Description

Who We Are:

At Dendreon, we're transforming the battle against cancer with personalized immunotherapy. Our flagship product, PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T), was the first FDA-approved immunotherapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, utilizing a patient's own immune cells to fight the disease.

If you're driven by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on cancer patients' lives, we invite you to join our team. With Immunotherapy Manufacturing Facilities in Seal Beach, CA, and Union City, GA, a strong Research & Development group in Seattle, WA, and a highly skilled Commercial team across the nation, Dendreon is at the forefront of cancer treatment innovation.

Core Values:

• Put Patients First: Every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of those living with cancer.
• Act with Integrity: We commit to transparency, honesty, and always doing what's right.
• Build Trust: Trust is earned through candid, open communication and a collaborative approach.
• Raise the Bar: We embrace continuous improvement and innovation, always striving to elevate our people.
• Drive Results: We are accountable to each other and deliver success together.

Job Summary:

The Field MSL Manager will manage a team of field-based Medical Science Liaisons (MSL); overseeing the overall MSL plan and activities, as well as directly interacting with departmental head to provide regular updates on activities and performance metrics.  The Field MSL Manager is also responsible for attracting, developing and retaining MSL talents, and will also provide medical and scientific insights as well as manage MSL projects and budgets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage own local territory: meeting and engaging KOLs and HCPs
• Build a high performing MSL team, anticipate team need, and proactively address issues.
• Manages MSL projects and budgets.
• Motivate, lead and develop direct reports, and retain MSL talents.
• Lead development and implementation of field team plan.
• Maintain activity tracker/dashboard for HCP engagement for team
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with health care professionals, locally and nationally.
• Participates and represents Dendreon at various scientific/cooperative group meetings, nationally and locally.
• Works with investigators and/or Dendreon study coordinators to maximize enrollment in Dendreon-sponsored clinical trials.
• Implement routine field visits with MSLs and conducts mid-year and annual performance reviews with direct reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Provide consistent and professional supervision over field based medical personnel and provide direct and specific work assignments and tasks to direct reports.
• Build and maintain working relationships with internal business partners to successfully accomplish assigned direct and indirect work responsibilities.
• Oversee and assess appropriate MSL documentation and activities such as HCP interactions, site visits, and conference/scientific meetings.
• Support the identification and development of up-and-coming KOL.
• Build and maintain working relationships with internal business partners to successfully accomplish assigned direct and indirect work responsibilities.
• Maintain and ensure accuracy of Dendreon's documentation files and/or databases.
• Develop and maintain accurate Dendreon reports and templates as requested.
• Adhere to all compliance and operating procedures per Dendreon's current policies.

• Advanced Degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, MSN, Advance Practice Nurse) or equivalent.
• 5+ years industry experience.
• Established long-term relationship with KOLs and HCPs in relevant therapeutic areas.
• Experience in the launch of multiple pharmaceutical products and indications.
• Excellent in communication and presentation.
• Experience in supporting life-cycle management of multiple pharmaceutical products.
• Demonstrated high degree of strategic thinking and decision making.
• Previous experience in managing individual contributors preferred.
• Travel will be required and will involve a minimum of 30%.

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