Precision Medicine Liaison, Italy
Location(s): Naples, Italy (preferred) or Rome, Italy
Level of position: Senior Manager
Position type: field-based
Reporting Line: The position reports to the Country Medical Director
How will your role help us transform hope into reality?
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and hematologic disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for genomically defined cancers, systemic mastocytosis, and cancer immunotherapy.
The Precision Medicine Liaison is a field-based scientific and clinical expert who strategically supports the medical objectives of Blueprint Medicines’ development programs. The PML is responsible for identifying, developing, and managing peer-to-peer relationships with a variety of healthcare providers, including hematologists, oncologists, pathologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, and allergists/immunologists, as well as basic scientists, in academic and community practices.
The PML will be accountable to engage in high quality scientific exchange about the science and clinical application of our precision medicine portfolio to variety of external stakeholders, as well as obtain important insights about current practice, treatment landscapes, and emerging clinical and scientific data. In addition, the PML is expected to build strong cross-functional relationships, as well as provide meaningful subject-matter expertise, to colleagues in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, R&D, Patient Advocacy and Commercial, while maintaining full compliance with all relevant company, industry, legal, and regulatory requirements. This position reports to the Country Medical Director and will cover the territory Central-South Italy.
What will you do?
- Identify key opinion leaders and cultivate a network of experts for disease areas of focus
- Respond to unsolicited requests and engage in meaningful, peer-to-peer scientific exchange of complex medical and scientific information with the oncology, hematology, pathology, and rare disease community
- Provide internal stakeholders with feedback and insights from interactions and discussions with HCPs.
- Accurately profile country and define local dynamics related to patient diagnosis and referral for treatment
- Deliver medical/scientific presentations to internal & external stakeholders
- Assist with company-sponsored clinical trials and facilitation of investigator-initiated trials (ISTs)
- Lead planning and execution of regional advisory boards
- Collaborate with cross functional partners on internal projects and external initiatives
- Provide educational meeting support at scientific congresses
- Support training of cross functional teams
- Adhere to corporate and healthcare compliance guidance in all activities, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information
- Foster and maintain Blueprint’s positive and innovative culture
- Significant travel is required as part of this position
What minimum qualifications do we require?
- Advanced Clinical/Science degree or professional credentials required (MD/DO, PhD, PharmD, MSc)
- 3+ years of experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry in Medical Affairs
What additional qualifications will make you a stronger candidate?
- Experience working with cross-functional in-house and field-based teams
- Fluent written and spoken communication skills in English and in local language of geographic location where the position is based
- Rare Disease and/or oncology/hematology experience strongly preferred; combined is ideal
- Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, team-oriented environment
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Positive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Demonstrated self-starter and team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Adept, nimble, energetic, and comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment
- Capable of taking a hands-on approach and willing to “roll up one’s sleeves.”
- Ensure compliance with corporate rules and local regulations
- Strong analytical skills, especially with regard to understanding and interpreting scientific and clinical research and literature, are essential
- Commitment to our Core Values: Patients First, Thoughtfulness, Urgency, Trust, Optimism
Why Blueprint?
At Blueprint Medicines, we achieve impactful results because of our global crew of compassionate innovators – the Blue Crew. Through authentic relationships and our collective entrepreneurial spirit and action, we are each empowered to take ownership and execute with strategic prioritization. We put trust in our people to break through norms and conventions using their individual strengths and insights, which drives our success.
This is the place where the extraordinary becomes reality, and you could be part of it. Patients are waiting. Are you ready to make the leap?
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
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