Summit Therapeutics

Summit Therapeutics

Lead, Regional Medical Science Director

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$250k-$270kDetected 61 days ago
Product ManagementExcelRecruitingClinical TrialsResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • They are the field scientific experts on Immuno-Oncology and treatment options within this therapeutic area.
  • They combine strong business acumen, clinical expertise, market awareness, and serve as a conduit of information to a cross functional customer base internally within Summit Therapeutics.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct regular field visits and observation rides to assess scientific exchange quality and support skill development.
  • Drive coordination of KOL/HCP engagement across territories within the region to avoid duplication and maximize strategic impact.
  • Support clinical development and research initiatives across development at the request of R&D to include, but not limited to, site evaluation and identification, recruitment, investigator meetings, external expert identification, and involving experts to generate scientific data including investigator-sponsored trials.
  • Identify, gain access to, and develop professional customer centric based relationships with external experts in Immuno-Oncology within assigned geography.
  • Create, maintain, and collaborate in relationships with Cross-Functional partnerships, as appropriate, to develop and execute Account plans designed to support and meet shared scientific or business objectives.

Requirements

  • Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
  • Must be able to effectively multi-task and manage time-sensitive and highly confidential documents.
  • All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit's Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@smmttx.com to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.

Nice to have

  • Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
  • Summit is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and has additional offices in California, New Jersey, the UK, and Ireland.

Skills

  • A minimum of 5+ years of solid tumor cancer experience
  • Greater than or equal to 5+ years of clinical, scientific/research, or industry related experience or equivalent preferred.
  • A minimum of 2+ years as a Medical Science Liaison required.
  • Previous pharmaceutical industry experience within relevant scientific discipline preferred.
  • The MSL must possess and be able to demonstrate past achievements in:
  • Understanding, analyzing and communicating complicated scientific concepts and data.
  • Building credible relationships with prominent HCPs.
  • Ability to independently identify and translate corporate needs into an action plan that will achieve objectives.
  • Self-motivation to achieve and exceed goals.
  • Problem solving and analytic skills.
  • Critical thinking.
  • Ability to work independently.

Compensation

  • $250,000 - $270,000 USD
  • Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
  • The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

Benefits

  • An essential requirement of the position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain entry into facilities and organizations that in your assigned territory.
  • Provide day‑to‑day leadership, coaching, and support to Regional Medical Science Directors/MSLs within the assigned geography to ensure high‑quality scientific engagements.
  • Ensure field insights from the region are timely, well‑synthesized, and actionable for Medical Affairs partners.
  • Develop, execute and maintain high impact territory plans, including HCP and Investigator engagement plans in alignment with therapeutic area medical and scientific objectives with a focus on quality.
  • Provide education relative to disease state, therapeutic landscape and Summit Therapeutics products across the product lifecycle to healthcare providers and researchers.

Equal opportunity

  • Summit Therapeutics Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment.

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