(Sr.) Manager, Oncology, Medical Affairs

Job Description

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translate the Global Medical Goals and Strategies into research, data analysis, scientific communication, educational, and other tactics and solutions that improve patient outcomes and enhance access in China.

• Build trust with external scientific community via peer-to-peer scientific exchange, research and educational collaborations, interactions with scientific societies and health organizations, publications, or other.

• In charge of the defined therapeutic area and is taking the overall responsibility to provide medical input to brand strategy, including new product launch, product positioning and differentiation, mature product’s life cycle management, product crisis management, reimbursement, listing, bidding and market access, etc.

• Provide medical input to medical information team in setting up medical query responding systems in defined therapeutic area.

• Provide medical input in feasibility studies for global trials.

• Provide medical support to the clinical study initiated by the company's R&D and Commercial department; provide medical input in local clinical evaluation (LCE) study.

• Study concept generate in local data generation (LDG).

• Provide medical support and input to the company initiated study program.

• Identifies, evaluate and recommends potential investigators/sites on an on-going basis to assure placement of planned clinical studies with qualified investigators.

• Regular communications with national external stakeholders to share most updated balanced medical information and gain the inputs from external stakeholders in the defined therapeutic areas.

• Provide medical support on guidance/consensus generation or updating in defined therapeutic area based on request or needs from external customers.

• Regular lecture both internal and external, to share most updated clinical trial data, interpreter treatment guideline and provide summary of product efficacy and safety profile under local laws and company regulations.

• Proactively provide the latest medical information to MSL team on regular basis. Provide product training to internal commercial team.

• Review and approve promotional materials and promotional activities.

• Review and approve FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).

• As medical representative in PRC (Project Review Committee), to review and approve the programs under PRC.

• Review and approve local product labeling.

• Collaborate with HQ (Head Quarter) or RDMA (Regional Director of Medical Affairs) to figure out our company's China medical strategy.

• Formulate country medical plan (cVIP) and implementation of activities identified in the cMAP. Cascade cVIP to MSL team and collaborate with MSL team develop regional MAP (rMAP).

• Support company central marketing team by providing on-label or disease state scientific training and medical support to key central marketing initiated events in the therapeutic area.

MAIN REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and SKILLS

Education:

• Master’s degree or above in Clinical Medicine preferred

Experience:

• Medical Affairs background required

• Relevant experience in Oncology

• Head and Neck Cancer background preferred

Skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Strong cross-functional collaboration capability and ability to lead complex projects

• Good English reading and writing skills for global communication

Required Skills:

Clinical Medicine, Clinical Trials, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis, Medical Affairs, Medical Review, Oncology, Product Lifecycle, Scientific Communications, Scientific Publications, Strategic Networking, Strategic Thinking

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

07/31/2026

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