Job Description Summary

Job Description

Major accountabilities: 

• Develop and lead the annual strategic field medical plan across assigned therapeutic areas and products within Bio, ensuring alignment with local, regional, and global Medical Affairs objectives.
• Lead execution of the field medical plan, monitor progress against strategic objectives, and adapt tactics based on medical insights, emerging evidence, and changes in the healthcare environment.
• Build and maintain trusted scientific partnerships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, academic institutions, scientific societies, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Identify unmet medical needs and generate actionable medical insights through scientific exchange with external stakeholders, translating those insights into local Medical Affairs strategies and tactical plans.
• Drive perception change through evidence-based scientific discussions to improve understanding of disease management, biosimilars, and Sandoz products across assigned therapeutic areas.
• Ensure medical insights and scientific intelligence gathered in the field are effectively communicated to local, regional, and global stakeholders and incorporated into strategic decision-making and Medical Affairs planning.
• Lead the planning and execution of scientific engagement activities across assigned therapeutic areas, including one-to-one scientific exchange, scientific meetings, advisory boards, medical education programs, and congress engagement.
• Serve as a field medical expert across assigned therapeutic areas and products, providing scientific expertise and support to internal stakeholders.
• Develop and execute medical expert engagement plans in alignment with Medical Affairs strategies, strengthening engagement with priority stakeholders and supporting appropriate perception change.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Market Access, Medical Information, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, and other internal functions to support the successful implementation of Medical Affairs initiatives.
• Work closely with local, regional, and global Medical teams to ensure alignment on medical strategy, scientific communication, and field medical priorities.
• Support evidence generation activities, including investigator-sponsored research, non-interventional studies, real-world evidence initiatives, and other scientific collaborations where appropriate.
• Lead the planning, development, preparation, and delivery of scientific training and capability-building programs for MSLs, including disease areas, products, biosimilars, emerging scientific evidence, and scientific engagement skills
• Identify MSL capability and training needs, and lead the development of training plans, scientific materials, and learning activities to strengthen field medical excellence.
• Ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, industry codes, company policies, SOPs, and ethical standards.

Essential Requirements（必須要件）

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
• Prior pharmaceutical industry experience within Medical Affairs, MSL, Clinical Research, Medical Information, or a related medical function.
• Strong scientific knowledge and the ability to understand and communicate complex scientific and clinical information across assigned therapeutic areas.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute field medical strategies and translate medical insights into actionable plans.
• Proven ability to engage in high-quality scientific discussions with healthcare professionals and external experts.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with KOLs, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
• Strong communication, presentation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead initiatives through influence, without direct reporting authority.
• Clear understanding of GxP requirements and applicable healthcare regulations.
• English: Reading/Writing at business level; Listening/Speaking at presentation and scientific discussion level; TOEIC score of 750 or above.
• Japanese: Native level in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  

Desirable Requirements（望ましい要件）

•  Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas, specialty care, biologics, or biosimilars.
• Experience planning and executing medical education activities, advisory boards, scientific meetings, or congress-related medical activities.
• Experience designing or delivering scientific training and capability-building programs for MSLs or other Medical Affairs colleagues.
• Working knowledge of the Japanese healthcare system, treatment pathways, reimbursement environment, and pharmaceutical industry guidelines.
• Experience supporting evidence generation activities, including investigator-sponsored studies, non-interventional studies, or real-world evidence initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with regional or global Medical Affairs teams.
• Advanced English communication skills, including experience participating in scientific discussions with regional or global stakeholders.

Skills Desired