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Medical Advisor Rare Disease

Job-title: Medical Advisor Rare Disease
Location: Tokyo
Specialisation: Medical DevicesPharmaceuticals
Salary: 14.0M ~ 17.0M
Reference: IJB2011676
Job-published: March 24, 2026 16:34

​Work Location , Expected Annual Income :

Tokyo,14.0M ~ 17.0M

About the Company :

Global European Pharmaceutical Company

Responsibilities :

Responsibilities of Medical Advisor include, but are not limited to the following:

- Demonstrate deep scientific expertise on Ipsen’s products, and therapeutic area to exchange relevant information and insights with TLs within the territory.

- Build, cultivate and maintain a focused group of regional thought leaders to ensure understanding of evolving healthcare trends across the relevant therapeutic area landscape.

- Respond to on and off-label questions with integrity, compliance, and adherence to legal, regulatory, and guidelines, policies & procedures.

- Represent our company and Medical Affairs Team during scientific conferences, continuing medical educational events, and medical meetings.

- Gather data and generate scientific insights from stakeholder interactions and provides feedback to the organization using appropriate mechanisms and tools.

- Recognize and capture scientific insights that deepen our understanding of the needs of thought leaders, healthcare providers, and patients to share with internal stakeholders.

- Respond to unsolicited requests regarding interest in investigator sponsored studies (ISS) and supports ISS submissions through appropriate internal processes.

- Assist with Company Sponsored Studies (CSS) from Phase I-IV, including investigator/site identification, site initiation visits, education to support enrolment, and feedback regarding operational management to ensure optimal site selection and performance.

- Address unsolicited medical inquiries from healthcare professionals in accordance with the company's policies and in collaboration with the Medical Information function when appropriate. Build and cultivate working relationships across internal stakeholders (Medical Affairs colleagues, Clinical Operations, HEOR, R&D, Medical Information and Commercial Operations) while maintaining full compliance with relevant company, industry, legal and regulatory requirements.

- Work efficiently and balance all work to enhance performance and execute on local medical strategies within planned timelines.

- Participate in committees or project teams that support MSL strategies and tactics as delegated by MSL leadership.

- Engage in continuous independent learning within the therapeutic area and actively attend and participate in upskilling programs related to our molecules, products, disease states and relevant business topics.

- Generate and communicate actionable medical insights from stakeholder engagements to inform medical strategy, evidence generation, and cross-functional planning.

- Coordinate pipelines launch projects and medical initiatives.

- Leads the development of patient support program in partnership with the brand team for priority products and new launches to improve access and optimize patient treatment.

- Ensure consistency and efficiency of PSP framework / infrastructure and oversight PSP project management.

- Provide medical governance and ensure compliance with SOPs, GCP and ICH as well as with legal and ethical standards, including RMPs and PSPs."

Benefits :

Employment Type: Full time Employee

Office Location: Tokyo, Japan

Working Model: Hybrid

Interview Steps: 3

Language: English and Japanese

Welfare and Benefits: Covered

Required Experience / Abilities / Skills :

- Biomedical, Scientific University education ideally to post-graduate degree level e.g. MSc, PhD, MD, PharmD

- At least 5 years of experience with a proven track record as a medical department professional in a previous company

- Ideally proven experience and successful track record similar role

- Experience in delivery of scientific presentations and development of relationships with Thought Leaders is strongly preferred

- Knowledge in data analysis and statistics for purpose of understanding clinical study results

- Experience in creation and implementation of local medical plans and expenses budget management

- Experience with management of clinical studies, regulatory and pharmacovigilance (advantage).

- Medical/paramedical Practice or Research career (hospital and/or hospital related, university research, pharmaceutical industry research or medical affairs - advantage)

- Good presentation skill

Knowledge of Rare Liver Disease customer segments and market dynamics

- Demonstrated expertise in brand strategic planning, scientific content discussion to multiple audiences

- Understanding of clinical research

- Excellent project management ability

- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

- Thorough knowledge of regulatory environment

- Language: Expert/fluent communicator in Japanese and excellent knowledge of written and spoken scientific English

- Ability to travel based on size of geography and business needs. Customer-facing interactions (e.g., engagements with Thought Leaders, investigators, and healthcare professionals) may represent up to approximately 40% of the role.