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Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC)

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

PRIMARY GOAL

• Leads Abbott Diabetes Care’s medical affairs activities for Japan.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

• Position will establish and leverage critical relationships to local key opinion leaders and engage in alliance projects related to research, medical education and medical communication.
• Serve as subject matter expert in medical practice and patient management. Provide medical support for the commercial and market access organizations.
• Provide strategic guidance through participation in key associations (medical, clinical, industry) to influence policy and regulations regarding medical devices.
• Position reports to the regional medical director, interacts closely with in country senior staff and may lead dedicated medical affairs manager(s).

Accountability / Scope:

• The position owns the medical affairs work stream within the affiliate, which has a critical impact on our business in Japan.
• Position leads Medical Manager(s) and/or Medical Science Liaison(s).
• Position is embedded in a network of medical and clinical experts and contributes to the global medical/clinical strategy through this network.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

– list the primary tasks or activities this job performs on an ongoing basis.

• Local responsibility for all Medical Affairs functions, providing medical oversight and decision making for all critical product issues. Ensure medical research activities meet business goals.
• Partner with ADC Japan organization to support local strategy. Pilot new projects involving the Japanese medical community in alliance with global functions. Lead and execute ADC’s activities in training and continuous medical education.
• Build trusted and strategic relationships with the local medical community in diabetes care: identify partnering opportunities.
• Analyze treatment patterns and monitor development of local treatment guidelines. Develop appropriate medical argumentation to support the use of our products by health care professionals in Japan.

• Participate and represent ADC interests in national medical /industry/governmental organizations and on specific occasions (e.g. scientific hearings).
• Be a subject matter expert in HTA (health technology assessment) and EBM (evidence-based medicine) recommendations on Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) and Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM).

MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED

• TECHNICAL SKILLS/TRAINING PREFERRED:
  Advanced skills in evidence-based medicine, clinical study design or health economics or medical statistics.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

• Team oriented with the confidence, maturity and integrity to work effectively as a member of one of the top companies in the medical device industry. 
• High personal integrity and ethics required.
• Excellent communication/organization skills required.
• Results and Action Oriented - Driven to excel and capable of inspiring others to excellence as well.
• Able to envision a winning future for the organization and then help turn the vision into reality through hands-on action.
• Accepts the accountability for results of the team and provides clear direction with input from others.

KNOWLEDGE / EDUCATION REQUIRED

REQUIRED:　

• MD or PhD degree.
• Strong command of English and Japanese.

PREFERRED:

• Board certification and specialization in endocrinology / diabetes care.
• Additional post-graduate qualification e.g. master degree in public health, health economics or health policy.
• Very good English language skills.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Hands-on experience in the management of patient with diabetes.
• Relevant management experience in medical device / pharma / consulting / payers or other relevant organization in the Japanese health care system.

EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

• Knowledge of clinical research, medical risk management and/or medical device regulations is preferred.