Cluster: Medical Partnership
Employee type: Roche Korea permanant
Work location: Seoul, South Korea
The Medical Partner (MP) provides high level of medical & science expertise in the responsible therapeutic area (or disease area) to enable better outcomes for patients, their community, the ecosystem and the organization. The MP collaborates with other core and dynamic squad members including other enabling teams and proactively networks with global and other affiliates to leverage our collective global knowledge and resources to create the best medical strategies.
Role Profile and Expectations 
● Act as a medical & scientific expert in the responsible Disease Area (DA) to enable better outcomes for patients, their community, the ecosystem, and the organization. 
● Establish scientific collaborations and value-based partnerships with therapeutic area experts and other healthcare stakeholders. 
● Contributing strong scientific, clinical and therapeutic expertise in the relevant Disease Area (DA) 
● Provide strategic input and operational support for late-stage development / near-launch therapies in Disease Area (DA) 
● Work in cross-border collaborations in affiliates, and global to leverage our collective knowledge and resource 
● Works to achieve primarily the squad priorities, outcomes, and ambitions. 
● Jointly cultivate an environment that enables a self-managed team, with strong innovative, agile and enterprise mindset, customer centricity and a culture of discovery, experimentation and learning 
Main Accountabilities 
As a Medical Patient Journey Partner, 
● Be a medical affairs contact person of Therapeutic area experts for scientific communication and clinical programs, including but not limited to IIS, clinical studies 
● Establishing scientific collaborations and value-based partnerships with therapeutic area experts (TAEs) 
● Providing comprehensive expertise/insights of Medical affairs theories, techniques and technologies (E.g. Data & insight generation, scientific partnerships, digital educational engagement,..) and fostering meaningful partnerships with healthcare professionals, patients and organizations 
● Advising on strategic planning and prioritization of opportunities, taking into account patients' need, resource requirements and market access consideration 
As a Medical Enabler, 
● Be the scientific expert for the disease area and drive to develop, share, and refine medical strategies by networking across functions, locally and globally in line with brand strategy 
● Understand the current and future competitive landscape and healthcare system to identify gaps and proactively create solutions. (e.g. RWD, Digital) 
● Identify local data gaps, design/plan local studies provide insights for site selection and feasibility assessment, and develop data dissemination strategy 
● Translating insights into strategic and actionable recommendations for varied stakeholder groups to impact the way we work and ensure we help deliver positive, sustainable change in healthcare 
● Providing strategic medical review and approval for materials and communications
● Comply with SOPs, Code of Conduct including Symphony Principle, and all relevant regulations, as an example; 

‒ Medical partner shall be approver of the agenda or presentation materials for promotional events. 
‒ Medical partner will provide medical support in creating the agenda & materials to ensure the event is scientifically & medically sound. 
‒ In case of situations where it requires in-depth medical/science knowledge and scientific exchange, the DA medical partner will be involved in the creation of 
such in-depth scientific materials. 

Main Qualification & Experience 
● Medical or scientific qualification; Preferably advanced degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Biology 
● A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in the TA Medical affairs of pharmaceutical industry 
● In-depth knowledge on science and clinical aspects of the TA 
● Deep understanding of R&D and medical affairs strategies in the responsible TA 
● Good understanding of clinical trials and associated regulations (ICH-GCP and local regulations) 
● Knowledge in Real World Evidence (RWE), digital tools for customer engagement 
● Strength in agile working principles and methodologies 
● Proficient verbal and written English communication skills. 

Requirements
●   Medical or scientific qualification; strong preference for medical degree (MD), or higher degree of science (PhD)
● Neurology specialist and/or Therapeutic area experiences in Neurology; highly preferred
●    In-depth knowledge on science and clinical aspects of neuroscience (preferably dementia)
●    Good understanding of clinical trials and associated regulations (ICH-GCP and local regulations)
●    Proficient verbal and written English communication skill