# Medical Science Liaison, Rare Nephrology, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Western Pennsylvania

**Company**: Medical Affairs - US - Haematology & Nephrology - MSLs
**Location**: Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Medical
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

You will serve as a field-based scientific expert supporting the medical and scientific objectives of AstraZeneca Rare Disease's products across the product life cycle. Your primary responsibility will be to manage and maintain relationships with Healthcare Practitioners (HCPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) within your designated geographic area.

Key Responsibilities:

- Evaluate your territory to identify HCPs to engage and build relationships with, and develop clear, succinct, impactful HCP engagement plans aligned with medical strategic goals and objectives.

- Gain HCPs' trust and respect by effectively providing and communicating relevant scientific/medical information on the company's products and disease states.

- Gather and disseminate HCP insights as appropriate internally to help inform medical strategy.

- Keep current with scientific knowledge within assigned products and therapeutic area, and provide relevant scientific information to other internal teams and functions as appropriate.

Requirements:

- Minimum Education: MD, PharmD, or PhD in biological sciences strongly preferred.

- Clinical experience in a relevant therapeutic area or track record of success as an MSL.

- Excellent communication skills (oral and written).

- Energetically embraces responsibilities and demonstrates the ability to achieve goals.

- Strong personal initiative.

- Functions well as part of a cross-functional team.

- Exhibits excellent time management.

- Able to work independently.

- Demonstrates leadership skills and high-level job competencies.

Additional Requirements:

- Office is home based. Travel within region 3-4 days per week with 1-2 office days per week.

- Person should be able to travel minimum ~70% time.

- Required travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and other group meetings (including possible weekends, as dictated by conference schedule).

- Candidate is required to live within the territory.

- The duties of this role are generally conducted in a field environment.

- At AstraZeneca, we are taking bold action on climate because we recognize the connection between healthy people and a healthy planet.

- Ability to travel within territory on a regular basis which will include frequent overnight and weekend travel.

- Valid driver's license and clean driving record required.

## Skills

### Required
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- Clinical experience in a relevant therapeutic area or track record of success as an MSL
- Strong personal initiative
- Functions well as part of a cross-functional team
- Exhibits excellent time management

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