Asia Cluster and Malaysia/Singapore Medical Head

Job Description Summary

As the Asia Cluster and Malaysia/Singapore Medical Head, you are responsible for providing strategic, scientific, and operational medical leadership across the Asia Cluster, while also directly overseeing Medical Affairs in Malaysia and Singapore. This role is critical in driving awareness, adoption, and policy engagement, positioning Sandoz as a trusted scientific partner to healthcare professionals, policy makers, and key external stakeholders.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

As the Asia Cluster and Malaysia/Singapore Medical Head, you are responsible for providing strategic, scientific, and operational medical leadership across the Asia Cluster, while also directly overseeing Medical Affairs in Malaysia and Singapore. This role is critical in driving awareness, adoption, and policy engagement, positioning Sandoz as a trusted scientific partner to healthcare professionals, policy makers, and key external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide strategic medical leadership across Asia Cluster, ensuring alignment with Sandoz global and regional Medical Affairs strategy.
• Act as the primary medical authority for the cluster and Malaysia & Singapore markets, overseeing scientific strategy, evidence generation, and medical governance.
• Drive physician and policy maker education to support adoption, market penetration, and long-term growth.
• Ensure excellence in medical launch readiness for biosimilar products across the cluster.
• Lead and mentor high-performing medical teams across the region, fostering capability-building and development.
• Oversee cluster-level medical operations, including compliance, medical information, therapeutic area support, and medical training.
• Represent Sandoz in scientific forums, regulatory discussions, and market access engagements as the senior medical spokesperson.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Market Access, Public Affairs, Regulatory, and Policy teams to support business objectives.

Role Requirements:

• Medical degree (MD) required; additional postgraduate qualifications (e.g., PhD, MSc, specialty training) preferred.
• Minimum 12–15 years of experience in Medical Affairs within multinational pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies.
• Strong above-country or regional leadership experience is essential.
• Deep scientific and operational knowledge of biosimilars, biologics, or related therapeutic areas.
• Demonstrated success in working with policy makers, regulatory bodies, and healthcare institutions.
• Proven track record of leading medical teams and driving strategic medical plans across multiple markets.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit are powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!  

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Agility, Agility, Clinical Practices, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Integrated Evidence Generation, Medical Affairs, Medical Communication, Medical Education, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Launches, Product Strategy, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies {+ 4 more}