(Sr.)MSL, Medical, Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Guangdong Job ID R0148661 Category Commercial Subcategory Commercial Business Unit Global Portfolio Division Job Type Full timeBy clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’sPrivacy Noticeand Terms of Use. I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.
Job Description
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 visi t 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 and 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.
