Regional Lead, Field Medical Affairs - West

Lantheus; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional Lead for Field Medical Affairs to guide a talented Medical Science Liaison team. This role involves strategic planning, fostering relationships with key opinion leaders, and ensuring the team is equipped with comprehensive knowledge of the product pipeline. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical oncology and radiopharmaceuticals, along with proven leadership skills. If you're passionate about making a difference in patient care through innovative diagnostics and therapeutics, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience including 5+ years as a Medical Science Liaison.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing Medical Science Liaison team and support strategic planning.
• Ensure effective communication of goals and objectives to MSLs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Clinical Oncology Knowledge

Medical Science Liaison Experience

Mentorship

Multi-tasking

Education

PhD, PharmD or MD

Job description

Description

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Canada, and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone's health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

Summary

The Regional Lead, Field Medical Affairs leads a high performing Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team, understands Lantheus products and pipeline strategy, and works collaboratively within a matrix organization. The Regional Lead, Field Medical Affairs, provides strategic and tactical direction to MSL teams and ensures execution on territory plans, insight collection, scientific meeting attendance, and support of Lantheus pipeline and research portfolio.

Essential Functions

• Participates as a member of the field leadership team to support strategic and tactical field medical planning and execution.


• Demonstrates expertise and a working knowledge of clinical oncology, radiopharmaceuticals and medical imaging.


• Demonstrates strong communication skills with the ability to present approved scientific data of varying levels of complexity to internal and external customers in both group and one-to-one settings, appropriately adjusted to the audience and in accordance with Company Policies.


• Supports MSL team members in the development territory planning that align territory activities to Lantheus company goals and objectives.


• Supports MSL team members in the development of long-term scientific relationships with urology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine key opinion leaders (KOLs) and community practice leaders (CPLs) within assigned territories.


• Ensures MSL teams develop and maintain a working knowledge of Lantheus products, pipeline, approved field resources, scientific platforms, key insight questions, and clinical trials to deliver on high level scientific engagement and insight collection.


• Oversees MSL activities at scientific meeting and congresses to ensure execution on scientific engagement plans, session and poster coverage, support of medical exhibit, and delivery of impactful meeting summaries.


• Ensures MSL team effectively supports Lantheus investigator-initiated study (IST) program through dissemination of program areas of interest, submission of letters of intent, and routine follow-up with IST investigators. Ensures team effectively supports company-sponsored trials activities as requested by clinical development.


• Effectively communicates goals, objectives, and expectations to MSLs through monthly regional team meetings, one-on-one interactions, field visits, and attendance at scientific meetings. Consistently communicates in an open and honest manner that supports team success and a collaborative work environment.


• Demonstrates the ability to multi-task by balancing field travel, administrative responsibilities, coaching and counseling, employee development, and adherence to corporate policies.


• Fully understands and adheres to Lantheus policies and procedures, Lantheus Medical Imaging Pharmacovigilance SOPs, the PhRMA Code, IHC Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, HIPPA and relevant FDA laws and regulations.

Skills and Experience and Education

• PhD, PharmD or MD; required


• 10+ years of industry experience including 5+ years Medical Science Liaison experience; preferred


• 5+ years clinical experience in oncology, urology or radiopharmaceuticals industry; preferred


• Demonstrated success in new hire onboarding and mentorship


• Ability to retain and motivate strong performers. Able to make appropriate and timely decisions on non-performers in accordance with legal/HR/corporate policies.


• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to communicate effectively with senior management, MSL team, peers, and all cross-functional teams


• Highly motivated to achieve optimal results with a demonstrated record of growth and achievement


• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to and communicate change


• Exceptional communicator and presenter with proven oral and written communications skills

Other Requirements

• Demonstrated Leadership Competencies


• Demonstrated ability to efficiently assimilate diverse and complex medical and scientific data from sponsored or independent non-clinical and clinical studies and articulate summary information in verbal and written form.


• 50% travel based on educational, business and scientific meeting purposes.

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Lantheus will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the Lantheus Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].

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