Medical Science Liaison
Clinigen
Posted: 10/21/2026
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Demonstrates expertise in Medical Affairs and scientific communication, with a strong focus on pediatric and rare diseases. Proficient in establishing relationships with healthcare professionals and delivering medical education while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Medical Affairs ExperiencePediatric Therapeutic KnowledgeScientific Communication SkillsRegulatory Compliance UnderstandingNative-Level Japanese Proficiency
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a key field-based scientific resource and technical expert supporting launched and developing medicines throughout Japan in the neonatal pediatric field
- Establish and maintain scientific relationships with medical experts and external stakeholders
- Lead medical affairs initiatives including publications, investigator-sponsored research, advisory boards, medical education, and scientific training programs
- Provide scientific input into advisory boards, scientific content, speaker presentations, and medical references
- Lead landscape mapping and insight-generation activities concerning patient care, unmet needs, treatment pathways, and stakeholder dynamics
- Manage study group activities related to post-marketing research
- Collect and communicate customer and medical insights to support medical strategy and decision-making
- Provide medical, disease, and product information to disease experts and internal stakeholders
- Lead internal training on scientific and medical topics
- Represent Medical Affairs at congresses, symposia, and scientific meetings
- Deliver medical education presentations and share feedback across the organization
- Create and update disease awareness materials and websites
- Provide medical information responses to internal and external inquiries
- Maintain medical information resources, product knowledge, and therapeutic-area knowledge
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical, SOP, and policy requirements
- Maintain documentation, complete reports, participate in meetings, liaise with management and staff, and use required software
Requirements
What you’ll need- Medical / PhD / Pharmacology / Science Degree
- Previous Medical Affairs, or MSL experience desirable
- Advanced understanding of a relevant therapeutic area(s), e.g. pediatric, Rare Diseases, Oncology (preferred)
- Understanding of the Medicines JPMA Code of Practice
- Experience establishing relationships with senior healthcare professionals
- Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate across all customer levels, in a range of contexts
- Native-level Japanese and full professional proficiency in English
- Willingness and ability to travel nationwide
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Hard Skills
PhDPharmacology DegreeResearch MethodologyAnalytical SkillsMedical Education PresentationDisease Awareness Material CreationInsight GenerationPost-Marketing Research ManagementScientific Relationship BuildingMedical Information Resource Maintenance
Soft Skills
Effective CommunicationStakeholder EngagementTraining and Mentoring
Industry Keywords
JPMA Code of PracticeOncologyRare DiseasesNeonatal Pediatric FieldMedical InsightsAdvisory BoardsScientific Training ProgramsCongress RepresentationMedical StrategyCustomer Relationship Management