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GCMA Manager - IW

City: Shanghai

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 integrated within the Intimate Wellness Global Category Medical Affairs (GCMA) team, responsible for medical science strategic and evidence generation activities during the development and throughout the entire life cycle of products.

The post-holder is responsible for all relevant medical science team activities including but not limited to providing expert medical input on all medical and clinical matters and help define and drive the medical evidence strategy that supports new product development under the guidance of the Global Category Medical Affairs Senior Manager. In close partnership with Marketing, Innovation, and Product Development this role is critical in shaping the innovation strategy for the category 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.

Your responsibilities

Independently represent the Medical Science team and act as medical expert for area in cross-functional project meetings
Manage the delivery of activities, and contribute to the career progression, of a Medical Science team
Conduct a fair-balanced assessment of efficacy and safety data and provide advice on the best approach to drive brand growth
Drive education and understanding of the literature, new clinical data and current medical opinion on category topics for RB products and competitors
Partner with Medical Science team to Provide medical support and oversight for educational and promotional activities
Manage delivery and edit/review of Regulatory and Clinical Documents required for global Reckitt product development and registration activities. 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

Minimum of a Master’s Degree preferably associated to healthcare or the life sciences (e.g. basic science, pharmacy, nursing or medical) is required
Postgraduate qualifications preferred; relevant post-graduate experience is a plus
2+ years of experience in the medical and pharmaceutical / consumer health industry knowledge/ Medical Affairs arena is required
2+ years of experience in team management with track record of building team and strong delivery.
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 desirable

Knowledge of research methodology, information management and regulatory requirements and an understanding of healthcare compliance and guidelines is desirable. Proven ability to generate, analyze and interpret scientific and clinical data is required.

Previous experience of work in New Product Development, or experience of clinical development, with examples of successful product launches is highly desirable
Experience of working closely with commercial colleagues and an understanding of corporate and operational business issues is highly desirable

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

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.

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