Diagnostic Liaison Manager, based out of Bangalore

Do you have expertise in, and passion for Medical Affairs and Diagnostics? Would you like to apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

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MEDICAL AFFAIRS-DIAGNOSTICS

Be part of redefining our future by thinking and acting differently. Be part of delivering our vision to be the leader in Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolism, Respiratory and Immunology by 2025. We need to build on our heritage and think and act differently to evolve with the healthcare landscape. From becoming a digitally-enabled enterprise to accelerating launches. It means we are forward looking, challenge the status quo, reflect on insights, spot opportunities and act on smart risks.

What you’ll do

As a Medical Affairs Diagnostic Liaison Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in channelling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. You will leverage your current medical, diagnostic and clinical test experience that will make an impact within a large, global pharmaceutical company to help ensure understanding of the environment, gather insights, help inform the development strategy and support data generation to help support LCM and patient access. This is a newly developed field-based group reporting to the Diagnostics lead.

The Diagnostic Liaison Manager supports the timely, high quality in-market companion diagnostics / testing solutions to enable optimal patient access, treatment throughout the lifecycle of the product. It includes providing insights into the core medical team, interacting with key HCPs. An important element of this role is to work collaboratively with the medical scientific liaisons and local sales teams and execute on tactical plans with a good understanding of the medical and clinical operational issues on the interface between the oncologist/HCP and the testing pathway, helping to deliver appropriate information, insights and solutions.

The Diagnostic Liaison Manager is to work in appropriate coordination with the Field Sales Team and Medical Scientific Liaisons help gather insights and deliver education as appropriate to internal and external stakeholders and execute on tactical plans with a deep understanding of the medical environment and disease/pathology to help support clinical and medical questions to facilitate optimal testing, removal of barriers and advance the scientific development of appropriate testing solutions as needed.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

• Identify and develop needs-based relationships with, Pathologists and molecular pathologists, molecular diagnostics kit suppliers, scientific experts, laboratory decision makers, thought-leaders: Health Care Professionals (HCP), and scientific organizations
• Identify barriers to diagnostics testing through Diagnostic Testing labs, Diagnostics Kit companies, lab networks and HCPs. Execution of tactical plans locally to support and educate on appropriate testing
• Help develop robust testing facilities in strategic centres, including protocol support, working on identification and removing bottlenecks in testing, monitoring the number and performance of testing. Demand generation through education, awareness, and advocacy
• Help to deliver appropriate, approved, educational information on disease, pathology and diagnostics to internal and external stakeholders. Deliver highly technical and medical data presentations to Pathologists, HCPs and multidisciplinary teams
• Support externally sponsored research as appropriate
• Provide insights to core medical teams to aid in the development of India specific plan and to help inform and shape the local strategy
• Strategic Key Account Management skills
• Adhere to the AZ Code of Conduct, The Policy Handbook, Standards, and SOPs as well as comply with all regulatory and compliance requirements for your role.

Internal Contacts:

• Diagnostics lead
• Core medical team including brand medical leads
• Brand Teams in coordination with the Diagnostic lead

External engagement:

• Health Care Professionals including oncologists and pathologists
• Diagnostic partners – labs, kit manufacturers
• Advocacy and national and regional professional associations societies
• Oncology Diagnostics Managers
• Professional associations and societies

Essential for the role

• PhD in Life Sciences/Molecular Biology
• >5 years of experience in molecular diagnostic market and clinical testing; preferably oncology experience (lung cancer, women cancer, immunotherapy)
• Expertise in discussing scientific content and context to multiple audiences
• Understand diagnostic verification and validation procedures to ensure robust study protocols
• Ability to travel (>50%; percentage varies with geography)

Desirable for the role

• Strong team work and collaboration skills
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Has the ability to work under pressure and with short timelines, being resourceful and tenacious in approaching problems and leveraging all available sources for developing solutions
• Thorough knowledge of diagnostic test development and regulatory environment and oncology environment (and experience with clinical trials preferred)
• Proven demonstration of effective cross-functional project team leadership
• Strong execution focus

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours.
• If you’re curious to know more then please apply to this post and we will revert back to you.

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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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.