Associate Manager (Associate Disease Strategy Lead)

Company Description

Santen is a specialized life sciences company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on ophthalmology. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries, we are dedicated to delivering innovative treatments and digital solutions for eye health and addressing vision-related social issues for people around the world.
This position plays a crucial role in supporting maximization of Santen’s pipeline and investment opportunities to support its growth strategy under the guidance provided by the Deputy Head of Innovation Strategy.

This position especially contributes to development and update of Disease Innovation Strategy for assigned target diseases and is responsible for coordinating scientific assessment of external opportunities identified in the respective disease areas through cross-functional collaborations with internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

Play a crucial role in supporting development and update of Disease Innovation Strategy for the assigned diseases by collaborating with cross-functional team:
- Understanding patient journey, unmet people/medical/business needs, science and technology trend, and competitive landscape
- Blueprinting the future treatment paradigm, defining intervention points & solutions, and setting Solution Concept for the target solutions
- Mapping out in-house pipeline and external opportunities with priorities to realize the future treatment paradigm
- Strategizing establishment of novel biomarkers/clinical endpoints for successful product development
Ensure all components of Disease Innovation Strategy are guided by ultimate goal of creating a pipeline of products that meet patient, provider and commercial needs under the detailed guidance provided by the Deputy Head of Innovation Strategy
Continually assess gaps and provide strategic insights to Innovation Strategy management for achieving R&D objectives and specifically OIC goals
Interact with internal counterparts, i.e., research and clinical development, business development, and corporate strategy function, to facilitate enrichment of the pipeline (in-house and external) in line with the Disease Innovation Strategy
Coordinate to scientific assessment of external opportunities in pre-PoC stage and provide scientific assessment reports with proper risk analysis

Qualifications

MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA or equivalent degree preferred
Minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, especially in R&D function
Experiences to work on strategic planning with cross-functional matrix teams to achieve critical business objectives in R&D function
Project management skills and the ability to effectively juggle priorities / issues and ensure on-time delivery
Experience participating to due diligence on product opportunities; experience of preparation and presentation of reports to senior management preferred
Business sense with ability to link the scientific and business needs
Ophthalmology experience is preferred
Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, innovative, with highest level of professional ethics, accountability and integrity
Broad understanding of general drug discovery and development processes, including regulatory requirements is preferred
Fluent or native level of both Japanese and English language skills

Additional Information

Grow your career at Santen

A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. Through our long-term vision outlined in Santen 2030, we are committed to be a Social Innovator - addressing the social and economic needs of people with visual impairments. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

The Santen Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building diverse teams and ensuring a safe and inclusive physical and virtual workplace for every one of our team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements and individual qualifications regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/ expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require any kind of accommodation during our recruitment process, please let the recruiter from our team know.

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