Presentations to HCPs/HCOs to Support Understanding of Approved Indications of Approved Products
- Responding to Unsolicited Medical Information requests
- Gathering Scientific Insights
- Non-Promotional Scientific Exchange (NPSE)
- Corporate Overview and Disease State Presentations
- Provide educational programs on approved products in approved indications and disease states proactively or reactively to requests by HCP or by our field sales organization
- Attend local, regional, and national congresses as part of our Congress Strategy
Experience:
- Clinical oncology experience in hematology/oncology
- Relationships with relevant HCPs in region
- High level of communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Flexibility to work with colleagues in a global setting
- Able to engage in work-related travel approximately 60-70%
- Prior MSL experience or experience in Hematology/Oncology patient care
- Knowledge of community oncology practice needs and challenges
Capabilities and Competencies:
- Impactful verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively collaborate in a dynamic environment
- Strong comprehension of disease states, and knowledge of differential algorithms for treatment decisions and experience in disease states of interest to BeiGene
- An expert understanding of the health care delivery system, including the managed care arena and its impact on patient care, regional medical care, and the pharmaceutical industry
- Ability to identify unmet medical, educational, and research needs at a local & regional level in the medical community
- Ability to interpret key scientific data and translate findings to meet educational and research needs in order to affect corporate research strategic activities/decisions
- Exhibits high degree of emotional intelligence and appreciation of diversity and multiculturalism
- Knowledge of related compliance guidelines
- Designs and/or leads training initiatives and best practices
- Proven ability to drive results at a high level of quality as a strategic and creative thinker
- Demonstrates ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in an ever-changing environment
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage projects and/or colleagues in successful implementation of business-critical projects
- Strong time management & organizational skills
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- No Direct Reports
- Will work with other Field Medical, Commercial, and Headquarter roles
Education Required:
- MD, PharmD., PhD, or DO, within a clinical and/or scientific profession with a minimum of 5 years' clinical experience and/or success within other biotech/pharmaceutical companies
- OR
- NP, PA, Master's Degree within a clinical and/or scientific profession with a minimum of 6 years' clinical experience and/or success within other biotech/pharmaceutical companies
Global Competencies:
- Fosters Teamwork
- Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
- Self-Awareness
- Demonstrates Initiative
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Continuous Learning
- Embraces Change
- Results-Oriented
- Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
- Financial Excellence
- Communicates with Clarity
