At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com **Job Function:** Medical Affairs Group **Job Sub** **Function:** Medical Affairs **Job Category:** People Leader **All Job Posting Locations:** Singapore, Singapore **Job Description:** Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine The Head of Medical Affairs SEA & India is tasked with setting the vision for Medical Affairs in the cluster, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring alignment with global standards. This leadership role involves overseeing the Medical Affairs team and activities across SEA & India, fostering seamless communication and collaboration between local Operating Companies, the Asia Pacific region, and global organizations. The ultimate goal is to support the company's scientific, medical, and commercial objectives through effective management of medical strategies and initiatives within the cluster. **Responsibilities:** **Leading SEA & India Medical Strategy** + Responsible for leading Country MAF Heads and coordinating input from them on country MAF plans to develop and champion the SEA & India medical strategy and vision across sectors in full lifecycle management and encompassing pre-marketing activities. + Responsible for validating medical strategy with key SEA & India KOLs, and building strong ties and partnerships with them + Responsible for ensuring alignment of local, regional and Global Medical Affairs strategy, plans and activities within each TA or Sector. + Responsible for providing input to AP regional medical strategy to ensure SEA & India requirements are represented. + Responsible for ensuring the cascade of relevant information (e.g. Global and AP plans and strategies) through local Medical Affairs Lead/Directors. + Accountable for developing and maintaining annual Medical Affairs budget requests and ensuring that individual product budgets are managed and tracked. + Close collaboration with SEA & India commercial lead and active participation in SEA & India commercial team meetings to ensure alignment and drive future regional development plans. **Medical affairs leadership in AP Medical Affairs Meetings** + Regional medical affairs leadership role in planning and implementation of patient access programs **Medical Education** + To work with the Portfolio Lead to develop SEA & India Medical Education Plans in line with respective product strategy. + Provide a comprehensive Training Plan for internal stakeholders. + Review and approve educational and sales materials for medical and scientific accuracy **Team Leadership** + Responsible for coaching and supporting the SEA & India MAF team and the country medical affairs teams in developing and executing their MAF Plans. + Responsible for identifying and managing the integration points across the MAF Teams and with other functions and geographies to ensure alignment, minimize risk and eliminate duplication (e.g. coordination of SEA & India studies, interactions with external customers and stakeholders). + Review inputs from the local MAF teams to other SEA & India functions such as Regulatory Affairs (RA), Pharmacovigilance / Benefit Risk Management (PV/BRM) etc. + Act as a role model with respect to adherence to, and tracking compliance with, relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and ensure similar adherence among direct reports. + Accountable for effective budget and resource management (headcount, travel, activities, etc.) and managing priorities as appropriate **Internal & External Network/ KOL Management** + Develop KOL management strategy and plan in collaboration with LOCs, facilitating the allocation of responsibility for managing specific KOL relationships along clearly defined lines. + Provide MAF oversight and support for market development activities (e.g. SEA & India KOL development strategies, communications plans). + Responsible for engaging and influencing top tier KOLs within SEA & India. + Develop a SEA & India regional network across Medical Affairs, Regulatory, BRM and Marketing functions to ensure unified SEA & India voice **Study Planning and Execution** + Work with the country MAF and GCDO/MAO teams to ensure that data generation activities are in alignment with medical strategy: + Give guidance on the development of study concepts and scientific content for protocols. + Accountable for approving study concepts according to defined timelines. + Accountable for the final approval of study protocols, ensuring that all comments have been incorporated. + Work with the country MAF teams to ensure that Clinical Studies are published and in accordance with the regional and global publication strategy **Product Safety and Regulatory Requirements** + Work with the local countries MAF Lead/Directors to manage Product-related medical safety issues and provide input to the regional compliance person. + Support the countries and work with Regulatory Affairs to coordinate and manage Product-related Issues and support major quality incidents/recalls throughout SEA & India **Requirements:** + Academic background with a Medical Degree and/or PhD essential and higher Medical Qualification desirable. + At least 10 years industry/business experience with a minimum of 7 years' experience in a relevant area for this function (e.g. Medical Affairs or Clinical R&D, academic or hospitals) + In-depth knowledge of study methodology, data review, and analysis. + Excellent knowledge of study publication processes. + Good knowledge of study execution, benefit risk management and regulatory affairs. + Very strong and demonstrable communication and influencing skills that can impact at regional & global level + Highly innovative with the ability to drive a complex and changing environment and effectively manage and resolve issues within the SEA & India + Experience in managing culturally diverse teams across a region + Exceptional leadership, people management and development skills, motivated to develop, guide and reward high performance teams + Highly customer and marketplace focused with an awareness of the importance of business results + Awareness of and adherence to Johnson & Johnson Credo values