Local Medical Communication Manager

Job Title: Local Medical Communication Manager

Reporting to: General Manager Springer Health+ Japan

Location: Tokyo, Japan

About Springer Nature

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About the Role:

Are you an experienced medical writer looking for a career advancement opportunity? We are seeking a senior level medical writer who is ready to lead a team of Local Medical Communication Team. Based in Tokyo, you’ll play a pivotal role in translating science to commercial success of the client companies while contributing to the better patient care.

Why Join Us?

• Career Growth: A rare opportunity to develop your career in an internationally connected company.
• Global Impact: Work with both global and local clients while collaborating with our global colleagues.
• Industry thought leader: As our medical and scientific communication leader, represent us in the industry as our thought leader for the future of medical communications.

Responsibilities will include:

• Work with the Local MedCom team, while writing for projects and advising medical writers in the team, including senior medical writers and editors as their manager.
• Should have medical writing experience in commercial communications
• Should be able to discuss with client contact with our account or sales leaders and develop communication concepts
• Create proposals with sales team, lead presentations, and workshops

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Experience with healthcare clients at agencies
• Knowledge of healthcare industry, especially pharmaceutical and biotechnology
• Team management, and project management
• Knowledge of healthcare tech (e.g., AI, robotics)
• English presentation and facilitation skills
• Having a high science degree is preferable, experience in industry association participations are preferable, but not required.

This position is based in our Tokyo office. We kindly ask that candidates have the legal right to work in Japan and are able to commute to the office.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversi….

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