Manager, Medical Office

Job Description Summary

Lead the development and execution of field medical strategy across assigned therapeutic areas and products within Bio, aligned with local, regional, and global Medical Affairs objectives. Build trusted scientific partnerships, translate medical insights into actionable strategies, support evidence generation, and strengthen MSL capabilities while ensuring compliance and ethical standards.

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

Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Curiosity, Databases, Drug Development, Job Description, Lifesciences, Medical Communication, Medical Information, Medical Writing, Military Intelligence, Patient Care, Physics, Technical Support