Medical Science Liaison, Onc/Haem - South of England

The Medical Science Liaison – Oncology/Haematology will use strong scientific and clinical expertise combined with excellent communication skills. The role is field‑based, covering the south of England, and is up to 75% externally focused interacting with healthcare professionals and other external stakeholders through hybrid ways of working (virtual and face‑to‑face). The travel depends on agreed collaboration with HCPs taking into account their needs and preferred ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage in field‑based, non‑promotional, medical and scientific partnership to provide high‑quality, accurate, and timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals, providers and other relevant stakeholders regarding the company’s products and associated disease area.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible relationships with healthcare professionals, providers, scientific leaders and academic centres in the relevant disease area, and collaborate with internal functions to deliver improved patient outcomes.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of 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 to deliver company and team objectives.
• Maintain integrity and ethical governance for the organisation, always leading by example.
• Provide fair, balanced, non‑promotional and unbiased field‑based medical and scientific support in response to specific requests from healthcare professionals.
• Interact with healthcare organisations, health professionals, clinical investigators and other healthcare providers to deliver complete, accurate, balanced, scientifically rigorous, and non‑promotional medical and clinical information.
• Participate in the development of Medical Affairs Plans and implement tactics identified in those plans, aligning with the company’s therapeutic areas of interest, and contribute to advisory board activities when required.
• Represent the Medical Department at local or regional non‑promotional medical events.
• Identify areas of educational need for the external healthcare community and develop resources and events to address those needs.
• Facilitate research publication of articles supporting therapeutic areas of interest, ensuring independence and objectivity of the publications.
• Act as an authoritative resource for the identification of scientific leaders who may collaborate on specific projects or activities.
• Support commercial colleagues to provide balanced and scientific information and training on therapeutic areas related to assigned disease entities.
• Collaborate with research laboratories and clinical trials operations personnel to identify potential investigators for clinical development programmes and provide medical and clinical expertise for effective trial engagement in the UK.
• Complete all planning, organisational and administrative activities necessary to ensure effective and efficient management of geographic territory.
• Maintain compliance with all statutory requirements and internal procedures for pharmacovigilance.
• Ensure all activities and interactions are conducted in compliance with applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct (including the ABPI Code of Practice), company policies and accepted standards of best practice.

Qualifications and Experience

• Medical degree, pharmacy degree, or higher science degree preferably a MSc or PhD.
• Experience in oncology medical affairs is highly preferred; MSL experience in another therapeutic area is also considered.
• High level of knowledge of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries Code of Practice.
• Proven relationship‑building skills with scientific leaders in the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare or academic settings.
• Comprehensive understanding of how the MSL role can deliver value to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of the wider NHS environment and key partnership opportunities within the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice.
• IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office software.

Desirable Role Competencies

• Strategic Thinking – ability to adapt work processes to emerging needs and to evaluate new ideas for practicality and ease of implementation.
• Business & Financial Acumen – understanding of business facts, ability to use data in decisions, and knowledge of the company’s core business structure.
• Working Across Boundaries – ability to act as an intermediary, adapt global strategies for local implementation, and recognise potential barriers to cross‑boundary initiatives.
• Project Management – ability to coordinate work tasks with others for timely completion, articulate complex needs into clear solutions, and redesign processes and tools 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.