Primary Purpose of Job (Job Summary)
● Lead Medical Science Manager (MSM) team to be field-base medical expertises
for medical science in assigned disease area and develop and execution of
territory medical plan align with Disease Area medical strategy.
● Strengthen TAE management in the field by building up and continuously
improving the capability and capacity of MSM DA team to ensure high quality
scientific engagement.
● Provide mentorship to MSM for career development.
● Enhance the cross-functional collaboration between MSM team and cross
functional stakeholders.
● Contribute to global innovative initiative development and lead the
implementation in China for
assigned disease area.
● Actively lead cross functions projects as medical expert.
● Ensure strict medical compliance in MSM daily activities.
Principle Roles & Responsibilities / Accountabilities
(Major functions of the position)
1) Lead MSM team to ensure full execution of territory medical plan
● Ensure the execution of MSM medical plan to be field-base medical expertises
for medical science in responsible field for assigned disease area
- Ensure team’s full understanding and alignment with the medical strategy.
- Ensure MSM works as primary contact for data generation activities: IIS and
research request
management, study support including site assessment, investigator engagement,
etc
- Lead the team to design and deliver high quality of scientific communication
activities.
- Oversee the implementation of the scientific projects to meet the data gap
in regional level.
● Regularly review and modify MSM territory medical plan during implementation
to ensure full support to key medical initiatives.
● Shape development MSM team portfolio strategy plan alignment (e.g. with Life
Cycle- and other key strategic plans) and delivery of all medical plans in the
assigned disease area
● Integrate feedbacks and suggestions from external customers and internal
stakeholders forconstant improvement.
● Budget and timeline control on MSM activities by active tracking and
recording
2) Contribute to cross functional TAE management strategy and engagement plan
to align with
assigned disease area strategy
● Lead MSM team to review and update TAE list in given DA via thorough TAE
identification, profiling, and mapping process.
● Define TAE management strategy and engagement plan for MSM team by
consulting MM andbusiness counterparts to support medical and brand strategy.
3) Building up the capability and capacity of MSM team to ensure high quality
scientific
engagement
● Recruitment for a high standard MSM team.
● Design and conduct constant training to MSM on both knowledge update and
soft skill improvement.
● Provide ongoing assessment of assigned MSM team to ensure the competencies
andeffectiveness towards team and individual goals.
● Regular co-visits of TAEs with team member to ensure quality of TAE
engagement
● Actively contribute to global innovative initiatives development in
innovative customerengagement channel or team competency development and lead
the exploration and implementation inChina affiliate.
4) Team/People management
● Inspire and motivate positive team work spirit by active, open and
constructivecommunications.
● Coach and support individual subordinate MSM for desired performance and
career development.
● Oversee the development and implementation of training plans for the
assigned MSM team.
● Manage the MSM team specific budget, including review and approval of
expense reports.
● Support the Disease Area Head in the performance management, evaluation
process, and
organizational talent review process for MSM team, as well as cross DA team
management by initiating and leading relevant projects.
● Lead and manage the internal/external change to the impact on performance
cross DA
5) Cross-functional collaboration enhancement
● Demonstrate strong leadership in cross-functional collaboration with
internal/external stakeholders in complex and ambiguous situations
● Ensure high quality medical and scientific support provided to the
commercial activities, including
medical input into the marketing strategy and sales training
6) Compliance adherence
● Ensure all medical initiatives implemented strictly adhere to Roche
SOPs/codes and local regulations.
● Champion the implementation of medical compliance with high ethics and
integrity.
● Direct the adoption of appropriate policies and standards for all MSM
activities
Qualification and Experience
Education/Qualifications
● Major in Clinical medicine, Pharma or Science.
● Master Degree or above (preferred).
● >5 years working experience in medical affairs or relevant functions in
pharmaceutical company.
Leadership Competencies
● Experienced strategic thinking and planning skills.
● Demonstrated strong ability in cross-functional leadership.
● Proven experiences in people and budget management in relevant
pharmaceutical organizations.
● >3 years of people management experiences is preferred
Job Required Competencies
● Expertise in the Therapeutic area of relevance with an established TAE
network.
● Demonstrated strong work ethic, and proven track record of delivering high
quality within timelines.
● Demonstrated ability to think strategically and align with wide range of
stakeholders.
● Ability to motive the team members working towards shared goals.
● Ability to work in a changing and complex circumstance proactively.