Medical Affairs Lead

We are looking for a strategic and science-driven ASEA Geo-Expansion Medical Lead to drive medical strategy across ASEA markets for new product expansion. This role plays a critical part in ensuring scientific excellence, compliance, and unlocking growth through evidence-based innovation.
Mission & Tasks
Zone Medical Lead For ASEA Countries
- Lead and manage medical strategy and objectives for assigned new Geo-expansion brands
- Evaluate and define a portfolio approach for science value creation.
- Ensure clear priorities are defined in alignment with Science Affairs vision and priorities.
- Promote scientific innovation opportunities through proactive cross- functional contribution that align with brand direction.
Country Medical Lead For ASEA
- Accountable for Zone Geo-expansion medical strategy, claims and HCP strategy for New products s planned to be available in the ASEA.
- Responsible to interact with all the appropriate stakeholders to ensure compliance according to Zone Geo expansion and global requirements and Opella policies.
- Ensure medical environment and requirements are well understood and considered in New products business strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides strategic medical support to the scientific affairs team for Opella business
- Act as the primary contact for medical governance requirements within Opella ASEA.
- Provides New products related medical inputs for assigned Opella brands, activities as well as Zone Geo expansion ASEA brands and activities
- Delivers Provides medical support to the Brand, Innovation and Commercial teams in the recruitment and development of key opinion leaders, advocacy initiatives and medical affairs activities
- Provides medical expertise to support and enhance claims generation and substantiation, ensuring scientific credibility and brand relevance
- Develops Science content and training for assigned brands as well as Zone Geo expansion adaptation to lead training for commercial team (train the trainer concept)
- Acts as the Medical Information lead for the Opella ASEA and the backup Medical Information Lead for Singapore.
- Provides medical support to Quality Assurance, in ensuring patient safety
- Supports Regulatory Affairs in scientific requirements
- Reviews and approves promotional and scientific materials
- Evaluate & define a brand approach for Science value creation (Science Formula), and creation of HCP strategy with clear priorities defined and aligned with brand strategy for assigned brands
- Ensure delivery of medical commitments at a Zone level by clearly defining the desired outcome(s) from prioritized activities defined in medical strategies, and define operational milestones to deliver on these medical commitments
- Promote scientific innovation opportunities across our portfolio through proactive cross- functional contribution to global strategic medical brand plans or developing ASEA Science plans (Science Formula) that align with ASEA brand and country overall strategy.
- Key medical information (MI) management activities: create and maintain response documents, assess customer needs and provide effective solutions through regular data analysis, generate metrics, reports, dashboards and insights, oversee and train front-line MI Vendor, conduct quality checks
- Partner with R&D, Consumer Evidence and Global/AMEA/ASEA medical to address strategic data gaps
- Ensure Opella ASEA Medical governance is implemented and ensure company/ industry standards are maintained at all the times
- Ensure compliance to Zone legislative requirements and proactive champion the compliance agenda with the business by upholding Opella Internal Standards
- Complete in timely manner audit and inspection observations in close interaction with Global/local expansion Functions.