Handa Medical Science Liaison - Oncology

Bioliance Life Science Partners; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Handa Medical Science seeks a field-based Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in oncology to engage peers, discuss data, and support evidence development across national accounts.

The role emphasizes non-promotional scientific exchange, collaboration with medical leadership, and travel across regions to engage leaders and institutions.

Qualifications

• Advanced doctoral degree required (PhD, PharmD, or MD).
• Field medical experience in oncology or equivalent scientific background.
• Ability to conduct peer-level scientific conversations with investigators.
• Willingness to travel extensively nationwide for field coverage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver balanced, data-driven discussions on oncology assets to academics and clinicians.
• Map and engage national and regional key opinion leaders with clear scientific objectives.
• Plan and participate in advisory boards and congress activities and publication planning.
• Own a territory with priority academic and network accounts focused on pathways and formulary decisions.
• Support investigator-initiated studies and real-world evidence discussions.
• Provide scientific input for guidelines and pathway submissions with medical leadership.
• Capture and report field insights on sequencing and competitive landscape for strategy.
• Collaborate with medical, HEOR, and access teams while maintaining medical independence.

Skills

Scientific communication

KOL engagement

Field-based experience

Travel willingness

Education

Advanced doctoral degree (PhD/PharmD/MD)

Job description

HANDA MEDICAL SCIENCE LIAISON - ONCOLOGY

Field-Based | Non-Promotional Medical Role

Locations:

• East Region
• Central Region
• West Region

HANDA PHARM

Handa was founded in 2014 with a clear focus and dedication to pharmaceutical formulation research and dosage-form design. Their shared goal was to successfully compete where the science is hardest: 505(b)(2) category drugs and high-barrier generics that offer effective treatment and hope for hard-to-treat patients.

Today, Handa is an internationally integrated research-driven company with formulation science at its core. We expertly manage every stage of development through submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Handa's leadership consistently builds strong and effective teams, high-quality product portfolios, and successful pharmaceutical businesses. From our headquarters in San Jose, California, and our center for global operations and R&D at Tainan Science Park in Taiwan, we have extended our reach and impact into the world's two largest pharmaceutical markets-the United States and China.

Our first commercialized oncology product, OMCAZIO (cabozantinib) capsules, has received FDA tentative approval for advanced renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and will be made available to patients following FDA final approval. With a robust pipeline of additional indications and therapeutic candidates, we anticipate rapid and sustained growth for the foreseeable future.

Role Summary

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is the field-based scientific voice of the medical organization. The MSL builds peer-level relationships with oncology thought leaders and treating institutions, conducts compliant scientific exchange on clinical data, and generates field insight that shapes evidence, guideline, and pathway strategy. This role is non-promotional and carries no sales objectives or revenue accountability.

Core Responsibilities

• Scientific exchange. Deliver balanced, data-driven discussion of the clinical, pharmacologic, and pharmacokinetic profile of assets in the therapeutic area to academic and community oncologists; respond to unsolicited requests for information within approved processes.
• Thought-leader engagement. Map, segment, and engage national and regional key opinion leaders; own a defined set of leader relationships and maintain engagement plans against clear scientific objectives.
• Advisory boards and congresses. Plan and execute advisory boards, participate in congress activity, and support abstract, publication, and podium planning sequenced against evidence milestones.
• Account and territory ownership. Manage a territory built on oncology density rather than geography - typically 12-15 priority academic and network accounts - prioritizing institutions that control pathway and formulary decisions above raw volume.
• Evidence generation support. Facilitate investigator-initiated study discussions, support real‑world evidence and outcomes research activity, and identify data gaps the current evidence base does not close.
• Guidelines and pathways. Provide the scientific input that supports compendia recognition and clinical pathway inclusion, partnering with medical leadership on submission content and post‑decision maintenance.
• Insight generation. Capture and report field insights on treatment sequencing, unmet need, and competitive landscape to inform medical, HEOR, and access strategy.
• Cross-functional partnership. Partner with market access on dossier and pathway pull-through and with commercial partners on scientific accuracy, maintaining a clear separation between medical and promotional activity.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced doctoral degree - PharmD, PhD, or MD, NP/PA
• Field medical experience in oncology, or equivalent clinical/scientific experience.
• Demonstrated ability to hold peer-level scientific conversations with academic investigators.
• Willingness to travel extensively across a national, field-based territory.

Core Competencies

• Therapeutic depth. Fluency in solid-tumor oncology - treatment sequencing, combination regimens, and the evidentiary limits of what a given data set can and cannot claim.
• Scientific credibility. Able to earn and hold the respect of investigators and guideline authors as a scientific peer, not a communicator of messages.
• Compliance discipline (non-negotiable). Rigorous on the promotional boundary - unsolicited-request handling, off‑label limits, and pre‑approval information exchange rules.
• Independent judgment. Able to run advisory boards, congress engagement, and study discussions independently with minimal oversight.
• Strategic account thinking. Understands how academic centers drive community prescribing and how institutional pathway committees actually decide.
• Collaboration without role drift. Works closely with access and commercial functions while maintaining medical independence.

Success Measures - First 12 Months

• Depth and quality of KOL and priority-account engagement.
• Quality and actionability of field insights.
• Contribution to evidence and publication milestones.
• Support of compendia and pathway submissions.