Takeda

Takeda

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Medical Science Liaison – Rare Immunology (PA, OH, MI, NYC, NJ, DE)

Posted Sep 16, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$127.4K – $200.2K/yr
Location
5 Locations, Pennsylvania, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time

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Role Summary

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The Medical Science Liaison – Rare Immunology is a field-based, external customer-facing role on Takeda’s US Medical team, reporting to the Director, Field Medical. The role focuses on scientific data dissemination, customer insights, external expert networks, and connections between healthcare professionals and Takeda to advance medical strategy and improve patient outcomes.

What You'll Do

  • Build and maintain professional relationships with KOLs/HCPs aligned to medical strategy.
  • Analyze and interpret complex scientific information and disseminate it to KOLs/HCPs in a compliant, fair-balanced, and non-misleading...
  • Support Takeda-sponsored research and assist with strategically aligned medical collaborative studies and investigator-initiated...
  • Collect, interpret, and internally communicate medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform and refine medical strategies and tactics.
  • Participate in executing medical strategy at medical conferences, including staffing medical booths and communicating insights from...
  • Respond to unsolicited HCP medical information inquiries referred by Medical Information and complete required customer activity...

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Qualifications

Master’s degree in health sciences; 0-2 years of healthcare or related experience following awarding of professional degree; excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and collaboration skills; clean and valid driver’s license; ability to drive and/or fly to meetings.

Required

  • Master’s degree in health sciences (MSN, NP or PA)
  • 0-2 years of healthcare or related experience following awarding of professional degree
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), organization and collaboration skills
  • Ability to drive and/or fly to meetings
  • Clean and valid driver’s license

Preferred

  • Doctoral degree in life/health sciences (PharmD, MD, PhD, or equivalent)
  • Dissemination of complex scientific data to healthcare audiences
  • Relevant therapeutic area knowledge and expertise
  • Clinical, research, and/or teaching experience
  • Ability to work effectively in virtual and cross-functional teams
  • Execution of activities within legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements
  • Use of digital tools, including AI, to enhance productivity and improve efficiency

Original job description

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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as a Medical Science Liaison – Rare Immunology where you will be responsible for analyzing, interpreting and disseminating scientific data, acquiring and translating customer insights, fostering external expert networks, and compliantly connecting customers to Takeda to advance medical strategy and improve patient outcomes. As part of the US Medical team, you will report to the Director, Field Medical. This is a is a field-based, external customer-facing position. The territory includes PA, OH, MI, NYC, NJ, and DE (must reside in territory).

How you will contribute:

  • Externally-focused KOL/HCP related activities are expected to comprise a minimum of 80% of responsibilities

  • Build and maintain professional relationships with KOLs/HCPs per individual territory plans aligned to medical strategy

  • Demonstrate advanced knowledge regarding Takeda disease areas and products as well as therapeutic area competitor landscape; analyze and interpret complex scientific information and disseminate to KOLs/HCPs in a compliant, fair-balanced, and non-misleading manner

  • Support Takeda-sponsored research and appropriately assist with facilitation of strategically aligned medical collaborative studies and investigator-initiated research processes

  • Display advanced knowledge of therapeutic area key intelligence topics/questions and effectively collect, interpret, and internally communicate medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform and refine medical strategies and/or tactics

  • Identify and cultivate partnership opportunities between KOLs/HCPs and Takeda US Medical

  • Participate in executing medical strategy at medical conferences (e.g., staff medical booth, internally communicate medical insights acquired through poster/session attendance and KOL/HCP interactions)

  • Within defined timelines and quality standards, respond to unsolicited HCP medical information inquiries referred by Medical Information

  • Complete all required customer activity documentation (e.g., CRM entries, insights capture, etc.), training, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications: 

  • Doctoral degree in life/health sciences is preferred (PharmD, MD, PhD, or equivalent), Master’s degree in health sciences (MSN, NP or PA) is the minimum requirement

  • 0-2 years of healthcare or related experience (managed markets, clinical practice, research or academic) following awarding of professional degree. 

  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), organization and collaboration skills are required

Other desired experience and skills include:

  • Dissemination of complex scientific data to healthcare audiences

  • Relevant therapeutic area knowledge and expertise

  • Clinical, research, and/or teaching experience

  • Ability to work effectively in virtual and cross-functional teams

  • Execution of activities within legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements

  • Use of digital tools, including AI, to enhance productivity and improve efficiency  

Travel requirements:

  • Frequent travel is required; must be available to travel up to 70% of time, including some overnight and weekend

  • Ability to drive and/or fly to meetings is required

  • Must have clean and valid driver’s license

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. 

For Location:

Pennsylvania - Virtual

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$127,400.00 - $200,200.00


The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 


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EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Pennsylvania - VirtualUSA - DE - Virtual, USA - MI - Virtual, USA - NJ - Virtual, USA - OH - Virtual

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

Takeda

About the company

Takeda

Large Enterprise

Takeda is a global biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with a rich history spanning over 240 years. Specializing in the research, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines, Takeda focuses on therapeutic areas such as oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience, and rare diseases. Committed to improving patient outcomes, the company harnesses advanced technologies and scientific expertise to deliver breakthrough therapies and enhance healthcare worldwide. Takeda's dedication to sustainability and social responsibility underscores its mission to strive towards better health for people and communities across the globe.