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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Anaheim, California, United States, Huntington Beach, California, United States of America, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Medical Science Liaison, Hematology, to cover its Southern California/Orange County territory.

About Oncology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for providing fair balanced, objective, scientific information and education to health care professionals and to internal partners as required by scientific and business needs. The MSL is considered the scientific and clinical source for current and future products of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. The MSL is also responsible for staying abreast of current scientific and treatment landscape trends in therapeutic areas of interest. The MSL provides research support for company and investigator initiated research. The MSL is responsible for building external relationships with the health care provider team (MD, PA, NP, RN, Pharm.D.) and developing and managing a geographical territory. These relationships and engagements will include both virtual & in person.

The MSL is responsible for developing and maintaining a territory strategic plan, which includes clinical activities with identified OLs, institutions, community practices, pathways influencers and advocacy organizations. The MSL role is the entry level position within the MSL organization. The MSL will develop a competency in the areas of Influence & Results Focused, Communication, Stakeholder Engagement, Product & Therapeutic Area Knowledge, and Data Insights & Dissemination. As the MSL grows in the role, they will be expected to identify and compliantly collaborate with field based partners to ensure support of the health care providers which will positively impact the patients that they care for. The MSL will develop in the area of Agility, applying the competencies of Change Management, Time Management and Innovation to the role. The MSL is responsible for conducting all activities in accordance with current regulatory and health care compliance guidelines. This is a field based clinical position which requires travel, primarily throughout assigned geography, with infrequent meeting travel outside of assigned geography.

Responsibilities:

• Consistently demonstrate strategic territory planning and ability to build strong relationships within the territory with effective data delivery
  · Demonstrates the ability to build community and academic opinion leader partnerships through establishing relationships and conducts scientific exchange with community and institutional HCPs
  · Respond to unsolicited scientific inquiries of HCPs/investigators/health care systems/academic medical centers and population health decision makers integrating scientific data including real world evidence in to real life practice to meet customer needs
  · Presents data and information in a manner appropriate to the audience and request.
  · Execute plans regarding reactive and proactive outreaches as approved via the legal/HCC exceptions process
  · Integrates scientific data into real life practice to meet customer/audience needs, adapting interpersonal style to particular situations and people.
  · Listen for and collect medical insights and submit for analysis
  · Execute Research Initiatives:
  · Leverages knowledge of standards of care and company/investigator sponsored clinical trials and competitor landscape to facilitate external-internal research communication
  · Engages with external investigators regarding unsolicited research inquiries and act as liaison to R&D, Medical Affairs and operations teams
  · Provides clinical trial support to identify potential sites, resolve issues with enrolled sites, and participate in meetings as appropriate, including site initiation visits and investigator launch meetings
• Maintains a strong scientific acumen
  · Actively participate in journal club through scientific dialogue; demonstrate understanding of current standard of care, and regularly share scientific news with team members
  · Attends scientific conferences to gather and understand new scientific information relevant to the company and the external scientific community
  · Medical insights: Actively listens for, documents, and shares medical insights.
• Support of Department Operations and Internal Partners:
  · Provide regional and local support to enhance sales training initiatives and improve competencies of field personnel in partnership with Sales Learning and Development
  · Communicates and collaborates with all field based partners, RWV&E, and other Oncology MSL teams on a routine basis.
  · Develops thorough understanding and competence in the following areas (regulatory and health care compliance guidelines; corporate policies on appropriate business conduct and ethical behavior; MAF SOPs and guidelines)

Qualifications - External

• A Doctorate level degree or equivalent experience is required (PharmD, PhD, MD, Advanced Practice Providers) Post graduate experience is required for Doctoral level candidates, with preference for Oncology clinical experience
• Scientific Acumen: In-depth scientific and/or therapeutic knowledge. Research and/ or health care system knowledge
• Ability to support a specific territory with up to 70% travel
• Should hold a valid US Driver’s License

Preferred:

• 2 years of relevant experience, preferably in MSL role
• Residency/fellowship preferred
• Board certification for clinical degrees preferred

The base pay range for this position is $115,00 to $197,800. This position is eligible for a company car through the Company’s FLEET program. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for participation in this program in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

Information on benefits can be viewed by following this link: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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