JOB DESCRIPTION

• Develop medical strategy based on environmental needs and medical voice of customers
• Contribute to scientific/medical evidence generation including medical materials based on the medical strategy in each TA
• Interact and communicate with internal/external stakeholders in order to advance scientific and medical understanding of products
• Develop and execute plans and medical sections for strategic launch plans
• Plan and implement scientific training for medical affairs periodically 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop evidence generation portion for medical strategy and medical affairs plan
• Analyze environment of Therapeutic Area
• Accountable for review concept and protocol
• Accountable for review and approve TA specific promotional and non-promotional materials
• Provide medical insight on draft Package Insert 
• Co-chair strategy teams in order to ensure alignment with commercial counterparts based on brand strategy in each product/project
• Engage KOLs based on TA strategy
• Plan and support execution of Advisory Board Meeting (ABM), and act as back-up presenter in the absence of Field Medical Director (FMD)
• Provide input on publication plans; Act as back up to Scientific Advisor (SA) to conduct scientific trainings of internal Medical Affairs colleagues (On-boarding/Continuous trainings) and MSL assessment test (Disease Test, Oral Assessment)

REQUIREMENTS

• Expertise in relevant disease area
• More than three years of pharma industry experience (Medical, research, clinical science and/or etc.)
• Clinical and scientific understanding of clinical studies, evidence generation and data evaluation etc. 
• Awareness of the healthcare environment in Japan and needs of external customers
• Excellent English skills (TOEIC score over 800)
• Previous Medical Affairs experience
• Japanese M.D. license
• Clinical science background in relevant disease/scientific area
• Ph.D. degree with research experience (desired)