Lead Specialist Medical Education and Professional Affairs

Work Flexibility: Hybrid **About the job:** The Medical Education & Professional Affairs Lead Specialist develops and executes strategies that advance healthcare professional education, strengthen clinical partnerships, and drive the safe and effective adoption of our technologies. This role collaborates cross-functionally to deliver evidence-based education, engage key opinion leaders, build commercial and clinical capability, and ensure all professional interactions align with regulatory and ethical standards. **What you will be doing:** ​ **1\. Medical Education Strategy and Program Management** * Develop the annual SGMY medical education strategy and program roadmap aligned with HCP, clinical, and business needs. * Conduct learning-needs assessments and identify gaps in the Medical Education structure. * Design structured learning pathways across foundational, intermediate, and advanced capability levels. * Establish program objectives, learner profiles, faculty requirements, delivery formats, and outcome measures. * Adapt regional or global education programs to local clinical practice and market requirements. * Independently plan and deliver HCP education. * Partner with faculty to develop educational content. * Manage program timelines, vendors, facilities, materials, approvals, documentation, and follow-up.   **2\. Professional Affairs and KOL Strategy** * Develop and maintain the SGMY KOL and faculty engagement strategy. * Identify established and emerging clinical leaders based on objective and documented criteria. * Build a sustainable faculty pipeline.   **3\. HCP Engagement Governance & Screening** * Serve as the SGMY Medical Education & Professional Affairs lead for HCP engagement governance initiatives, including HCPi. * Act as the designated reviewer and screening coordinator for HCP profiles, ensuringalignment with company policies and governance requirements. * Establish and maintain objective criteria for KOL identification, segmentation, faculty selection, and stakeholder prioritization. * Ensure all HCP information, engagement records, and screening activities are maintained in accordance with applicable privacy, compliance, and company requirements.   **4\. Budget and Governance** * Develop and manage the annual Medical Education NA budget. * Ensure HCP selection, contracting, compensation, travel, documentation, and disclosures comply with company policies and applicable requirements. * Maintain accurate and auditable records. * Identify opportunities to improve quality, simplify processes, and optimise costs.   **5\. Cross-functional Leadership** * Partner with Marketing, Sales, Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, Clinical, and regional Medical Education teams. * Provide Medical Education and Professional Affairs input into product launches, annual marketing plans, franchise strategies, and capability-building priorities. * Share market insights and scalable best practices across East Asia. **Who are we looking for:** * Bachelor’s degree required * MBA preferred * 7+ years of work experience required * 2+ years medical device or Medical Education experience preferred * Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication * Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines * Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority * Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies * Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint) Travel Percentage: 20%