Medical Science Liaison, Onc/Haem - South of England

The Medical Science Liaison - Oncology/Haematology will combine scientific and clinical expertise with strong communication skills. The role can be performed independently or as part of a team. Requires a thorough knowledge of oncology and haematology, the ABPI Code of Practice, and the NHS environment. Excellent stakeholder relationship skills are needed. This is a field-based role covering the south of England, with up to 75% external focus interacting with Health Care Professionals and other stakeholders through hybrid work. Travel will be coordinated with HCPs based on needs and preference.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage in non-promotional medical and scientific partnership, providing high-quality, accurate, timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals regarding the company’s products and disease areas.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible relationships with healthcare professionals, providers, scientific leaders and academic centres, collaborating with internal functions to improve patient outcomes.
• Contribute to strategic planning for the UK by providing medical and scientific insight and applying expert knowledge of the product and disease area.
• Champion cross-functional partnership across the business in delivery of company and team objectives.
• Maintain integrity and ethical governance for the organisation, leading by example.
• Provide fair, balanced, non-promotional medical and scientific support in response to specific requests from healthcare professionals.
• Interact with healthcare organisations, clinicians, clinical investigators and other providers to deliver complete, accurate, balanced, scientifically rigorous, non-promotional information.
• Participate in development of Medical Affairs Plans and implement tactics aligning with the company’s therapeutic areas of interest; contribute to advisory board activities as needed.
• Represent the Medical Department at local or regional non-promotional medical events.
• Identify areas of educational need and develop resources and events to address them.
• Facilitate research publication of articles supporting therapeutic areas, ensuring independence and objectivity.
• Act as an authoritative resource for identifying scientific leaders for potential collaboration on projects or activities.
• Support commercial colleagues with balanced scientific information and training related to the disease entities.
• Collaborate with research laboratories and clinical trial operations to identify investigators for clinical programmes and provide medical expertise for trial engagement.
• Complete planning, organisational and administrative activities for effective territory management.
• Maintain compliance with all statutory Pharmacovigilance requirements.
• Ensure all interactions comply with local, global and national laws, guidelines, codes of conduct (including ABPI Code) and corporate policies.
• Demonstrate commitment to inclusion, equity and empowerment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Medical, pharmacy or advanced science degree (MSc or PhD preferred).
• Experience in oncology medical affairs; MSL experience in another therapeutic area also acceptable.
• High level knowledge of the ABPI Code of Practice.
• Proven relationship building skills with scientific leaders (pharma, healthcare or academia).
• Comprehensive understanding of the MSL role’s value to internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of the NHS environment and opportunities for partnership within the ABPI Code.
• IT skills, including Microsoft Office.

Desirable Role Competencies

• Strategic Thinking – ability to adapt work processes to emerging needs, evaluate new ideas, and align with long-term initiatives.
• Business & Financial Acumen – use business facts to inform decisions and understand company structure.
• Working Across Boundaries – act as an intermediary, adapt global strategies locally, recognise barriers and build networks.
• Project Management – coordinate tasks, avoid setbacks, translate complex needs into solutions, redesign processes for user-friendliness.

Required Skills

• Adaptability
• Advisory Board Development
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Clinical Research
• Codes of Conduct
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Patient Outcomes
• Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs
• Scientific Communications
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Strategic Collaborations

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.