Country MSL Manager

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Job Description:

Are you passionate about leading with purpose, inspiring scientific excellence, and driving impactful medical strategies? Takeda Türkiye is searching for a visionary Country MSL Manager: to lead our Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team. This is your opportunity to join an organization deeply committed to improving patients’ lives while fostering collaboration, innovation, and trust.

Key Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership:
• Translate country medical strategy and therapeutic area (TA) objectives into operational field medical plans.
• Oversee execution of annual MSL territory plans, ensuring strategic engagement with key external stakeholders.
• Partner cross-functionally with Medical Strategy, Brand Managers, Market Access, and Integrated Patient Solutions teams to align priorities.
  
  

• Team Management:
• Recruit, onboard, and train MSLs, fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and customer-oriented culture.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, provide coaching, and set visible qualitative and quantitative Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Identify developmental needs within the team and implement targeted training programs.
  
  

• Operational Excellence:
• Ensure consistent, compliant documentation of MSL activities in the CRM system.
• Implement metrics/reporting to track performance and communicate the team’s value to stakeholders.
  
  

• Scientific Engagement:
• Maximize MSL interaction capabilities by prioritizing high-quality time spent with healthcare providers (HCPs).
• Enhance trust in Takeda through credible scientific discussions that build company reputation.
  
  

• Representation:
• Represent the MSL team at local (e.g., therapeutic area team, medical leadership) and global medical affairs meetings.
  

Mandatory Responsibilities:

• Compliance & Integrity:
• Ensure all MSL activities comply with industry codes, company policies, and local regulations.
• Lead compliance awareness in the MSL team while exemplifying ethical conduct in line with Takeda values (Takeda-ism).
  
  

• Quality & System Use:
• Act as a Quality Ambassador by reporting product-related concerns to the Quality team in a timely manner.
• Encourage process discipline across the team by promoting timely and accurate use of systems like Concur, Dakika, and Bloom.
  
  

• Training & Reporting:
• Complete all mandatory training requirements and ensure team-wide adherence to policies and procedures.
• Proactively raise compliance or ethical concerns through the appropriate Takeda reporting channels.
  

Qualifications:

• A degree in Medicine or Pharmacy (PhD strongly preferred).
• 7+ years of medical affairs or clinical development expertise within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including team management or project mentorship.
• Strong verbal and written communication in English and Turkish.
• Robust knowledge of the pharmaceutical business, market access nuances, and developing compliant strategies.
• Proficiency with CRM tools, field dashboards, and remote engagement platforms.
• A valid B-class driver’s license and willingness to travel.
  
  

Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Worker Type:

Employee

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time