Overview

Join us as we transform immunology and deliver medicines that help autoimmune patients get their lives back. argenx is preparing for multi-dimensional expansion to reach more patients through a rich pipeline of differentiated assets, led by VYVGART, our first-in-class neonatal Fc receptor blocker approved for the treatment of gMG, and with the potential to treat patients across dozens of severe autoimmune diseases.

We are building a new kind of biotech company, one that maintains its roots as a science-based start-up and pushes our commitment to innovate across all corners of our business. We strive to inspire and grow our company, our partnerships, our science, and our people, because when we do, we deliver more for patients.

Our Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) are a field-based extension of the Medical team, who represent and reflect argenx’s values as a science-driven, patient-centric organization. They engage with key stakeholders at academic and community centers, serve as a strategic partner to fellow cross functional team members and are experts on argenx’s scientific data, products and trials. This position will report directly to the Director, Hematology Medical Science Liaisons.

This position is remote and will cover the western half of the United States with preference to residence in California.

Roles and Responsibilities

Developing medical and scientific expertise in Immune Thrombocytopenia and other potential non-malignant hematology indications

• Develop and maintain the highest scientific and medical expertise of relevant diseases (products, development and treatment plans, and be acknowledged internally and externally as an expert)
• Partner with HEOR, Patient Advocacy and Global Commercial Planning and Readiness to create a thorough internal understanding of autoimmune hematology indication opportunities
• Identify potential high-impact medical research projects and publication opportunities (e.g., white papers) to inform treatment guidelines, in line with argenx identified areas of interest
• Attend appropriate local, national, and international meetings and congresses to gather intelligence, develop productive collaborations, ensuring insights are shared within argenx

HCP engagement

• Identify, recommend and support site principal investigators (PIs) for on-going and planned clinical trials
• Promote clinical trial engagement through scientific exchange and presentations
• Ensure timely and informative scientific/medical exchanges and education for healthcare professionals on topics like disease awareness, diagnostics, treatment, and adherence that accurately reflect scientific data and research objectives, compliantly and in line with medical strategy
• Respond to questions from the healthcare community with integrity, compliance, and adherence to all legal, regulatory, and argenx guidelines, policies & procedures
• Responsible for tailoring engagement strategies by adeptly recognizing and accommodating stakeholder archetypes (e.g., academic vs community) and their unique informational needs

KOL engagement

• Identification of hematology KOLs/HCPs for a potential launch of efgartigimod in Immune Thrombocytopenia
• Develop and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to collaborate on research projects, advisory boards and peer-to-peer educational initiatives
• Engage in development related activities by collaborating with investigators and study sites to facilitate participation in clinical trials and provide guidance on study protocols, patient recruitment, etc.
• Identity and collaborate with community hematology sites to drive patient referrals to activated clinical trial sites
• Collaborate with KOLs on evidence generation including design of health economic trials and interpretation and applications of emerging clinical and real-world health economic research

Cross-functional collaboration

• Ensure close working relationship with cross-functional field partners, Global Commercial Planning and Readiness team, Clinical Development/Operations compliantly, to ensure launch readiness
• Support cross-functional teams to ensure operations are patient-focused, including rapidly responding to internal and external requests to discuss specific situations and challenges and provide medical affairs support to all stakeholders

Skills and Competencies

• Non-malignant hematology-oriented mindset and strong aptitude for effectively working with cross-functional teams
• Scientific and customer-centric mindset with successful track record of delivering results that meet or exceed targeted objectives
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate productively with external stakeholders in the benign hematology space (e.g., medical experts, healthcare professionals)
• Effective collaborator on cross-functional teams with a variety of technical expertise and backgrounds
• Able to quickly understand complex disease areas, treatments and clinical development plans
• Thorough understanding of clinical trial phases and execution
• Able to problem solve proactively and translate territory/organizational needs into action
• Can operate with significant autonomy to assess priorities and customize decisions in real time
• Flexible to travel within region based on business needs

Education, Experience and Qualifications

• Scientific, healthcare or medical degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO)
• 3+ years of field-based experience in biopharmaceutical industry with at least 1 year of direct experience in Immune Thrombocytopenia
• Experience in clinical R&D and/or medical affairs preferred
• Therapeutic area experience in hematology, and specifically ITP, is required with additional experience in TTP, APS, WAIHA, AHA, sickle cell anemia, and platelet transfusion refractoriness being advantageous
• Experience in Externally Sponsored Research (ESR) development and submission is required
• Experience working with clinical research organizations (CRO) directly is preferred
• Strong clinical, scientific and business acumen
• Strong knowledge of the US healthcare landscape, including hospital systems and healthcare professionals and referral patterns within the non-malignant hematology space
• Strong understanding of compliance, legal and regulatory landscape related to interactions with healthcare professionals
• Fluency in translating market research and data-driven insights into actionable strategic initiatives
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and VEEVA

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