Vice President Asia Pacific Medical Affairs

**Job Function**:
Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub Function**:
Medical Affairs - MD
**Job Category**:
People Leader
**All Job Posting Locations**:
Singapore, Singapore

**ABOUT INNOVATIVE MEDICINE**

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

As the Vice President Asia Pacific Medical Affairs lead, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the Asia Pacific (AP) Medical Affairs (MAF) Vision, Mission, and Strategy. In this role, you will set the strategic direction and provide leadership for Medical Affairs activities across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on external medical and scientific relationships, data generation, medical education, and medical information.

You will approve the AP Medical Affairs Therapeutic Areas strategic plans, ensuring alignment with the Global strategy and coordination with AP Strategic Marketing and Market Access. Your goal will be to optimize support for healthcare providers and patients, maximizing the value of products in both the pipeline and the marketed portfolio.

Collaboration is key in this position; you will partner with various teams including AP Strategic Marketing, Market Access, Government Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Communications, Pharmacovigilance, Healthcare Compliance, R&D, and Clinical Operations. Additionally, you will provide critical guidance and support to medical functions such as Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Pharmacovigilance among Local Operating Companies within the region.

As a Regional MAF spokesperson, you will drive Medical Affairs excellence by developing and leading Medical Operations throughout the region.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**AP Medical Affairs Leadership**
- To act as the **AP MAF leader** and drive the strategy for MAF across the Region
- ** Build and implement MAF AP strategy**:

- ** Represent AP**voice at **regional APMS, APLT and global teams** (including GMAC for MAF related matters)
- To provide **scientific leadership** for MAF function and other AP functions (Commercial, Health Economics, Regulatory Affairs etc.)
- ** To oversee Regional strategic and annual MAF plans for the franchises**:

- To Ensure effective and regular communications between **Global, Regional and local MAF teams**:

- ** Being a member of the GMAC**
- To ensure input from AP Region into the Global IEGP analysis and strategies
- To ensure input into Global Clinical Development Programs with the aim of having representation from AP countries across all franchises
- To contribute to the maintenance of compliance in AP MAF and enhancement of capabilities across the region
- ** Accountable for line managing AP Regional MAF Directors**
- Performance management and performance evaluation
- Coaching and feedback to ensure continuing development of MAF expertise and leadership capabilities
- Ensure that appropriate training (e.g. internal seminars), Medical Affairs, functional skills, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and required SOPs are followed

**To oversee the AP Medical Affairs** budget for pan-AP activities for assigned franchises and core MAF activities

**To identify opportunities for process improvements** and other transformational activities, oversee such projects and **implement key improvements**

**External Relationships**
- To maintain and leverage relationships with scientific societies, experts and other authorities across the region
- Build internal / external reputation as a credible MA Leader by participating in appropriate professional organisations, meetings and symposia
- Act as an AP MAF point of contact (e.g. for coordination of relationships with external alliances/ licensing business partners, and for facilitating interactions with interfacing functions)

**Product Safety and Regulatory Requirements**
- As per the J&J guidance and SOPs:

- Ensure that Regional and Local Medical Affairs Leaders manage **product-related medical safety issues** and provide input to the AP Pharmacovigilance & Medical Compliance and Global Safety Management Teams
- Work with Regulatory Affairs & Product Issue Management Teams to coordinate and manage **product-related Issues** and support major quality incidents / recalls across Janssen AP
- ** Escalate issues and enquiries to senior management** as appropriate

**Study Planning and Execution**
- ** Chair** the AP Protocol Review Committee (PRC)
- Ensure that **all AP MAF protocols** (Regional AP and single country) are in alignment with, and **support, the medical strategy**:

- Ensure that all **AP MAF protocols** (Regional AP and single country) are reviewed and approved or rejected by the PRC
- Ensure all Clinical Studies at Regional level follow t