Precision Medical Liaison (New York)

Are you ready to make a significant impact on patients' lives? As a Precision Medicine Liaison (PML), you will apply your diagnostic and clinical test market expertise to ensure timely, high-quality companion diagnostics and testing solutions are available for optimal treatment. You'll engage collaborators pre and post-launch, addressing barriers to testing at reference labs, pathology medical groups, and academic health systems within your assigned geography. As the regional expert, you'll support oncology customers by providing in-depth diagnostic expertise and insights, while also navigating biomarker legislation to aid state government affairs efforts.

Accountabilities:

• Engage pre and post-launch to proactively enable testing at launch and address barriers to testing at pre-specified Region Target Reference Labs and small subset of accounts through partnerships with diagnostic companies, affiliated pathology/lab networks.

• Identify and develop relationships within a defined set of Region Reference Labs, Region Key Accounts (with Molecular genomics programs) and pathology groups to gather insights and develop strategies to support and educate on appropriate testing.

• Focus on ENHERTU - ultra low and tumor agnostic, pre-launch activities for Camizestrant, expected next year

• Collaborate with Field Cross Functional Team, Medical Diagnostics, Precision Medicine HQ and PM/Brand HQ Marketing. Takes on regional/local market insights and supports regional initiatives and supports QI projects as subject matter expert.

• Act as the PM regional expert to support oncology customers at the request of the cross functional team by providing more in-depth diagnostic expertise, insights and support to our internal teams.

• Work closely with cross functional team and state government affairs teams to pull through the state-based biomarker bills and weave that into all interactions with reference labs and accounts.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Science is required

• Experience in consultative sells environment with lab or life science company or pharmaceutical (manufacturer).

• Expertise in discussing scientific content and context to multiple audiences.

• Executive Presence and strong presentation skills.

• Proven ability to form a network and work collaboratively in a cross functional setting and ability to navigate across tumor teams in both field and headquarters to contribute toward a common goal.

• Expertise in Genomic/Diagnostics, testing process flow and patient journey for oncology.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the business, strategy with respect to diagnostics, lab networks and external laboratories and work with oncology accounts.

• Develop and maintains an understanding of the changing oncology ecosystem, market dynamics, diagnostic trends, biomarker legislation and the problem-solving skills to be able to assess barriers and potential solutions.

• Ability to lead without authority.

• Resourceful troubleshooter with a business-minded outlook capable of pinpointing opportunities that match organization priorities through data analysis, diagnostic testing requirements, and account insights.

• Ability to set objectives for precision medicine across the respective geography as well as use engagement strategies to advance opportunities to work with target customers.

• Exhibits consistent and diligent behaviors that align with AstraZeneca values and upholds our ethical

• For those coming from the diagnostic industry, direct account management experience, overseeing and solving for the complexities of lab services and partnering across teams is preferrred

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Four years of experience in the diagnostic landscape, with a focus on oncology

• Exceptional follow up and proactive engagement with both customers and team.

• Validated experience with broad base of external customers including third-party labs, academic and lab leadership, pathology and decision makers.

• Thorough knowledge of the diagnostic test regulatory environment.

• Strong peer leadership attributes with the ability to balance short- and long-term goals and constructively resolve issues.

• Proven cross functional team collaboration and leadership.

• Project management experience.

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