Medical Science Liaison - Respiratory (Toronto, GTA-North, and Northern Ontario)

About Our Company:

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, daring thinking, and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca is an excellent place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking bold actions to address some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Summary of Position:

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert who strategically supports the medical and scientific objectives of AstraZeneca’s products across their life cycle. The MSL communicates accurate and applicable science to Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) within a geographic area, leads and maintains professional relationships with KOLs, and identifies collaboration opportunities with AstraZeneca. Combining a strong eye for business and clinical expertise, the MSL serves as a peer-to-peer liaison both internally and externally.

What You’ll Do:

• Developing and maintaining peer-to-peer collaborations with key medical experts in the therapeutic area (TA) and adjacent specialties within the assigned region.
• Serving as a scientific peer-to-peer resource to respiratory disease experts (asthma, COPD).
• Driving the identification, development, and alignment with Key Opinion Leaders, other important healthcare professionals (HCPs), and partners, including professional organizations.
• Educating the medical community with up-to-date medical and scientific information and exhibiting robust disease expertise and product information.
• Delivering quality medical education presentations in a variety of settings and acquiring valuable feedback that can be disseminated throughout the organization e.g. Staff Meetings, Round Tables, Hospital Meeting activities. Communicating and educating internal customers on local initiatives on disease and treatment guidelines in a timely manner.
• Identifying and implementing collaboration opportunities between expert KOLs in respiratory disease and AstraZeneca medical affairs, and clinical development such as publications, collaborative research, regional advisory boards, training, and speaker development programs.
• Communicating expert opinion, feedback on new data, and clinical trends to AstraZeneca Medical Affairs, therapeutic area franchises, and translating this information into strategic recommendations to improve science and advance patient care.
• Supporting and implementing the Brand and Affiliate Company Strategy to ensure that accurate and comprehensive scientific information concerning our products and therapeutic area is available to decision-makers and healthcare providers.
• Ensuring that physician experts are fully trained on speaker presentations, all questions are accurately addressed, and references are provided upon request.
• Responding to unsolicited medical information requests in the region, handling questions, collaborating closely with headquarters to ensure accurate response has been provided, and ensuring that data is fair and balanced.
• Providing input into collaborative research objectives and serving as a champion for proposals submitted. Serving as point person and conduit for respective projects and in conjunction with clinical operations, performing clinical study feasibility and supporting effective study implementation.
• Maintaining compliance and acting as a resource on all internal and external legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Attending appropriate national and international meetings and congresses to gather intelligence, assist personal education, ensuring to use these opportunities to develop relationships with important HCPs for the geographic area of confidence.
• Ensuring a close working relationship with all functions in the country, including commercial operations, sales, and marketing teams.

What We’re Looking For:

• PharmD, MD, PhD or MSc with experience in biological sciences.
• Work experience and expertise in respiratory disease and immunology would be beneficial in this role.
• Strong ability and experience to present complex scientific data.
• Consistent track record of relationship development in the industry.
• Energetically embrace responsibilities and demonstrate ability to achieve goals.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and high-level job proficiencies.
• Have a strong personal initiative, and function well as part of a cross-functional team.
• Exhibit excellent time management and ability to work both as a part of a team and independently.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and group meetings is required; some evenings and weekends may also be required.
• Live within the territory with which you will work. You will have a home-based office and be required to travel within the assigned region.

Who We Are:

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• Top 100 Employers Award
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At AstraZeneca, we are at the forefront of defining groundbreaking technologies that shape the future. Our commitment to innovation drives us to hunt for new technologies that have a long-term impact. By working on novel projects such as imaging, AI, machine learning, data transparency, we ensure that our efforts lead to quicker results while upholding our ethical standards.

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AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com (mailto:AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com).

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.