Regional Medical Science Director, AR, LA, MS, AL

Role Overview

• 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.
• An essential requirement of the position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain entry into facilities and organizations that in your assigned territory.

Benefits

• The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.