Life Science specialist

PatSnap; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PatSnap is seeking a detail-oriented analyst to monitor and update drug and program data across global pipelines. You will extract key developments from diverse sources, verify evidence, and maintain structured records for China, the US, Europe, Japan and Australia.

You will apply practical AI tools to research, standardize outputs, and develop reusable prompts and workflows. Strong Excel/data skills and Chinese language ability are required.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in pharmacy, life sciences, medicine, information science, data analysis or related field is required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor company pipelines, development stages, program changes and key milestones; complete regular updates and monthly checks.
• Maintain approval information for China and Japan and special-review information across China, the US, Europe, Japan and Australia, recording sources, dates and verification results.
• Identify drug and program developments through news, public databases and regulatory sources; extract relevant facts and maintain structured records.
• Compare third-party information, identify conflicts, gaps and anomalies, verify evidence and elevate issues requiring domain judgment.
• Use AI for research, extraction, normalization, summarization and comparison; maintain reusable prompts, field rules, Skills or workflows.
• Maintain source entry points, operating instructions, exception examples and open-item lists; support team review and delivery acceptance.

Skills

AI research

Prompt engineering

Chinese language communication

Excel/data tools

Education

Undergraduate degree in pharmacy, life sciences, medicine, information science, data analysis

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

• Monitor company pipelines, development stages, program changes and key milestones; complete regular updates and monthly checks.


• Maintain approval information for China and Japan and special-review information across China, the US, Europe, Japan and Australia, recording sources, dates and verification results.


• Identify drug and program developments through news, public databases and regulatory sources; extract relevant facts and maintain structured records.


• Compare third-party information, identify conflicts, gaps and anomalies, verify evidence and elevate issues requiring domain judgment.


• Use AI for research, extraction, normalization, summarization and comparison; maintain reusable prompts, field rules, Skills or workflows.


• Maintain source entry points, operating instructions, exception examples and open-item lists; support team review and delivery acceptance.

Basic requirements

• A undergraduatedegree in pharmacy, life sciences, medicine, information science, data analysis or a related field is required; Masterdegrees are strongly preferred.


• Practical AI application skills: use mainstream AI tools for research, extraction, organization or analysis, write clear prompts and provide relevant context.


• Ability to verify AI outputs, identify hallucinations, omissions and source mismatches, retain evidence links and manually check uncertain conclusions.


• Ability to break recurring tasks into clear steps, define inputs, outputs and review points, and improve AI use based on results.


• Ability to communicate in Chinese, verbally and in writing, to collaborate with China-based colleagues and discuss business and data issues; ability to read Chinese and English public sources and record facts, sources and dates accurately.


• Proficiency with Excel or similar data tools, attention to detail, reliability and proactive communication.

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to drug databases, pipeline tracking, pharmaceutical news monitoring, regulatory research or third-party data validation.


• AI projects, coursework or personal practice demonstrating the task, prompts, output verification and improvement process.


• Familiarity with basic queries, scripting or automation and an interest in developing reusable Skills and workflows.