GCMA Associate - IW

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Research & Development​

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

This role is within the GCMA (Global Category Medical Affairs) Team, responsible for medical science and evidence generation activities during the development and throughout the entire life cycle of our Intimate Wellness portfolio.

 

The post-holder is responsible for all relevant medical science activities under the guidance of the GCMA senior manager, working with a representative cross functional team to drive commercial success by generating and applying medical insights to deliver high quality evidence that results in safe, efficacious, and meaningful innovation to consumers.  The post-holder will be integral in providing input to both external and internal compliance and audit procedures.

Your responsibilities

The position is accountable to the GCMA senior manager and finally to the Medical Science Director – Intimate Wellness, working closely with others as part of a matrix.

The role interacts as appropriate with other internal functions including Regulatory and Safety, Quality, Evidence Generation and Clinical Research, Category R&D, Marketing, Legal Medical Chanel etc. The role also supports interactions with external partners, including health authorities, key opinion leaders as well as health care professions if necessary.

Specific tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Independently represent the GCMA team and contribute expertise in cross-functional project meetings and stage-gate procedures;
• Conduct a fair-balanced assessment of efficacy and safety data and provide advice on the best approach to drive brand growth with support from GCMA managers/directors;
• Support and educate teams with understanding of the literature, new clinical data and current medical opinion on category topics;

• Provide input and edit/review Regulatory and Clinical Documents required for global Reckitt product development and registration activities with a focus on China mainland related affairs.  These include but are not limited to: briefing documents, common technical document (CTD) clinical overviews and summaries, switch applications, integrated summaries of safety and efficacy, investigators’ brochures, clinical documents such as Study Protocols and Informed Consent Forms; clinical evaluation reports (CERs) and other Medical/Regulatory documents;

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably associated to healthcare or the life sciences (eg basic science, pharmacy, nursing or medical) is required;
• Proven ability to generate, analyse and interpret scientific and clinical data is required;
  
• Postgraduate qualifications preferred;

• Experience in the medical and pharmaceutical / consumer health industry knowledge/ Medical Affairs arena is a distinct advantage;

• Experience in systematic searches, reviewing scientific data, and preparing medical or scientific documents (e.g. post graduate experience in relevant science, publications and experience in medical writing, systematic review and clinical data appraisal) to a high standard is highly desirable;

• Knowledge of clinical research methodology, information management and regulatory requirements and an understanding of healthcare practice and guidelines is desirable;

• Previous experience of work in new product development, or experience of clinical development, or experience in medical writing, publication, or medical communications is an advantage; examples of successful product launches would be an advantage
• Proven ability as a team player, able to work within a matrix, with excellent oral and written communication skills bilingually (Chinese and English).

The skills for success

The Candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

 

• Leadership capability – demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross functional teams
• Key team player – ability to work and contribute to a team and flex according to business/organisation priorities;
• Strategic Thinking – maintains competitive advantage by carefully considering the issues and competing priorities within a given situation
• Business Acumen – Understands the implications of decisions related to human, financial, material and information resources, from a business perspective and uses this knowledge to plan, implement and manage clinical/ medical research within R&D. 
• Project management – demonstrates the discipline of risk-based planning, organising and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives in accordance with defined quality and time-based metrics;
• Synthesis of scientific evidence – to provide balanced scientific rationale;

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.