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Senior Medical Science Liaison

The Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a fieldbased scientific expert that strategically supports the scientific and business objectives of cancer therapeutic areas across the product life cycle. MSLs are the primary communicators of Summit Therapeutics science within a specific geography with healthcare professionals. They are field scientific experts on ImmunoOncology and treatment options within this therapeutic area. They combine strong business acumen, clinical expertise, market awareness, and serve as a conduit of information to a crossfunctional customer base internally within Summit Therapeutics.

Role and Responsibilities

• Develop, execute and maintain highimpact 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, including site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and involving experts to generate scientific data such as investigatorsponsored trials.
• Identify, gain access to, and develop professional, customercentric relationships with external experts in ImmunoOncology within the 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 the relevant geography.
• Continuously maintain selfeducation 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 countrydriven medical affairs activities (e.g., advisory boards, masterclasses, roundtables).
• Create, maintain, and collaborate in relationships with crossfunctional partnerships, as appropriate, to develop and execute account plans designed to support and meet shared scientific or business objectives.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• 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 areas may be accepted in lieu of educational requirements.
• A minimum of 5+ years of solid tumor cancer experience.
• A minimum of 5+ years of clinical, scientific/research, or industryrelated experience or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2+ years experience in a Medical Science Liaison role.
• Previous pharmaceutical industry experience within a 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.
  • Selfmotivation to achieve and exceed goals.
  • Problemsolving and analytic skills.
  • Critical thinking.
  • Ability to work independently.
• An essential requirement of the position is to meet healthcare industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain entry into facilities and organizations that fall within your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases.
• Other requirements:
  • Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
  • Proficient user of standard MS Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel); experience using electronic document management systems and document review tools desirable.
  • Strong computer and database skills.
  • Attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality.
  • Clear and concise oral and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Must be able to effectively multitask and manage timesensitive and highly confidential documents.
  • Prioritize conflicting demands.
  • Work in a fastpaced, demanding, and collaborative environment.

Pay range for this role is $200,000-$235,000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors, including skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

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