Associate Medical Director

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Core Job Responsibilities:

Main Responsibilities:

30% Develop medical strategy and tactic in dedicated TA
30% Lead MA and MSL team to successfully conduct medical project
20% Support medical department program and quality system
20% Team management

• Develop medical strategy and tactic in dedicated TA
• Involve in developing the Medical strategy/brand/product strategies/regional strategy
• Provide medical insights in portfolio extension management & MKT access
• Establish KOL management strategy to build trust with customers through value co-creation
• Closely cooperate with Global and Regional functions to ensure the strategy alignment in Abbott
• Innovate in medical digital strategy
• Lead MA and MSL team to successfully conduct medical project
• Generate local data/evidence to improve patients outcomes and achily participate in global study
• Be responsible for all the Abbott medical initiated/sponsored events in dedicated TA
• Gain medical insights by holding national or regional AB meeting
• Initiate medical education program such as Journal club, publication workshop,TTT, post-congress, and etc.
• Act as study physician for post marketing study and study coordinator for registration trials
• Review and approve promotional materials and scientific material
• Proactively share the latest medical information including clinical trial data, new publication, treatment guideline/consensus interpretation and provide summary of product efficacy and safety profile through regular new sales or advanced training to sales team
• Participate key national promotional activities and provide speaker management for KOLs
• Collaborate with cross-functional peers such as marketing access, regulatory team, business development and etc. via supporting activities of Market Access or hospital listing and regulatory dossiers preparation, medical assessment of new product/indication plan;
• Timely response to medical inquiry from the files
• Provide appropriate medical input in product crisis management
• Establish medical digital platform/tools to improve efficiency
• Support medical department program and quality system
• Lead or artily participate in key medical initiated projects cross-TA;
• Ensure updated medical SOP and provider medical governance and medical response to audit/inspection
• Enable internal quality system, set up and maintain local medical SOP
• Initiate optimization of internal process for excellence of medical operation
• Team management
• Build and manage the MA/MSL team including recruitment, setting up annual objective and individual development plan, performance evaluation, talent review, promotion and succession plan;
• Develop MA/MSL team to achieve the team and individual target as well as individual development plan through training,feedback,coaching,guidance and evaluation, etc.
• Ensure team’s timely competition of training course on compliance and no major finding about compliance issue in all medical initiated events.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:

Direct Reports: 2~3
Indirect Reports: 10-15

Position Accountability/Scope:

• Lead MA/MSL team to ensure scientific driven approach in all environments
• Gather and translate medical insights from HCPs into solutions addressing patient’s needs
• Identify, develop and execute solutions specific to TA/ecosystem needs
• Key source of local insight transformation to global teams
• Medical governance of activities/materials
• Work as a synergist to oversee the implementation and to help customer facing team to achieve maximum value for patients.
• Project owner and leader for all patient/disease awareness related projects as well as medical grant and donation projects according to the discussion with compliance team.
• Partner with scientific society to identify the gaps and deliver medical education modalities for HCP to broaden Abbott reach and effect behavioral change in HCPs and Patients.

Minimum Education:

Education:

• Master’s degree or above in clinical medicine, pharmacy or other health related
• More than 2 year’s clinical practice or clinical research experience in dedicated TA
• Medical educational background in defined Therapeutic Area is preferred
  Minimum Experience/Training Required:

Experience:

Industry experiences:

• Working experience in medical affairs in MNC pharmaceutical company for more than 5 years;
• Experiences in medical team of pharmaceutical industry as MA or Physician
• Experience as people manager for at least 2 year;
• Medical Affairs experience in dedicated TA is preferred;

Position experiences:

• Having experience to successfully lead medical projects in dedicated TA;

• Experiences of Clinical Development in dedicated TA is preferred

• Clinical practice in Abbott products related therapeutic areas is preferred

• Attributes

• Strategic thinking and business sense;

• Strong communication and leadership skill;

• Caring people, good listening and empathy

• Innovation, agility, entrepreneur

• Team spirit, collaborative cross different function

• Embracing digital and AI new tech in health

Skills:

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office software, literature retrieval skills
• Good presentation skills

Languages:

• Proficiency in both oral and written English
• Mandarin /Chinese – Native speaker
• Travel: Willing to travel

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Medical & Scientific Affairs:

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma:

LOCATION:

China > Shanghai : 388 W. Nanjing Road, Ciros Plaza

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable