Senior Manager, Scientific Affairs APAC

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

Purpose Statement: 

We are building a best-in-class APAC Medical Affairs team to drive clinical, medical, and scientific excellence across the region. By combining regional expertise with local insights, our team will scale rapidly, influence strategic decisions, and ensure that Boston Scientific continues to deliver meaningful innovation to patients across APAC. 

Reporting to the CMO of APAC, the key responsibilities of the Senior Manager Scientific Affairs, APAC include designing and executing clinical evidence planning, scientific dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and publication strategy.

Evidence planning

• Work cross functionally with Global Clinical, APAC, HEMA, Marketing, and others to identify scientific/clinical evidence needs in APAC
• Ensure Evidence needs are integrated into APAC Evidence plans
• Evaluate external clinical research proposals and collaborate with Clinical and Scientific Affairs, HEMA, and APAC marketing groups to advise on how these research proposals fit into an overall clinical strategy
• Serve on the Corporate ISR Committee to ensure APAC evidence strategies are being considered during the evaluation of Corporate ISR applications

Advisory Boards & Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in respective therapeutic areas to establish a strong scientific presence in the practicing and academic communities
• Lead planning, execution, and follow-up for Advisory Boards including agenda setting, stakeholder mapping, and insight capture

 Data Dissemination

• Develop data dissemination plans internally and externally according to data release and strategic business priorities
• Channel identification (webinars, symposia, etc.)
• Audience segmentation
• Content customization
• Format optimization leveraging F2F and digital opportunities
• Ensure data are scientifically accurate and relevant
• Work with customers to identify and evaluate podium presentation and publication opportunities and ensure clinical and strategic relevance.
• Ensure speaker readiness through training and consistent messaging.
• Summarize and disseminate congress findings and key data across internal audiences.

Scientific Expertise & Leadership

• Demonstrates deep expertise in the clinical science and evidence base supporting the company’s product portfolio and drives the continuous gathering and development of data intelligence within the therapeutic area.
• Support internal educational efforts as a therapy and scientific expert to the commercial organization.
• Strongly collaborate with APAC Marketing, HEMA, & Medical Education, as well as Global Clinical & Scientific Affairs, and APAC Medical Affairs to ensure alignment and buy in.
• Acts as a key liaison between commercial and scientific functions, ensuring that all external and internal communications are grounded in robust clinical and scientific evidence.
• Represents APAC Scientific Affairs at the Global Clinical leadership level, contributing regional insights, scientific perspectives, and unmet clinical needs to inform global strategy and evidence planning.
• Upholds the integrity and compliance of all scientific activities, ensuring alignment with company standards, ethical principles, and relevant regulatory and industry codes

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, or related field (advanced degree preferred: MD, PhD, PharmD).
• 8 - 10 years of experience related to healthcare of which minimum 5+ years of experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry.
• Strong understanding of clinical research, medical strategy development, and regulatory landscapes.
• Experience in scientific exchange with KOLs and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic medical input and review scientific content for promotional and non-promotional use.
• Proven experience partnering with Marketing, Regulatory, Clinical, and Commercial teams to achieve business and scientific objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English required to drive communication and write posts to share updates and news on medical and scientific breakthroughs) and research abilities. 
• Ability and willingness to travel within the region (up to 30%)

Requisition ID: 621177

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!