SEA Medical Affairs Head

The Head, Medical Affairs SEA will lead and be responsible for coordinating Medical Affairs (MAF) team and activities within SEA region, ensuring coordination and communication between local Operating Companies, Asia Pacific and Global organizations in all medical matters. Leading SEA Medical Strategy Responsible for leading Country MAF Heads and coordinating input from them on country MAF plans to develop and champion the SEA medical strategy and vision across sectors in full lifecycle management and encompassing pre-marketing activities. Responsible for validating medical strategy with key SEA KOLs, and building strong ties and partnerships with them. Responsible for ensuring alignment of local, regional and Global Medical Affairs strategy, plans and activities within each TA or Sector. Responsible for providing input to AP regional medical strategy to ensure SEA requirements are represented. Responsible for ensuring cascade of relevant information (e.g. Global and AP plans and strategies) through local Medical Affairs Lead/Directors. Accountable for developing and maintaining annual Medical Affairs budget requests and ensuring that individual product budgets are being managed and tracked. Close collaboration with SEA commercial lead and active participation in SEA commercial team meetings to ensure alignment and drive future regional development plans. Medical affairs leadership in AP Medical Affairs Meetings Regional medical affairs leadership role in planning and implementation of patient access programs. Medical Education Develop SEA Medical Education Plans in line with respective product strategy. Provide a comprehensive Training Plan for internal stakeholders. Review and approve educational and sales materials for medical and scientific accuracy. MAF Team Leadership Responsible for coaching and supporting the SEA MAF team and the country medical affairs teams in developing and executing their MAF Plans. Responsible for identifying and managing the integration points across the MAF Teams and with other functions and geographies to ensure alignment, minimize risk and eliminate duplication (e.g. coordination of SEA studies, interactions with external customers and stakeholders). Coordinate input from the local MAF teams to other SEA functions such as Regulatory Affairs (RA), Pharmacovigilance / Benefit Risk Management (PV/BRM) etc. Act as a role model with respect to adherence to, and tracking compliance with, relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and ensure similar adherence among direct reports. Accountable for effective budget and resource management (headcount, travel, activities, etc.) and managing priorities as appropriate. Internal & External Network/ KOL Management Develop KOL management strategy and plan in collaboration with LOCs, facilitating the allocation of responsibility for managing specific KOL relationships along clearly defined lines. Provide MAF oversight and support for market development activities (e.g. SEA KOL development strategies, communications plans). Responsible for engaging and influencing top tier KOLs within SEA. Develop a SEA regional network across Medical Affairs, Regulatory, BRM and Marketing functions to ensure unified SEA voice. Study Planning and Execution Work with the country MAF and GCDO/MAO teams to ensure that data generation activities are in alignment with medical strategy. Give guidance on the development of study concepts and scientific content for protocols. Accountable for approving study concepts according to defined timelines. Accountable for the final approval of study protocols, ensuring that all comments have been incorporated. Work with the country MAF teams to ensure that Clinical Studies are published and in accordance with the regional and global publication strategy. Product Safety and Regulatory Requirements Work with the local countries MAF Lead/Directors to manage Product-related medical safety issues and provide input to the regional compliance person. Support the countries and work with Regulatory Affairs to coordinate and manage Product-related Issues and support major quality incidents/recalls throughout SEA. SEA Medical Affairs Leadership Team Membership Member of the SEA Leadership Team led by Managing Director Pharm, SEA Qualifications Academic background with a Medical Degree and/or PhD essential and higher Medical Qualification desirable. At least 10 years industry/business experience with a minimum of 7 years experience in a relevant area for this function (e.g. Medical Affairs or Clinical R&D, academic or hospitals). In-depth knowledge of study methodology, study data review and analysis. Excellent knowledge of study publication processes. Good knowledge of study execution, benefit risk management and regulatory affairs. Very strong and demonstrable communication and influencing skills that can impact at Regional level. Highly innovative with the ability to drive a complex and changing environment and effectively manage and resolve issues within the SEA. Experience in managing cutlturally diverse teams across a region. Exceptional leadership, people management and development skills, motivated to develop, guide and reward high performance teams. Highly customer and market place focused with an awareness of the importance of business results. Fluency in English language required. Awareness of and adherence to Johnson & Johnson Credo values. Primary Location Singapore-Singapore-Singapore- Organization Johnson & Johnson Pte. Ltd. (8435) Job Function R&D Requisition ID 2206044211W