Professional Affairs Manager | プロフェッショナルアフェアーズマネージャー

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Job details

Company overview

We are engaged in the manufacture and sale of vision correction products. In particular, we provide contact lenses and related eye care products to support consumers' visual health. Through high-quality product development and technological innovation, we provide comfortable and safe vision correction. To ensure the safety and effectiveness of our products as medical devices, we adhere to strict quality control and regulatory compliance. We also strive to provide sustainable vision care by expanding our product line to meet consumer needs and enhancing customer support. With an emphasis on community relations, we also contribute to society through support for the visually impaired and educational outreach activities.

Responsibilities

Professional Affairs Manager is an important clinical leading role of the 2nd largest market in the world provides the strong and proactive contribution to various Professional Affairs projects to support PA Senior Manager and Marketing Director of Japan and continuously achieve the business goal of the Japan business collaborating with Marketing and sales team. Main responsibilities:

• Internal and External Education / Training / clinical study design and implementation (claims) to strongly partner with marketing & Sales team to attain corporate Goal/Mission.
• Develop and implement educational program or workshop content to train internal sales and strenghten their clinical & product knowledge
• Conduct internal education program such as MDIR(Medical Device Information Representative) training to train new sales reps to ensure efficient communication with ECPs
• As a clinical & product expert, provide evidence based advice and address enquires from cross functional teams
• Provide technical insights to MKTG and sales team for development of materials such as sales-aids, sales promotional materials, product guides and Q&A.
• Lead and develop evidence based scientific content for ECP engagement
• Lead and implement ECPs facing marketing survey to gather relevant ECP insights
• Provide medical writing and articles to trade journals such as JCLS journal and Ringan journals to support the company's products scientifically
• Partner with Misight team and Regulatory affairs to cultivate and develop Myopia management category in Japan
• Lead and educate fitting process of specialty lenses such as toric lens and multi-focal lens by working with KOLs and aligning with global stakeholders while taking local needs into consideration
• Conduct KOL engagement and Advisory board meeting to get advice and insights on toric and multifocal category development
• Lead and execute seminars/webinars, sales training/WS materials, brochures, and tools to promote the company’s specialty lenses as the first lens of choice at independent clinics and KA customers
• Develop and implement ECP educational programs to provide Contact Lens education for public orthoptist schools
• Develop and implement workshops related to the company's products and CL education based on KA customers’ needs
• Organize and implement seminars to deliver the businesss' key messages to ECPs at major CL and Ophthalmology academy conference
• Support Sr. Manager and Director in developing the professional contents, including management of speakers, during ophthalmology educational seminar
• Implement KOL strategy and build KOL relationship aligning with the company's professional strategy to promote the company's products
• Develop and continue to build relationship with next generation of KOLs in Japan market
• Organize and manage round table discussion and advisory Board Meeting
• Communicate closely with global and APAC counterparts to obtain essential information for the company's Professional strategy & product promotion
• Plan and conduct clinical study and in-market assessment (IMA) to create supportive data for products, and develop product claims working with global and APAC counterpart
• Plan and conduct in-vitro study to create supportive data for the company's products, and create sales training materials

*Travel: Travel for CL or ophthalmology academic meeting (mainly domestic and international if needed), customer workshop/training and sales area meeting. The travel time consists of about 5% of all working days. 

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written in Japanese & English
• Effective presentation skill for both small and large groups
• Good understanding of marketing principles
• Software skills (Word, Excel, Power point, etc)
• Collaborative skill to work with people to maximize the ability of the team
• Able to travel frequently both domestically and internationally for business
• 8+ years of experience as Professional Affairs in the ophthalmology or CL industry

Preferred qualifications:

• US trained OD (Doctor of Optometry) highly preferred
• Other optometry (BS and Certified) degree
• Certified Orthoptist (CO) or Ophthalmology related scientific degree
• 5+ years of experience on CL fitting
• Other Science degree

Salary

9 - 13 million yen

Location

Tokyo