Senior Associate Scientific Research Medical Knowledge MA

ClinChoice; Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ClinChoice is seeking a results-oriented professional to lead performance excellence initiatives across key projects in Manila. You will plan, implement, and monitor improvements that boost quality, reduce costs, and shorten cycle times while delivering measurable business benefits.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, support medical and scientific review processes, produce literature analyses and publications, and develop training materials to upskill staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry/pharmacy or science-related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in the designated domain/business workstream.
• Experience authoring or contributing to scientific publications and peer-reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan and implement projects to improve quality and productivity.
• Coordinate performance excellence initiatives and deployment planning.
• Lead projects and report progress and benefits to stakeholders.
• Provide medical/scientific support and literature analysis.
• Collaborate with physicians on cross-functional teams for medical accuracy.
• Create training materials and support staff education.

Skills

Scientific publications

Medical writing

Literature review

Literature search

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy or any science related course

Job description

Job Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify, plan and implement key projects to improve quality, reduce costs, increase productivity and improve cycle time resulting in significant business improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for targeting completion of process improvement projects within a specified time frame while achieving a cost reduction goal.
• Develop and co-ordinate the performance excellence / performance improvement vision and deployment planning as defined by the Executive Team.
• Achieve buy-in from all decision makers for the successful application of performance excellence / performance improvement. Create team processes for optimizing results.
• Actively lead projects and provide individual contributions after key projects have been identified.
• Liaison with finance and other members of the organization in assessing, tracking and reporting the financial benefit of a Performance Excellence project.
• Provide management with project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting on key responsibilities and objectives.
• Provide therapeutic areas (e.g. Pain, Digestive Health, Smoking Cessation or UR/Allergy) knowledge support and clarification of science as needed and contributes to research activities via scientific publications.
• Conduct and evaluate literature searches and analyze scientific literature.
• Create standard language for product information reference manuals including FAQs for new product launches, media issues, and publications.
• Provide medical support in reviewing the printed packaging components, labeling, and compendia.
• Collaborate with physicians as the medical representative on cross functional teams (copy clearance committees) to both marketed products and support new marketed concepts for promotional and non-promotional pieces to ensure medical/scientific accuracy.
• Participate in creation of medical training materials and programs that are used to support initial and ongoing training for new employees.
• Train employees who require in-depth scientific/medical knowledge of relevant products/therapeutic areas and in support of local and regional speakers upon solicited requests.
• Create and develop strategically targeted information in response to published scientific literature, news media releases, marketing initiatives, product recalls, or new or highly publicized medical discoveries or information.
• Contribute to research activities via scientific publications
• Attend key medical/pharmacy professional meetings to gain knowledge related to therapeutic areas in relevant markets.
• Research educational and technical materials in support of local and regional speakers upon solicited request.
• Assist in generating basic periodic or aggregate safety reports, regulatory submissions, PSURs, annual reports, CCDS.
• Support Investigator initiated studies including correspondence with investigators, researching the investigator site and facilitating review and approval of IIS proposals.
• Support epidemiologic (or evidence based) assessments, as needed, on health-related medical topics relevant to consumer products such as OTCs, skin care and oral health products, from the perspective of the epidemiology of the condition or the epidemiology issues involved in its measurement
• Contribute to research activities via epidemiologic and scientific publications in general and in support of statistical risk assessment.
• This role also involves:
  • Effectively organize work to complete the assigned tasks to meet deadlines Ensure the assigned tasks are delivered 100% on time or before.
  • Demonstrate Quality of Work & Commitment through excellence in work, ensure correctness and completeness in deliverables with minimum OR no re-work
  • Support in review of work done by peer teammates, on need basis.
  • Alerts and escalates to senior members as required, whenever project deliverable risks are visualized, OR issues encountered impacting the delivery schedule
  • Ensure error free and acceptable quality in assigned deliverables
  • Responsible to ensure training compliance and timesheet compliance
  • Ensure that all assigned goals [e.g. utilization, quality and timeliness] are met as per set standards for the performance year
  • Follow and comply with the Company’s Code of Conduct, Policies, and Procedures,
  • Responsible for confidentiality, integrity, availability, and safeguarding of data,
  • Responsible for reporting security incidents and PIMS breaches as applicable,
  • Comply with company QMS, ISMS and PIMS requirements and applicable regulatory requirements,
  • Demonstrate adherence and compliance to PIMS/GDPR requirements as follows: processed fairly, transparently, and lawfully; collected for specified and legitimate purposes; adequate, relevant, and limited to the specified purposes; processed in a secure manner.

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy or any science related course in alignment with project/business team requirements
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in identified functional domain/ business workstream
• Demonstrated experience in authoring or contributing to scientific publications and peer-reviewed journals, medical writing, literature review, and comprehensive literature search activities.