As the Medical Affairs Diagnostic Liaison Manager, 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 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements to apply: 

•Medicine Degree/Medical Biotechnology/Pharmacy or Degree in Life Sciences.

•At least 2 years´ experience in Pharmaceutical Or Diagnostic industry, in similar roles. 

•Expertise in discussing scientific content and context to multiple audiences

•Obtain your Line Manager´s approval before applying. 

•Have at least 1 year in your current role. 

•Advanced English. 

•Deadline to apply: January 8th 

Date Posted

Closing Date

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.