Associate Medical Manager

Job Purpose

• The Associate Medical Manager is required to support the business in Hong Kong by providing medical and technical support for the products in the defined therapeutic areas. This position helps to identify the medical gap and delivered excellent engagement skills to explore the medical needs, and then turn them into business strategies and messaging.
• The Associate Medical Manager contributes to providing a high standard of medical support in the management of medical programs and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) engagement. This position needs to provide well strategic thinking in the translation of medical activities into impactful outcomes. The Associate Medical Manager needs to the development and implementation of the product strategy as a core member of the brand team.
• The role is to be proactively involved in delivering medical and scientific advice and supports both globally and locally, internally and externally, to ensure that the short and long-term business goals of assigned products are achieved, and willing to undertake new strategies and tasks and execute them properly.
• The position demands a good understanding of medical/scientific knowledge and excellent communication skills to facilitate the interaction/partnership among KOLs, Academia and Sanofi. The Associate Medical Manager is also responsible for ensuring the Company’s adherence to high standards of conduct in all its dealings with the medical profession and supporting health care disciplines, and with consumers.

Key Accountability

Medical Affairs

• Develop strategic medical plan for assigned products
• Provide medical/scientific support for clinical development, KOL management, Market Access aspects and commercial activities.
• Provide scientific communication to all key stakeholders in the country / MCO
• Review the medical appropriateness of investigator sponsored research projects and health outcome proposals in respect of the business goals.
• Preview promotional materials, research reports and publications, when required.
• Provide medical support including product training to Sales & Marketing team
• Provide medical/scientific and strategic input as a core member of the assigned Brand team.
• Provide up-to-date medical/scientific input to the marketing plan for assigned products via participation in brand team activities.
• Identify and discuss with brand team appropriate product positioning and key strategies in line with business objectives.
• Contribute to the development of an optimal customer service strategy together with field force effectiveness.
• Provide ad hoc medical support and training for assigned products to the sales force and brand team to support sales opportunities and/or to avert business threat.
• Develop lasting strategic relationships/partnerships with opinion leaders for assigned products.
• Attend relevant external medical conferences, international and local.

Requirements

Education

• Medical or doctor degree preferred, Master of Science diploma major in Pharmacy, pharmacology, nursing or other health care related fields required.

Experience & Knowledge

• Minimum 3 years of successful Medical experience of branded company, or minimum 3 years of successful sales/marketing experience with branded company plus a master degree of pharmacy/pharmacology/ business administration.
• Familiar with clinical trial related practices and regulations as well as recognize company’s core value.
• Familiar with health care system, including patient education and support.
• Possess good administration, strategic thinking and planning ability.
• Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiar with product and market related knowledge.
• Possess good presentation skills.