Medical Science Liaison Oncology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Science Liaison

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Casablanca, Morocco

Job Description:

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

We are searching for the best talent for the Medical Science Liaison Oncology role based in Rabat or Casablanca, Morocco.

Purpose: The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert responsible for cultivating strategic peer-to-peer partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and leading specialists. The role acts as a scientific bridge between Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and the external medical community, driving evidence-based clinical understanding, non-promotional scientific exchange, and the execution of country- or therapy-specific Medical Affairs strategies.

You will be responsible for:

• To keep abreast of medical and scientific knowledge.
  • Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
• Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists.
  • Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within the therapeutic area
  • Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions
  • Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to fostering innovative approaches
  • Represents the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor/ Medical Lead/Medical Director
• Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care-related audiences:
  • Communicates directly and proactively scientific information of our products within the approved label
  • Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs
  • Responds to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
• Organization and participation in Medical Education activities:
  • Identify/support/educate speakers
  • Build Medical Education programs with scientific third parties
• Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Advisor/Medical Lead/Medical Director
• Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representative
  •  Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with the Training Department as appropriate
  •  Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate
• Support Medical Affairs study execution
  • Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
  • Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
  • Participate in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation
  • Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision
• Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insight into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision-making

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Doctorate in pharmacy or advanced healthcare sciences
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company is an advantage
• Experience in Oncology therapy area is an advantage
• Scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer- to-peer relationship
• Highly customer focused with an awareness of the importance of business results
• Innovative with the ability to coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

AI Judgement Integration, Analytical Reasoning, Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Experience, Coaching, Communication, Competitive Landscape, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Gathering and Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Digital Culture, Digital Literacy, Interpersonal Influence, Market Research, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Problem Solving, Scientific Research, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy