Precision Medicine Liaison
| Company | AstraZeneca |
|---|---|
| Location | Oklahoma City, OK, USA, Denver, CO, USA |
| Salary | $159146 – $238719 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree
- Four years of experience in the diagnostic landscape, with a focus on Pathology and Labs
- Oncology experience
- Experience in consultative sells environment with lab or life science company or pharmaceutical (manufacturer)
- Expertise in discussing scientific content and context to multiple audiences
- Executive Presence and strong presentation skills
- Proven ability to form a network and work collaboratively in a cross functional setting and ability to navigate across tumor teams in both field and headquarters to contribute toward a common goal
- Expertise in Genomic/Diagnostics, testing process flow and patient journey for oncology
- Demonstrate an understanding of the business, strategy with respect to diagnostics, lab networks and collaborate with external laboratories and work with oncology accounts
- Develop and maintains an understanding of the changing oncology ecosystem, market dynamics, diagnostic trends, biomarker legislation and the problem-solving skills to be able to assess barriers and potential solutions
- Ability to lead without authority
- Strategic problem solver with an entrepreneurial approach with the ability to find opportunities that align to organization priorities based on data, diagnostic testing needs and account insights
- Ability to set objectives for precision medicine across the respective geography as well as use engagement strategies to advance opportunities to work with target customers
- Exhibits consistent and diligent behaviors that align with AstraZeneca values and upholds our ethical standards and compliance expectations
- Ability to travel (percentage varies with geography)
Responsibilities
- Engage pre and post launch to proactively enable testing at launch and address barriers to testing at pre-specified RegionTarget Reference Labs and small subset of accounts through partnerships with diagnostic companies, affiliated pathology/lab networks
- Identify and develop relationships within a defined set of Region Reference Labs, Region Key Accounts (with Molecular genomics programs) and pathology groups to gather insights and develop strategies to support and educate on appropriate testing
- Collaborate with Field Cross Functional Team, Medical Diagnostics, Precision Medicine HQ and PM/Brand HQ Marketing
- Takes on regional/local market insights and supports regional initiatives and supports QI projects as subject matter expert
- Act as the PM regional expert to support oncology customers at the request of the cross functional team by providing more in-depth diagnostic expertise, insights and support to our internal teams
- Work closely with cross functional team and state government affairs teams to pull through the state-based biomarker bills and weave that into all interactions with reference labs and accounts
Preferred Qualifications
- Exceptional follow up and proactive engagement with both customers and team
- Proven experience with broad base of external customers including external labs, academic and lab leadership, pathology and decision makers
- Thorough knowledge of the diagnostic test regulatory environment
- Strong peer leadership attributes with the ability to balance short- and long-term goals and constructively resolve issues
- Proven cross functional team collaboration and leadership
- Project management experience