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Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases - often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. We actively explore new options for patients including novel compounds, small molecules and biologics, and through cannabinoid science and innovative delivery technologies. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.

Brief Description:

At Jazz Pharmaceuticals our purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are focused on developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases – often with limited or no options – so they can live their lives more fully. By transforming biopharmaceutical discoveries into novel medicines, we are working to give people around the world the opportunity to redefine what’s possible – to make the “small wins” big again. Our vision is to foster a great place to work dedicated to championing patients globally by discovering, developing, and commercializing life-changing medicines.

The MSL at Jazz is a field-based therapeutic area specialist with advanced scientific and/or medical training who thrives on interacting with HCPs and associated professionals in their work setting, sharing relevant information and is curious to continue learning and broadly explore their assigned Jazz therapy and disease area. As an individual you are driven, use your own initiative and collaborate with colleagues. You are passionate about the work you do at Jazz and the current and future potential to deliver patient benefits.

The MSL role is predominantly external facing, with the focus to discuss complex scientific information relevant to our disease states and products by developing and maintaining professional relationships as scientific peers and resources within the local healthcare community with the purpose of advancing patient care.

The MSL is expected to establish productive collaborations with a variety of external stakeholders in the scientific and clinical community and the patient care pathway. These interactions may be delivered through proactive or reactive engagement with a preference for face-to-face interactions whenever possible, and always with consideration of maintaining high industry compliance standards.

The MSL will maintain a close working relationship with internal cross-functional colleagues to facilitate information sharing, collaboration and coordination for efficient and informed field level territory/key account planning and execution in alignment with medical and commercial strategies including key account patient-centric goals.

Medical Science Liaison – Australia (Neuroscience)

The MSL role at Jazz is a non-promotional role with activities aligned to the regional and local medical strategy. MSL performance is not associated or assessed with sales performance. The MSL is responsible to execute their activities in accordance with local regulatory and legal frameworks as well as following all assigned Jazz Pharmaceuticals Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, Healthcare Compliance procedures and local medical management direction.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

1External interactions with HCPs and Allied Health Professionals

• Identifies on-territory HCPs and Allied Healthcare Professionals in the assigned therapeutic area(s); developing and maintaining collaborative relationships relevant to engage in scientific exchange activities.
• Proactively and reactively engage with HCPs through meaningful Scientific Exchange on the development and use of Jazz medicines throughout the product lifecycle, to understand the management of disease (including current and future potential treatments, where appropriate) and through scientific opportunities e.g., research, audit, advisory roles, educational opportunities.
• Spending time with HCPs, listening and observing the challenges faced in the epilepsy therapy area to understand their needs and create actionable medical insights.

2Position self as a scientific expert

• Engage in ongoing self-learning of assigned disease area(s) and Jazz product(s), evolving medical landscape including HCP and patient needs, current and emerging treatment pathways, and research needs
• Becomes recognized as the ‘go to’ person to address questions from HCPs, communicating salient facts in a clear, factual, and non-promotional manner.
• Provides expert input into medical education content, both for the purpose of external education and if needed to support medical information enquiries.
• Provides medical support in ANZ and International Congresses, which may include lead, design and delivery of medical function activities, and working with commercial colleagues within the appropriate frameworks.

3Internal functional collaboration with colleagues

• Share best practices with local and regional medical teams.
• Work collaboratively to share timely insights with office medical team (local/ regional) and local commercial team in a compliant way.
• Accountable for engagement with a broad number of internal functions to ensure enquiries, project requests, safety reporting are progressed and documented in accordance with SOPs.
• Coordinate on scientific and medical congress planning and attendance and conduct internal pre- and post-congress briefings on program content relevant to the cross-functional team.
• Engage with ongoing and potential research activities, progress medical grants or IST requests, proposals for RWE, engage with Jazz clinical research teams to provide input for the identification of clinical trial investigators, support project management of local studies/ sites and medical/ scientific representative for site initiation visits.
• Develop and deliver internal training for medical colleagues and for cross-functional colleagues on disease area and current/ emerging treatments, where this activity has been directed & approved by local medical affairs leadership.

4Medical affairs planning

• Participate in developing, implementing, and managing annual local medical and brand plans, research strategies, medical communications, launch plans, and materials for field teams.
• Participate in country medical project planning and execution, including educational and data generation projects.
• Obtain input from the cross-functional team to develop informed Medical Affairs and MSL strategies.
• Develop, implement, and manage the MSL territory plan aligned with the local Medical Affairs therapeutic area strategy, including HCP-specific MSL engagement objectives aligned with the interests and needs of the HCPs, patients and with local medical plans and projects.
• Align with field commercial colleagues to agree coordinated cross-functional key account excellence activities and projects related to shared patient-centric field goals.
• Report on progress made toward achievement of MSL and Medical Affairs plan goals.

5Works in a compliant business-enabling way, with patient safety at the core of all activities

• Completes all Jazz Learn and other required training on time.
• Utilizes company tools/software as directed in relation to record keeping and HCP interactions and timely reporting.
• Demonstrates compliance with all requirements in relation to pharmacovigilance and product complaint reporting.
• Actively maintains knowledge of Medicines Australia Code of Conduct through case publication awareness, participation in internal company sessions, and raising questions/ concerns with line manager or internal speak up line.
• Maintains the specific differentiation of the MSL as a non-promotional role and adheres to the defined company standards in relation to activities and information documentation and sharing.
• Behaves with integrity and acts as an ambassador for Jazz Pharmaceuticals following the company mission and values: Integrity, Collaboration, Passion, Innovation, and Pursuit of Excellence.

6Role Expectations

• The MSL territory (geography) is national.
• The interaction expectations of the MSL will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, size and travel infrastructure on territory, number of specialist hospital centres, duration in role as an MSL, knowledge of the healthcare system within territory.
• The travel expectation for this role is 80-90%.
• Travel will relate to on-territory travel, however other travel for business meetings in ANZ and international business/congress travel may also be required.
• This is a field-based role and the majority of the MSL time will be externally facing.
• MSL onboarding and guidance documents (including e.g. Competency levels, MSL Guidelines/SOP and Core expectations) exist to support the high standards of this role.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong current knowledge of the therapeutic area including disease, treatment, Australian healthcare system structure, patient pathway(s) in ANZ.
• A quick learner, able to assimilate and articulate complex data as relevant to audience.
• A good listener, with high emotional intelligence, able to explore broad areas of interest and opportunities during HCP interactions.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Confident use of IT equipment (with contingency planning), for delivery of face-to-face in person and remote interactions.
• Clear, structured communication and presentation skills.
• Engages actively with company IT systems, reporting tools and collaborative working tools to ensure compliant reporting, excellent record-keeping, and information sharing.
• Curious and future facing, wanting to learn more, brings innovation and continuous improvement to the ANZ team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, seeking internal collaboration and teamwork.
• Demonstrates motivation and takes accountability for own self-learning, development, and performance.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Medicine, Pharmacy or Nursing Degree, or Scientific Graduate with a higher qualification e.g., PhD, MSc
• Experience of working in the Australian healthcare system
• Medicines Australia Code of Conduct trained.
• Experience as an expert speaker or as a trainer
• Experience/ knowledge of clinical trials operations

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an Equal Opportunity Employer.