Regional Medical Information Specialist, Asia Pacific

Job Description

Regional Medical Information Specialist, Asia Pacific

• Looking for a different challenge as a Regional Medical Information Specialist, Asia Pacific whereby you can utilise your skills?
• Permanent Full-time position with competitive renumeration and benefits
• Successful individual will be based in one of the following x3 locations: AUS - New South Wales - Macquarie Park, NZL - Auckland – Newmarket, SGP – Singapore.
• Work with a dedicated and welcoming team
• Join a growing, yet already successful market
• Upskill and growth in an area you’re passionate about, whilst being fully supported and encouraged
• Join a trusted Global leading organisation

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

Accountabilities

• Medical Information: Initially, with guidance from more tenured colleagues, responds to standard and complex Medical Information Requests (MIRs) utilizing Scientific Response Documents (SRDs), creates customized ad-hoc responses to inquiries from healthcare providers in writing and/or verbally, based on complexity. Responds to more complex escalated global inquiries as experience allows. Makes decisions within guidelines and policies, which affect a range of routine client/customer, operational, and project activities. Generates insights from Medical Information capabilities to inform strategy for stakeholders.
• Medical Education and Training: Collaborates with internal stakeholders to develop training materials and identifies training gaps. Helps develop and deliver of scientific training materials to DPOC and other regional colleagues.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partners with key stakeholders (e.g., other reviewers of Medical Information Letters, Publications, Scientific Affairs, Field Medical teams) to ensure assets are available with the appropriate content to meet the needs of external customers and internal stakeholders. Over time, becomes a resource within the therapeutic area for the regional functions.
• Collaborates with regional colleagues (e.g. Medical Operations and Designated Point of Contact (DPOC)) to ensure the smooth handling and response of medical information requests from Healthcare Professionals (HCPs).

What You Must have

• Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MSN, MS in life sciences)
• Knowledge of specified therapeutic area
• Solid awareness of the function and value of medical information
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Multi-tasking skills

Preferred

• Advanced knowledge of specified therapeutic area
• Experience working in medical information
• Negotiation skills for interaction with cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills
• Candidates are expected to work across Asia Pacific time zones
• Ability to work in a complex organizational environment and effectively operate in a team-oriented structure as well as by oneself
• Ability to be flexible with time management for Regional or Global calls.

What You Can Expect

• Work autonomously whilst being supported, encouraged and being part of a trusted Global leading organisation
• Exposure to upskill and develop in your role
• Flexibility and opening doors to other opportunities and skillsets
• Joining a collaborative team of likeminded individuals

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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