Associate Medical Director, Precision Medicine

The Asia Pacific (AP) Precision Medicine Associate Medical Director will have responsibility for coordinating the development and executing the Precision Medicine Strategic plans for Medical Affairs (MAF) across disease areas in the Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Organisation. This role will require working in close collaboration with key cross-functional stakeholders across the regional, local and global organization.

The AP Precision Medicine Associate Medical Director will lead Medical Affairs activities in support of companion and complementary diagnostics (CDx) for products within J&
J’s targeted therapies pipeline across Therapeutic Areas (TAs) and in all stages of development and commercialization within the Asia Pacific region.

The successful candidate should have experiences and expertise in Precision Medicine and ideally have strong pharmaceutical or diagnostic medical expertise, with experience in one or more TA’s of interest, including (but not limited to) Lung Cancer and Oncology, Retina, Neurosciences (NS) and Immunology. This role requires strong leadership with excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate the Precision Medicine &
Diagnostic Medical strategy into execution for our targeted therapies pipeline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of Regional Medical Affairs Precision Medicine strategy in support of each product indication launch in therapeutic areas where companion and complementary diagnostics (CDx) are required to ensure patient access and medical adoption”, including Oncology (Lung cancers, etc.) as well as Retina, NS and Immunology at AP level and collaborate closely on the prioritized assets with all markets
  
• Develop internal and external customer engagements that successfully support precision medicine business objectives.
  
• Collaborate on the execution of the regional cross-functional Precision Medicine overarching and prioritized PM related assets strategies.
  
• Serve as a regional expert on Precision Medicine and provide medical guidance to the Therapeutic Areas Strategy Leadership &
  MAF teams, with a strong focus on launch readiness preparation, regulatory and funding requirements, and support the development of Centres of Excellence (CoEs)
  
• Build current and future competitive advantage by understanding and addressing key customers’ medical needs, and by demonstrating deep understanding of competitors’ development strategies
  
• Actively seek effective strategic partnerships and collaboration with appropriate academies, medical societies and CDx companies to support awareness and understanding of the genetic mutations, testing and pathologies addressed by our assets.
  
• Drive key external stakeholder engagement Plans and Lead Medical education events, to educate on the unmet needs
  
• Lead and co-create evidence generation strategies and tactics that address unmet medical needs and identify biomarker/diagnostic opportunities for portfolio prioritized assets. Support the development of AP-specific value propositions. Raise AP unmet needs to Global Teams for integrated WW plans
  
• Support Clinical Trials and post-marketing studies for our targeted therapies when needed
  
• Continue to educate internal stakeholders on the precision medicine landscape and dynamics, supporting PM as a strategic priority
  
• Contribute to developing internal MAF and cross-functional capabilities required for long-term success in precision medicine
  
• Own the budget for assigned medical activities and partnerships
  
• Establish a productive work environment by creating trust and respect in all interactions
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree essential. Advanced qualifications preferred
  
• 5+ years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical/biotech/diagnostic industry in progressive medical leadership roles
  
• Strong leadership skills required. Strong communication skills required
  
• Strong analytical, scientific and strategic thinking to identify key business issues and establish priorities
  
• Must exhibit behaviors aligned to the J&
  J Global Leadership Profile including but not limited to integrity-credo based actions, collaboration and teamwork, sense of urgency, and ability to drive results
  
• Awareness and commitment to adhere to J&
  J Values, SOPs and Policies
  
• Ability to work with Key Opinion Leaders and external stakeholders
  
• Experience in diagnostics and precision medicine required Regional Medical experience preferred
  
• Ability to work in strong matrix environment and leading by influence required
  
• Demonstrated ability to influence and manage a complex set of internal and external stakeholders
  
• Prior experience working with academics and learning societies is required
  
• Previous experience working in cross-functional teams
  
• Asia Pacific specificity awareness
  

The role is AP based with the expectation that the candidate be based in Singapore or his/her current country of residence in the AP Region as long as easy access to travel/transportation and local hosting is available at a J&
J office.