YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads the creation of the strategic global medical plan for Pharma Therapeutic Area product, in alignment with the countries' medical planning and in alignment with the global business function and other internal stakeholders
• Executes some strategically important parts of the global medical plans, like KOL relationship management activities
• Oversees and monitors the execution of the global medical plans
• Contributes to / provide the medical strategy for global Phase IV medical affairs studies to support the commercial success of Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area products
• Plans and coordinates the design, conduct, analysis, reporting and publication of Phase IV Studies - Contributes to / Provides the strategic review of Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area ISS and NIS studies
• Provides medical affairs input to global clinical development programs
• Ensures all regional studies are consistent with agreed medical strategy
• Oversees and monitors the long-term communication plans in Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area; this includes the long term medical affairs study and data generation plans
• Interprets information from Bayer's clinical development studies, medical affairs studies, and from external sources, to generate communication materials and documents for internal and external use, including slide decks, training material, Q&As and others
• Leads the Global Content Network for medical information document generation in the Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area field. Updates, organizes and maintains the global medical information documents within the SHERLOCK repository
• Provide Medical review of promotional material from the GBT for global use e.g. product monographs, brochures, press releases, Q&As, field communications
• Contributes to the Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area Global Brand Team's work by providing medical expertise and insight on commercial issues
• Provides the global medical affairs contributions to the global brand plans in Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area
• Provides Medical Affairs input to core labeling and pharmacovigilance documents for marketed products
• Ensures excellence in medical governance activities for Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area, including the collaboration with co-development partner companies
• Establishes professional relationships with global clinical investigators, opinion leaders, and consultants in the medical community
• Represents Bayer Pharma viewpoint on products to key opinion leaders, scientific advisors, health authorities and to other external stakeholders
• Plans and monitors the global medical affairs budget for Bayer Pharma Therapeutic Area, in collaboration with the global business function and our external co-development partners
• Maintains and develops relationships with scientific communications agencies, clinical research organizations, and other service providers as required to support excellence in global launch and post-launch medical affairs operations

WHO YOU ARE:

• An advanced Medical or scientific degree - MD preferred but we are open to PHD candidates also
• At least five years of work experience in clinical development and/or medical affairs function of a global healthcare organization or equivalent at regional or country level
• Disease and therapeutic area knowledge in both existing drugs and new fields of exploration, especially cardiovascular area experience is preferable
• Experience in leading medical research (basic/clinical research, real world studies, etc.) is preferable
• Preferably, prior experience in global medical launch planning activities
• Understanding of global regulations and guidelines
• Understanding of the drug development process over different stages
• Proven record of relationship building, both internally and externally to the organization
• Thorough knowledge of company policies and processes
• Experience of effectively managing risk and compliance issues
• Proven record of excellent project management skills and experience
• Experience in leading and participating in teams across cultures and geographies and building effective working relationships between functions
• Strong global mindset
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Fluency in Japanese plus business level of English (TOEIC 800 or above as a guide)
• Experience of developing and delivering presentations and publications in English

WHAT BAYER CAN OFFER YOU:

• We offer a competitive a salary package consisting of an annual basic salary and Short-Term Incentive (STI) bonus and top performance award and so on, tailored to your role at Bayer
• We provide various special paid day-offs on top of given annual paid vacation days. Also, we promote work-life balance by offering employees flexible working hours and home-office arrangements depending on your job nature in alignment with your manager
• We support your professional growth by providing learning and development opportunities through training programs, regular feedback and project participations
• At Bayer, our employees are welcomed, supported, and encouraged to reach their full potential. We also embrace and respect diversity by providing an inclusive and fair work environment for all employees
• We provide various attractive corporate benefit programs for all of our valuable employees such as DC pension plan, health and medical support by Bayer Health Insurance Association, Benefit Club membership, and life insurance

Date of Employment:
ASAP

Division:
Pharmaceuticals
Location:
Osaka or Tokyo

Functional Area:
Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance
Position Grade:
VS 1.2

Employment Type:
Regular
Work Time:
09:00 - 17:30

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