About the Role
This role involves driving the development and publication of evidence generation activities, including conference presentations and papers, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. You will leverage your knowledge of medical affairs and disease/product information to support business objectives and manage your projects effectively.
Responsibilities
- Drive the development and publication of evidence generation activities (conference presentations, papers) in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Understand how Medical Affairs contributes to business goals and proactively execute Medical Affairs activities with MAL/MAD support.
- Manage assigned projects.
- Support MAL roles as needed.
- Execute individual AZSS (plan to execution), including SDC creation and publication.
- Coordinate and manage ESR (plan to execution), ensuring appropriate and efficient review and approval of research proposals.
- Review ESR applications and concepts, taking necessary actions such as requesting revisions or coordinating with review committees.
- Manage individual ESRs to ensure they progress according to plan.
- Plan and execute individual SEM, ABM, and trial-related meetings, creating and managing content, materials, and slides.
Requirements
- Over 3 years of clinical or basic research experience in oncology, or over 3 years of industry experience.
- Knowledge level sufficient for professional discussions with KEEs (basic/clinical medicine, disease area, drug-related, statistics).
- Knowledge of planning corporate-sponsored studies, reviewing concepts/protocols for investigator-initiated studies, and managing publications and progress for corporate-sponsored studies (knowledge of clinical research regulations, clinical study planning/execution, and manuscript writing).
- Communication skills necessary to interact with stakeholders to perform assigned duties.
- Knowledge of clinical research regulations and rules (laws, SOPs, etc.) and ability to accurately operate based on clinical research experience.
- Basic research or clinical experience in lung cancer (nice to have).
- Over 3 years of industry experience in medical or development departments (nice to have).
- Ability to conduct negotiations required for business operations.
- Ability to quickly read necessary papers and create written documents.
- Strong desire to build a long-term career in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Willingness to travel.
- Ability to commute to the office at least 3 times a week.
Skills
- Knowledge level sufficient for professional discussions with KEEs (basic/clinical medicine, disease area, drug-related, statistics).
- Knowledge of planning AZSS, reviewing ESR SDC/protocols, and managing AZSS publications and their progress (knowledge of clinical research regulations, clinical study planning/execution, and manuscript writing).
- General compliance rules in the industry.
- Communication skills to elicit desired actions from others even in difficult situations with conflicting opinions.
- Logical thinking ability.
- Project management skills.
- Understanding of Medical Affairs activities and rules (nice to have).
- Experience in basic or clinical research (nice to have).
Location
- Osaka
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite (at least 3 days a week)
Experience Level
- 3+ years of clinical/basic research experience in oncology or 3+ years of industry experience
- 3+ years of industry experience in medical or development departments (nice to have)
Education Level
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (in medicine, pharmacology, science, or related fields)
- Scientific degree (MD/MSc/MPH/PhD) (nice to have)
- Medical or pharmacist qualification (nice to have)
About the Company
- AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.
- We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.
- We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
- We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.
Equal Opportunity
- We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
