Therapeutic Area Partner

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**Position Summary / Objective**:
The Therapeutic Area Partner (TAP) role is a field-based role with aim of providing scientific exchange in his/her respective therapeutic area.

The TAP will be the primary point of contact for Health Care Professionals (HCPs), thus generating overall higher HCP engagement in a timely manner. In addition, the TAP is expected to interact with a broader sphere of stakeholders beyond treating physicians (clinical pharmacist, HEOR expert, multiple disciplinary team, etc ). This role will prioritize the safe and appropriate use of BMS products, all while focusing on overall performance objectives and exemplifying BMS values.

It is anticipated that a TAP will spend a minimum of 90% of the time in the field with HCPs including interactions and activities.

**Position Responsibilities**:
**1. Disease Awareness and Treatment Landscape expertise**
- Maintain a high level of disease expertise.
- Collect and synthesize large volumes of clinical data and provide key relevant insights to internal stakeholders, in order to inform future strategic direction (ex: from conferences).
- Understand the treatment landscape including mapping of HCPs and prepare to address their information needs.
- Understand knowledge and care gaps in territory and implement learning programs to address HCP needs.

**2. Scientific Engagement and Product-related Communication**
- Prepare and successfully implement a comprehensive territory plan as per the agreed metrics and KPIs.
- Effectively prepare for presentation and discussion of information to HCPs and be able to respond to questions, while ensuring medical accuracy.
- Proactive communications with physicians and other HCPs in support of approved indications.
- Reactively answer unsolicited scientific and product related questions, while leveraging internally approved tools.
- Maintain high level of working expertise on emerging data covering BMS products.
- Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to the internal team to be actioned in support of the strategy development.

**3. Product Enlistment and Economic Value Engagement**
- Develop hospital mapping to enable customized plans per hospital.
- Understand & develop Patient Journey per hospital to identify access barriers and facilitate the formulary enlisting.
- Work closely with key HCPs across different hospitals and institutions etc. to expedite access and formulary enlistment of approved indications and products.
- Communicate scientific and economic value of BMS products to HCPs (clinical pharmacists, treating physicians, other relevant stakeholders etc ).
- Discuss and deliver Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) evidence based information to the relevant stakeholders (i.e., to government agencies, healthcare organizations), as appropriate.

**4. Cross-functional collaboration and Execution**
- Build strong working relationships with key external and internal stakeholders in order to fully understand HCPs challenges and concerns in a complex access environment.
- Develop and deliver plans aligned with the cross-functional team and product objectives.
- Deliver scientifically meaningful programs regarding the diseases and ensure flawless execution of activities to support overarching plan.
- Proactively seek cross-functional input to ensure optimal understanding of treatment landscape.

**5. Compliance**
- Endorse and implement a culture of compliance.
- Adhere to all internal and external rules and regulations.
- Alert management or the Compliance Department to any possible compliance issues.
- Act as a role model who demonstrates consistent ethical and professional behavior.

**Degree, License & other Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s in Pharmacist with relevant pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience, Master’s degree is considered an asset.
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties valid license.
- Saudi Nationals only.

**Experience Requirements**:

- Working in a scientific role with 2+ years’ experience.
- Ability to communicate scientific or clinical data in an understandable and valuable manner to help HCPs best serve their patients.
- Ability to develop and effectively manage new and existing HCPs relationships. Such HCPs ideally include key opinion leaders.
- Have pre-existing cardiovascular experience is considered an asset.
- Demonstrate ability to work effec