Regional Director Medical Affairs

2 weeks ago


Singapore MSD Full time

**Asia Pacific Regional TA Director Medical Affairs for HPV Vaccines**

**Position Overview - Basic Functions & Responsibility**

The Regional Director Medical Affairs (RDMA) is responsible for helping to create and drive execution of scientific & medical affairs plans for their assigned Therapy Areas (TA) in their assigned region. They are important members of regional cross-functional teams, alongside regional colleagues from other functions such as Commercial, Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), Policy and Market Access. They conduct scientific exchange with scientific leaders in their region and globally. This is a regionally based position (i.e. residing in one of the affiliates in the Asia-Pacific region or the regional hub in Singapore) in our company's Research Laboratories Global Medical Affairs.

**Primary activities**
- Supports country Research and Development Division's GMA staff to execute the annual scientific & medical plan for their assigned TA
- Co-chairs the Regional Medical Affairs Team to ensure execution of agreed medical tactics and leverage best practices
- Ensures scientific exchange is aligned with the global scientific communications platform
- Partners with regional Commercial, regional Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), regional Policy and regional Market Access to drive development and execution of region plans
- Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries in their region
- Engages with scientific leaders and other key stakeholders (therapeutic guideline committees, payers, public groups, government officials, medical societies) from their region
- Supports, as regional TA expert, staff from company affiliates in their engagement with their national scientific leaders
- Organizes regional expert input events, including Advisory Boards and Expert Input Forums, to help inform our company's scientific research, product development and commercial strategies
- Organizes regional symposia and educational meetings
- Supports countries with the development of local data generation study concepts and protocols
- Reviews investigator-initiated study proposals prior to headquarters submission (ex-USA)
- Manages regional programs (patient support, educational or risk management) to support appropriate and safe utilization of our company's medicines

**Skills**:
**Required**
- MD, PhD or PharmD (MD preferred) and recognized medical expertise in the therapy area
- Five+ years’ experience in country / region Medical Affairs
- Strong prioritization and decision-making skills
- In a matrix environment, able to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication (written as well as oral), in addition to results-oriented project management skills

**Preferred**
- Scientific leadership and other key stakeholders (payers, public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in the assigned therapeutic area

**Travel**:30-50%

**Who we are**

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for**

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
**VISA Sponsorship**:
**Travel Requirements**:
**Flexible Work Arrangements**:
Remote

**Shift**:
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**Job Posting End Date**:
05/14/2025

**Requisition ID**:R344976



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