Title:
Medical Advisor
Company:
Ipsen Korea
About Ipsen:
Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.
Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!
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Job Description:
To provide scientific and medical leadership for Ipsen Korea’s oncology portfolio by serving as the primary medical point of contact for the assigned therapeutic area and ensuring that medical activities are delivered in line with local strategy, regulatory requirements, and Ipsen standards.
Under the direction of the Medical Director, this role provides high-quality, non-promotional medical support across clinical trial activities, scientific liaison, medical information, and other medical projects, while partnering closely with internal stakeholders across functions.
The position plays a key role in strengthening Ipsen’s scientific credibility, supporting compliant decision-making, and enabling effective engagement with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to improve patient outcomes in oncology.
Main Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary medical point of contact for the assigned oncology product(s) or therapeutic area, providing non-promotional scientific and medical support in line with local strategy, regulatory requirements, Ipsen SOPs, and applicable codes of practice.
- Plan and execute medical affairs activities including scientific exchange, medical information response, medical education events, advisory boards, publication activities, and support for local study and evidence-generation initiatives, while ensuring proper planning and adherence to the allocated budget in coordination with the Medical Director.
- Build and maintain compliant, credible relationships with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, and other external stakeholders, and represent Ipsen at congresses, investigator meetings, and other scientific forums; approximately 50% of working time is expected to be focused on interactions with HCPs.
- Provide medical input to cross-functional stakeholders including medical, commercial, market access, regulatory, and related functions, supporting strategy development, internal capability building, review and approval of promotional and medical information materials, and informed decision-making.
- Support study planning and execution, patient safety and product complaint reporting, and medical documentation in accordance with internal procedures and applicable local and global requirements, while operating with a high degree of autonomy within defined governance and escalation processes.
- Contribute to team effectiveness through coaching, mentoring, onboarding, and capability development, and support continuous improvement of team ways of working and medical excellence across the function, including leadership of direct reports.
Technical Competencies:
- Strong scientific and medical knowledge in oncology, with the ability to interpret, synthesize, and communicate clinical and scientific data clearly, accurately, and credibly to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to identify strategically relevant insights and proactively gather them across multiple channels to support medical strategy, evidence generation, and informed business decisions.
- Capability to engage a wide range of healthcare stakeholders in high-quality scientific exchange and to build tailored engagement and communication plans that reflect cross-functional priorities.
- Effective cross-functional partnering skills, with the ability to work across medical, commercial, market access, regulatory, and related functions while maintaining appropriate medical governance and compliance standards.
- Solid understanding of medical affairs processes, including medical information, study support, material approval, and applicable healthcare compliance and pharmacovigilance requirements relevant to interactions with healthcare professionals.
Knowledge & Experience:
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in medical affairs, clinical practice, clinical research, or a related scientific role within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or academic environment, with the ability to provide credible scientific support and medical guidance in a compliant setting.
- Experience engaging effectively with healthcare professionals and other internal and external stakeholders through scientific exchange, medical education, or medical information activities.
- Proven ability to interpret and communicate clinical and scientific data, generate relevant medical insights, and apply them to support evidence-based decision-making and medical strategy.
- Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as medical, commercial, market access, regulatory, or clinical operations while maintaining appropriate medical governance and compliance standards.
- Strong understanding of healthcare compliance, pharmacovigilance, medical information processes, and the requirements relevant to interactions with healthcare professionals and the execution of medical activities.
- Experience in coaching, mentoring, onboarding, or people leadership is required, including the ability to lead, develop, and support the performance and growth of team members in a people management role.
Knowledge & Experience (preferred):
- Experience in oncology is preferred.
- Experience in planning or supporting local studies, investigator-sponsored studies, publication activities, or other evidence-generation initiatives is preferred.
- Experience with medical review and approval of promotional or medical information materials is preferred.
- Experience contributing to field-based medical engagement models or roles involving substantial interaction with healthcare professionals is preferred.
- Experience with patient access programs, patient support programs, and involvement in market access activities.
Education / Certifications:
- Degree in a biomedical, scientific, pharmacy, medical, or other relevant healthcare discipline.
Education / Certifications (preferred):
- Advanced degree such as MSc, PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant scientific or medical field is preferred.
Language(s):
- Fluent Korean and strong written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate scientific and medical information effectively to different audiences.
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