Medical Lead
On-siteTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Job Summary
Lead Medical Affairs tactics and co-lead local launch and brand strategies within the lung cancer therapeutic area. Consolidate field trends, market insights, and unmet needs while ensuring scientific and clinical accuracy for assigned products. Develop medical materials, conduct internal scientific training, and maintain up-to-date GxP knowledge through continuous education programs. Map the treatment landscape for new indications, lead local publication processes, and coordinate clinical study site selection. Provide training to healthcare professionals, represent the company at medical events, and engage with key external stakeholders including thought leaders and patient groups. Serve as the key country interface for regional and global medical teams, manage TA-specific medical budgets, and facilitate partnerships for innovative research solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Act as Local Medical Affairs TA expert in one or more TAs, mainly Lung cancer
- 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
- Consolidate and communicate trends, market insights, and unmet needs identified in the field
- 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
- Maintain and demonstrate comprehensive and in-depth scientific TA knowledge when executing assigned tactics
- 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
- 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
- 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 (accessdecision 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 Merck with external stakeholders on innovative research and healthcare solutions
- Engage with internal colleagues (Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, Commercial colleagues, 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
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