Medical Manager / Biopharma (Tokyo)

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POSITION TITLE; Medical Manager

ROLE PROFILE - Functional Area, Job Family, Accountability, Impact, Complexity

• Roles providing expertise on scientific topics regarding relevant disease areas and Company assets to ensure their safe and appropriate use by patients.
• Acts as an office-based scientific expert, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. Translates scientific data and medical insights into applied knowledge and solutions, ensuring the optimal use of our assets and improving patient care. Drives Therapeutic Area Medical strategy, life cycle management activities, real-world evidence data generation and scientific communication plans.

SCOPE if PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITY

Strategy:

• Act as Local Medical Affairs TA expert in one or more TAs
• Co-leading Local TA, Launch and Brand Strategies and lead the Medical Affairs Tactics
• Lead Medical Affairs activities in assigned territory along defined local Medical Launch / Brand strategies
• May manage a team of Medical Advisor, Field Medical Expert/ Medical Specialist TA/ Medical Science Manager (Hybrid role; title depending on Region) and Medical Scientific Liaison.
• Responsible for assigning, tracking and monitoring relevant KPIs and metrics for Medical affairs
• Consolidate and communicate trends, market insights, and unmet needs identified in the field

Operations:

• Develop Medical material, review marketing material, trainings
• Ensure scientific and clinical accuracy for specific product or brand
• Comply to relevant training and SOPs
• Maintains up-to-date GxP knowledge by following internal and external trainings 
• Conduct Local internal scientific training and ensure continuous Medical education of existing teams and new employees working in the Local TA 
• Review and communicate insights collected by local Medical colleagues
• Develop Medical KTL scientific interaction plans
• Positively impact external perceptions and knowledge regarding company and company products
• Maintain and demonstrate comprehensive and in-depth scientific TA knowledge when executing assigned tactics
• Ensure operational excellence by sharing best practices
• Map treatment landscape and medical environment for new indications/ programs in the Therapeutic Area
• Responsible for the planning and tracking of the (TA-specific) medical budget
• Data generation and Scientific Communication:
• Lead/ support (depending on nature of study) Medical studies, assist to coordinate Local clinical projects and contribute to site selection for clinical projects 
• Lead Local publication process, publication dissemination and alignment with Local, Regional and Global publication plan
• Support communications for ISS between investigators and internal stakeholders
• Coordinate with ClinDev and ClinOps in providing field support for research studies and assist in the selection of clinical study sites
• May lead presentation and discussion on local Studies  at internal study review committee meetings
• Assimilate, process and share medical information with stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement: 

• Provide training to HCPs and support in realizing Medical educational programs
• Interact with Local stakeholders in Medical community in TA
• Identifies and interacts with key members of the Medical community (external experts including Healthcare Professionals (HCPs/"thought leaders") and possibly other healthcare stakeholders such as (access decision makers, government organizations and patient groups within assigned territory and TA , with given frequency and pre-defined metrics, in accordance with local regulations
• Represent company at Medical Education programs, events, meetings and support patient advocacy related activities, as appropriate
• Facilitate partnership for us with external stakeholders on innovative research and healthcare solutions
• Engage with internal colleagues (Medical Affairs department, Clinical Operations, Commercial colleagues as appropriate, etc.) in developing and delivering and participating in Medical or cross-functional initiatives
• Key country interface for TA Regional and Global Medical Teams in addition to the MD or as delegate of the MD.

EDUCATION

• University degree (Bachelor’s) required, preferably in scientific field of relevance to position
• Secondary / advanced scientific degree (e.g., MSc, PharmD, PhD, DO, MD) required
• Scientific and / or clinical training in area of relevance to position strongly preferred 
• Other advanced degree (non-scientific) and/or business degree/training is advantageous 

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Clinical or clinical research experience specific to therapeutic area preferred, advanced degree advantageous
• Substantial professional, clinical or research experience in a scientific or related field required (minimum of 5 years)
• Previous MSL, Medical Advisor or related pharmaceutical experience preferred
• Prior industry experience required
• Knowledge of regulatory, commercial and clinical issues affecting industry
• Knowledge and experience of methodology of clinical research and Good Clinical Practice required

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & SKILLs

• Fluency in English (oral and written)
• Fluency in local language
• Clinical or clinical research experience specific to therapeutic area preferred, advanced degree advantageous
• Substantial professional, clinical or research experience in a scientific or related field required (minimum of 5 years)
• Previous MSL, Medical Advisor or related pharmaceutical experience preferred
• Prior industry experience required
• Knowledge of regulatory, commercial and clinical issues affecting industry
• Knowledge and experience of methodology of clinical research and Good Clinical Practice required

Recruiting Contact: Maiko Yamasue

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