Associate Director – Medical Science Liaison, Hematology Oncoloy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as a key Lilly representative for healthcare professionals, offering advanced disease-state and product knowledge.

• Foster scientific dialogue between Lilly and clinical as well as scientific experts.

• Link scientific experts with Lilly resources, including Discovery Scientists, Outcomes Research, Clinical Development Consultants, and Clinical Research Physicians.

• Serve as a liaison among Lilly resources, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Brand teams, and external experts.

• Relay clinical insights and unresolved customer inquiries to medical affairs, clinical development, and brand teams.

• Maintain technical proficiency within a therapeutically aligned hematologic malignancies tumor team.

• Engage in ongoing education, attend scientific conferences, and perform routine literature reviews.

• Share relevant insights with colleagues.

• Assist community and academic scientific experts with unsolicited inquiries regarding late- and early-phase hematologic malignancy agents.

• Develop and implement strategic territory plans, prioritize tasks, and utilize territory analytics for customer identification and routing.

• Collaborate in compliance with Lilly field roles that share customers.

• Analyze and communicate actionable customer and clinical insights to internal medical and cross-functional teams.

• Build internal relationships, work collaboratively across functions, and contribute to team objectives.

• Perform the role in adherence to internal and external regulations, procedures, and laws.

⛳️ Requirements

• An advanced degree in health sciences (e.g., PharmD, MD, PhD in a medically related field) is required.

• 2–3 years of pertinent clinical or therapeutic area experience is preferred.

• A master's or bachelor's degree in health sciences (e.g., BSN, RPh, PA, NP) may be considered if there are 5 or more years of clinical, research, or industry experience in the relevant therapeutic area.

• A valid US driver's license and an acceptable driving record are required.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Lilly will not provide work authorization or visa sponsorship.

• Clinical oncology experience, including working with physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, or pharmacists in hospital or outpatient clinical environments.

• Proficiency in using field-based electronic or other communication tools.

• Ability to thoroughly understand and articulate extensive scientific information clearly and concisely.

• Direct experience addressing customer needs for intricate information.

• Experience managing challenging or demanding clients.

• Proven ability to prioritize tasks and multitask effectively.

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal abilities.

• Advanced presentation and computer skills, particularly in literature identification and evaluation.

• Experience in professional networking that yields positive and meaningful outcomes.

• Familiarity with the academic community and medical research and education processes is highly valued.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Willingness to travel overnight up to 60% and work 4–6 weekends a year.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company bonus based partly on both company and individual performance.

• Company-sponsored 401(k) plan.

• Pension plan.

• Vacation benefits.

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Flexible benefits, including healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts.

• Life insurance and death benefits.

• Various time off and leave of absence benefits.

• Well-being benefits, including employee assistance programs, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities.