Medical Oncology Head

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Medical TA Head defines and executes thecountry-specific medical strategy for the assigned Therapeutic Area, ensuring aligned and impactful delivery of scientific engagement, medical education, evidence generation, and cross‑functional support. The role serves as thecountry’s scientific leader for the TA, shaping strategy, guiding external customer and field engagement, and ensuring high scientific standards across all medical activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Medical TA Strategy

• Adapt international medical plans into acountry tailored Medical TA strategy supporting prelaunch, launch and lifecycle management.
• Build a strategic orientation andtactical plans across external insights, medical education, and publication planning.
• Set and oversee thelocal data generation strategy (RWE, HEOR inputs, evidence generation, Phase IV/IIIb) including publication plans.
• Providescientific and clinical expertise to inform trial design, feasibility, integrated evidence strategies, and local clinical programs.
• Serve as thedisease area expert for internal stakeholders (Marketing, Market Access, Regulatory, Commercial, Digital).
• GuaranteeERC/compliance in all medical activities and materials.

Medical Engagement

• Lead and guide allpeer-to-peer scientific exchange with HCPs and Medical Experts (MEs) to ensure credible, unbiased, scientific dialogue.
• Oversee MSL strategic direction, ensuring coherent field engagement plans aligned to TA strategy.
• Ensure systematicexternal insight gathering and translate insights into strategic recommendations.
• Support internal teams withmedical knowledge, clinical data interpretation, and training.
• Ensure medical teams maintain highest standards inevidence based, ethical engagement.

Medical Education & Scientific Communication

• Design and execute themedical education strategy, including scientific events, symposia, hospital meetings, and congress activities.
• Localize and produce high qualityscientific communication materials (presentations, publications, external education tools).
• Partner with Medical Customer Excellence and other internal functions onexternal scientific event planning, vendor management, congress measurement and reporting.
• Lead or support publication planning for the country TA.
• Provide scientific inputs to EE Capability Building to design/localize capability programs/curricula for medical teams and for TA teams and partner for the delivery of those.

Medical Partnerships

• Build and maintain strongpartnerships with Medical Experts, scientific societies, and academic institutions to support collaboration and scientific leadership in the TA.
• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial TA Heads, Value & Access, Regulatory, Execution Excellence and global/international/regional medical teams.
• Represent the company as thecredible scientific ambassador in the TA, contributing to a positive reputation with key stakeholders and institutions.
• Strengthen the medical ecosystem by shapingjoint value creation initiatives, evidence based collaborations, and multistakeholder partnerships.

Leadership & Culture

•        Foster an engaged, high-performance culture with clear goals, coaching, and ongoing development.

•        Attract future ready talents, help them grow, and keep them engaged; strengthen succession and capability across the country organization.

•        Lead by example with Novartis Leadership Expectations, encouraging transformation, strong performance, and a growth mindset.

Ideal Background

Experiences:

• 7+ years in Medical Affairs and/or Clinical Development
• Experience working in Oncology Therapeutic Area

• Proven track record in developing and executingmedical strategies across the product lifecycle.

• Priorleadership experiences.

• Experience inscientific engagement with Medical Experts/HCPs and guiding MSL/field medical teams.

• Demonstrated experience inevidence generation, publication planning, and interpreting clinical data.

• Cross‑functional collaboration experience withMarket Access, Regulatory, Marketing, Commercial.

• Experience leadingmedical education programs, congress activities, and external scientific events.

• Exposure to regional/global medical functions with ability to translate strategy into local action.

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Functional Capabilities:

• Ability to design and delivercountry specific medical strategies, translating global direction into local execution.

• Strong scientific expertise with ability tointerpret and communicate complex clinical data.

• Skilled in planning and overseeinglocal evidence generation (RWE, Phase IV, observational research).

• Proficient in developing/adaptingscientific communication and medical education materials.

• Strongcommercial business acumen.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across matrix teams and provide clearmedical leadership to cross‑functional partners.

• Solid understanding ofcompliance,regulatory requirements, and governance processes.

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Leadership Capabilities & Mindset:

• Strategic thinker who can anticipate trends and translate insights into clearTA priorities.

• Influential leader able toalign cross functional stakeholders and build trust with internal/external partners.

• Strong people leader who develops others through coaching, feedback, and scientific role modeling.

• Drives execution and fosters aresults-oriented, evidence-based culture.

• Comfortable navigatingambiguity and complexity while driving innovation and continuous improvement.

• Excellent communicator with the ability to simplify complex scientific concepts for diverse audiences.

• High integrity, ethical judgment, and a patient centric mindset guiding all interactions.

Location

Tokyo (Toranomon Hills)

Skills Desired