Head of Medical Affairs

Department: Medical Affairs

Location: Hong Kong, China

The position

1.Medical communication
• Develop sales education materials, product brochures, and revise existing literature.

• Compose medical papers and maintain informative journal abstracts.
• Collaborate with doctors to create outlines for medical papers, ensuring clarity and accuracy.
• Ideate with HCPs on RWE studies, Investigator sponsored studies.

• Analyze and summarize additional data from various sources to enhance publications for medical papers.

2.Scientific communication & engagement strategy
• Establish and execute the scientific communication strategy and related communication plans.

• Lead the development of strategic communication plans for internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of scientific communications.

3.Medical education and advocacy

• Provide medical education through scientific conference and symposium for healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion
leaders (KOLs).
• Provide updated medical information to internal stakeholders, including marketing and sales force.

• Build strategic relationships with healthcare professionals and associations.
• Organize and lead educational sessions for HCPs to enhance their understanding of the therapeutic areas.
• Facilitate continuing education workshops.

4.Industry trends and market insights
• Keep abreast of the market trends, regulatory changes, and scientific literature to drive strategic decisions.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database of educational resources to support ongoing initiatives.

5.Leadership and stakeholder management
• Ensure alignment of scientific strategy and medical communication across therapeutic areas.

• Foster collaboration with internal and external scientific stakeholders.
• Implement the best practices and ensure cohesive execution of medical affairs processes.
• Effectively expand and develop future Medical Affairs team.

• Mentor team members to enhance their skills and overall performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally and contribute to affiliate leadership as member of management team.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MPH, PharmD, M.D. or Ph.D.) in a scientific discipline is required.
• Fluency in both written & spoken English and Chineses (Cantonese +/- Mandarin).

• Minimum 12 years' of relevant work experience, especially Medical Affairs related experiences in pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum 5 years' of work experience in managerial level.
• Experience in working in multinational pharmaceutical company is required.

• Proven leadership capabilities with strong influencing skills.
• Excellent oral and presentation skills.

• Strong active listening and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical, time management and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated high adaptability in changing priorities and meeting tight deadlines.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment independently.
• Agile, flexible, energetic, reliable, trust-worthy, team player.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.