Medical Manager, New Vaccine Launch Team

Our Team:
The Japan Vaccine Medical Team is a high-performing team of medical leaders who are a trusted source of Scientific and Medical information and shared insights; effective and innovative strategic partners to our internal and external stakeholders; and dedicated to public health. We represent diverse experiences and backgrounds which strengthens our team and mirrors the healthcare communities we engage.


Main Responsibilities:
The Medical Manager will participate to and execute the Medical and scientific (non-promotional) strategy for the Influenza & Covid Vaccines portfolio/therapeutic area in close partnership with the other functional franchise leads and in alignment with the overall franchise strategy.

-Utilize strong business acumen, acting as a key strategic business partner to the organization
-Initiate and drive projects to raise standards of care and change clinical practice
-Ability to work independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to ambiguity
-Lead and drive rapid integrated evidence planning and execution through deep understanding of internal and external stakeholder evidence needs and robust data gaps analysis
-Deep therapy area expertise and product knowledge including competitor data
-Drive strong collaborative relationships with commercial and cross-functional teams, including marketing, value & access, health economics, regulatory and clinical
-Cultivate and maintain relationships with external experts
-Drive collaborative relationships with above-country colleagues to ensure the MCO / country involvement and strategic input into global and regional plans
-Good understanding of the impact and evolution of healthcare systems
-Lead creation and implementation of medical plans
-Ability to rapidly assimilate new data and integrate into new therapy area
-Create industry leading digital educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, interactive and innovative
-Champion the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies
-Demonstrate strong leadership influencing across networks and by coaching and mentoring members of the team

Employee Benefits:
Employment Type: Full time employee
Japan Office Location: Central Tokyo
Working Model: Hybrid with Flextime
Salary Level: Up to 15mil
Housing Support: Available
Welfare and Insurances: Comprehensive plan available and explained during offer process.
Interview Steps: 3
Language: Japanese and English

Education/Experience/Certification:
-Doctorate level education: MD or equivalent medical degree preferred, PhD or PharmD
-Industry experience (including medical affairs field or office) and/or clinical experience mandatory, ideally with relevant immunology, vaccinology, epidemiology, public health or internal medicine focus on acute medicine/ICU experience.
-Good understanding of the continuum of data generation including clinical development, Real World Evidence (RWE) and data gaps analysis
-Ability to act independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to the grey areas
-Excellent communication skills including driving challenging discussions
-Develop a good understanding of HCP communication preferences to adapt communication style and optimize use of relevant channels to suit
-Implement true scientific engagement journeys by bridging channel disconnect to drive ongoing engagement and grow collaborative opportunities and meaningful scientific exchange
-Proficient in the use of Omnichannel tools and able to adapt quickly to new channels.
-Effectively and compliantly share unmet needs of HCPs and their centers with cross-functional teams to inform patient centric strategy