Medical Science Liaison - HCC/BTC, Shanghai

About the role

AstraZeneca is hiring a Medical Science Liaison for its HCC/BTC business in Shanghai. The role supports field sales and medical affairs through scientific information, education of healthcare professionals and escalation of complex queries, and operates within the company's own country.

Key responsibilities

• Support field sales staff with in-depth information on drugs and therapies when needed.
• Organise and deliver seminars and information sessions for healthcare professionals and other customers or prospects.
• Manage responses to sales representatives' queries on scientific, technical and pharmaco-economic information, including escalated queries from junior colleagues.
• Advise and support junior colleagues in developing compliant information documents, and act as technical owner for all or part of a drug or brand.
• Keep knowledge of best practice and recent developments up to date.
• Liaise with the compliance team to build and improve departmental processes, and identify opportunities to improve methodology for Medical Affairs.
• Deliver agreed tasks and present results effectively.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or working towards a professional qualification.
• Knowledge or experience of the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience handling incoming data and requests in a timely way and escalating them when appropriate.
• Desirable: advanced scientific degree, knowledge of pharmaceutical sales and marketing legislation, and people management experience.