Medical Director - Johnson & Johnson - Singapore

Job description
Country Medical Director
POSITION SUMMARY
- The Country Medical Director (CMD) is responsible for leading and managing the medical function, covering all J&J businesses, within the country. The CMD is a member of the country management team and plays a major role in providing medical and scientific inputs and comments on company business plans, business issues, crisis management and other quality and compliance issues arising.
- The CMD is responsible for developing and implementing a robust medical strategy and plan that (i) at the disease level, aims to improve standard of care (by enhancing awareness for the disease and unmet medical needs amongst treating physicians, by advocating for quality medical practices amongst treating physicians, policymakers and payers, and by effectively contributing to closing of practice gaps), and (ii) at the asset level, aims to enable full understanding of a brand’s differentiated value at launch, and ensuring its safe and appropriate use (by means of data generation, data understanding, data packaging, data dissemination, and by implementing a robust patient / consumer safety vigilance plan).
- The CMD is responsible for ensuring that all medical activities are compliant with country legislation, company policies and procedures, are consistent with the JNJ Credo, and comply with Health Care Compliance rules.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Integrate Medical Insights into Medical Planning and Operating Company Strategic Planning

- Design, develop and implement Medical Country Strategic Plans in alignment with Company Objectives, with reference to global and regional strategic direction as well as the intelligence collected from relevant external stakeholders
- Develop and maintain a scientific network with key thought leaders, advisors and the local scientific community to obtain key insights and to develop strategic partnerships
- Participate in the overall country strategic and annual business planning and resource allocation process.
- Be responsible for monitoring medical spending and project costs.

Lead the Country Medical Operation
- Lead and hold accountability for the execution of Medical plans to support disease and product/brand objectives.
- Accountable for the internal review and governance of Company and Investigator Initiated Studies
- Accountable for medical approval of all public presentation, media and core brand related promotional materials to ensure scientific validity and compliance with relevant internal and external standards

Provide Practical, Evidence-based Expert Opinion on medical and scientific matters

- Provide scientific and medical insights into relevant Leadership Team meetings
- Provide expert medical opinion into regulatory submission strategy and execution
- Provide expert medical input into company crisis management

Partner with Business Leaders in developing and deploying Practical and Innovative Evidence-based Solutions to Facilitate Stakeholder Adoption of Medical and Surgical Innovations

- Lead and participate actively in collecting accurate information on customer needs
- Collaborate with appropriate business leaders in developing relevant customer-centric strategies and solutions
- Identify and develop relevant capabilities that support and help sustain strategic initiatives, (e.g. training, curriculum development, learning development programs)
- Develop relevant metrics that facilitate troubleshooting and optimization of deployment of strategic initiatives
- Collaborate with other Medical Directors to foster exchange of best practices

Be Responsible for People Development and Management

- Responsible for the hiring of appropriately qualified Medical staff, and the development, implementation and monitoring of their personal development plans to continuously build capabilities, TA’s and brands.
- Build a team culture of high performing, engaged Medical experts.
- Work with HR to implement and drive team performance metrics
- Coordinate and strengthen Medical interactions with other functional teams

Ensure External and Internal Compliance

- Drive compliance through understanding, implementation and adherence to HCBI, global/regional/local SOPs, GSQA, local regulatory policy and industry codes of practice

Oversee the Operation of Patient/Consumer Safety

- Ensure timely safety reporting throughout the life-cycle of the products according to company requirements and local regulations

Coordinate with Regulatory Affairs Operations

- Work with Regulatory Affairs personnel to monitor external regulatory environment, identify risks, and communicate potential issues to management
- Work with Regulatory Affairs personnel to formulate the regulatory strategy and confirm the “Goal and Objective” with Global/ Regional Regulatory Affairs

Qualifications
Required:
- Scientific Medical Degree, PhD, PharmD or equivalence required
- At least 5-8 years’ experience in Medical Affairs/medical function is required
- Proven track record of ability to work within a matrixed organization
- Deep understanding of local regulatory policy and industry’s code of practice related to drug registration, pharmaceutical promotion and clinical study
- Expertise in ICH Good Clinical Practice
- Track record of leadership across the medico-marketing interface
- Successful track record of applying scientific knowledge to commercial activity

Desirable:
- Business qualification (eg MBA) desirable
- Experience in managing professionals in the pharmaceutical or related industries preferred

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS
Extensive (>25%) travel by air, domestic and international may be required

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