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**Job Function: **
Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub Function: **
Medical Science Liaison
Job Category:
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Job Description:
POSITION SUMMARY
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) of Medical Affairs, Lung Cancer, MSL Group will be responsible for building trust relationships with Key Individuals (KIs) in lung cancer and implementing the medical plan through scientific communication. MSLs communicate with KIs using medical and scientific communication materials and gather insights from them to maximize the value of J&J products. MSLs execute the lung cancer MSL plan and medical plan, while contributing and sophisticating the MSL strategy and medical strategy. MSLs may support Investigator Initiated Study (IIS) or authors of J&J evidence generation projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build external relationships with Key Individuals (KIs) in lung cancer areas
- Communicate with KIs using scientific materials and fill knowledge gaps
- Gather insight from KIs and give feedback to J&J internal medical affairs team
- Contribute to build the MSL plan and medical affairs plan
- Primary focus are is lung cancer, but will expand or shift to other solid tumors
Specialist
•Responsible for executing the following basic MSL tasks under the guidance of his/her superior and the support of a senior MSL.
• Responsible for building trust relationship with Key Individuals (KIs) in their therapeutic area and implementing the medical plan through scientific communication.
• Practice fair and neutral medical and scientific communication with HCPs, gather and report on unmet medical needs for medical advancement in their therapeutic area and optimizing the value of Janssen products.
Senior Specialist
• Has the responsibility to lead the projects/tasks of the MSL group in their therapeutic area and lead them to success.
• Make timely use of new medical and scientific information from various perspectives, communicate with the KI in charge, and build a trust relationship.
• Analyze and identify key MSL findings and provide them to the DA team for use in formulating and revising DA strategy and MAP.
• Contribute to the development of young MSLs (PG 24/newcomer) in charge of DAs.
Principal Specialist
• Responsible for ensuring the success of projects/tasks across the MSL department entire and the MAF DA team.
• Responsible as a key contributor to the formulation and revision of DA strategy and MAP.
• Build a strong relationship of trust with KIs who involved at a higher level through the research, synthesis and representation of complex scientific data.
• Contribute to the formulation of the responsible DA's MSL strategy and enhance the capabilities of DA team members.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor of Science degree required.
- MSc or PhD in life sciences and/or MD, a plus.
Experience and Skills:
Required:
- Work experience of 2+ years in pharmaceutical industry or medical institute is desirable.
- High communication skills are essential to be able to discuss on an equal footing with internal/external stakeholders and build a strong relationship of trust.
- Experienced in leading and completing numerous complex projects
- Business level of Japanese and English communication
- Presentation skills and business acumen as a necessity.
Preferred:
- Experience in Oncology (especially lung cancer) in pharmaceutical industry or medical institute
- Experience of clinical development, medical affairs, research
- Deep understanding of local regulatory policy and industryʼs code of practice related to drug registration, pharmaceutical promotion and clinical study is preferred.
Other:
- Ability to adapt to changes quickly
＜For Internal Applicants＞
- Based on your experience and interview evaluation, the position title and level may vary.
- If you are Japan employee, please read “Internal Application Guideline” in Ask GS. Especially if you are less than 18 months in your current role, you are required to obtain application approval from your current manager as well as your respective BUHR. If you are Japan’s employee, you are not able to apply for multiple positions at once.
- For Employee Referral Program (ERP), please read and understand the details of the “Internal Referral Overview” on the Ask GS and you have made a compliant referral.
**Required Skills: **
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Trials, Coaching, Collaborating, Communication, Data Reporting, Detail-Oriented, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Market Research, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Product Knowledge, Scientific Research, Stakeholder Engagement, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy