About this role
About the job
This protégé position is designed to give hands-on pharmaceutical industry experience to individuals who want to build a career in Medical Affairs. Through project-based assignments across general medicine therapeutic areas, you will gain exposure to medical affairs operations, including cross-functional collaboration, vendor management and finance processes. The role offers structured mentorship and learning opportunities to build your knowledge, skills and understanding of the pharmaceutical industry landscape.
Main responsibilities:
1) Medical Event and Project Coordination
- Execute plans required to support any MYSG medical event or project as appropriate, especially in communications, vendor management, contractual requirements, confidentiality agreements, logistical and registration support, payment processing, onsite meeting/administrative support for internal and external events.
- Effectively manage and track timelines for projects for example, programs, events etc.
- Take minutes during project meetings with required follow up actions as needed
- Initiate request via internal IT systems & follow through until approval to payment processing of events/services
- Work with Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) such as Legal, Compliance, Procurement, Finance, Commercial, Regulatory and Medical colleagues to create and implement event and project plans, and support CFT alignment and approvals.
- Liaise with external stakeholders such as venue representatives, agencies and speakers/HCP participants.
- Monitor project budget utilization and ensure that project budget is on track
- Prepare monthly medical projects updates for reporting purpose
- Support MCO medical event or project coordination as needed
2) Administrative Support
- Effectively manage documentation and filing of communications, materials, reports and documents to support ease of retrieval and sharing of information
- Provide support on any ad-hoc project assignments as required from time to time from medical headSupport the SEA&I meeting arrangements as needed
Secretarial support
- Manage Medical Lead/Head's calendar, arrange meetings and appointments and provide reminders as needed
- Manage travel, hotel arrangements and claim submission as needed
- Prepare and manage correspondences and collation of reports/documents to meet business timeline when needed
About you
- Experience: Fresh graduate with science background.Relevant experience in events coordination, project support, or administrative roles (pharmaceutical or medical device industry experience is a plus but not required)
- Soft skills:
Project and Event Management skills (or strong willingness to develop these skills)
Well organized with attention to details
Strong organizational skills (ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively)
Analytical ability - able to solve problems and being resourceful
Good negotiation and communication skills
Ability to navigate in a matrix organisation
Team player and collaborates well across countries and cultures
Excellent networking skills
Ability to maintain confidential information with discretion and diplomacy
Proactive and self-motivated learner
Adaptable and receptive to feedback and mentorship
Technical skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office skills to manage projects and timelines (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint), virtual Event platform (Zoom, SpotMe)
Willingness to learn pharmaceutical industry-specific systems and platforms
Education: Bachelor’s degree (scientific discipline is desirable but not essential)
- Languages: Fluent in English language (spoken and written)
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