Country Medical Director

As the Medical Function Home Leader in Taiwan, this role holds overall accountability for medical responsibility and governance across all Bayer Pharma businesses. Demonstrating VACC (Visionary, Architect, Coach, Catalyst) leadership, the position focuses on improving patient outcomes while ensuring strict compliance with international pharmaceutical standards, Bayer SOPs, and local industry codes. By implementing high-quality cross-divisional processes, the role protects Bayer's brand and reputation while upholding the highest ethical standards.

Furthermore, the role serves as a strategic partner to the business, driving growth by aligning medical and clinical activities with the global Bayer Pharma strategy and supporting pipeline development alongside Clinical Development. The leader must provide high-level scientific and medical partnership to internal stakeholders, balancing a flexible, commercially focused approach to achieve financial objectives while operating in a fully compliant manner.

Major tasks and responsibilities of position

BUDGET

Accountable for the local budget of Medical Function. Manages the budget planning for medical activities and function. Monitors spend against budget and ensures accurate reporting.

MEDICAL GOVERNANCE

The position is accountable for local Medical Governance, fostering an ethical culture and providing strict supervision over all activities involving human exposure to Bayer products to optimize the benefit-risk ratio. In partnership with the Country Divisional Head, the leader ensures local personnel are trained in Drug Safety, Product Quality, and the compliance principles governing key operational areas—including product and medical information, pharmacovigilance, and crisis management. Additionally, the role oversees local labeling compliance with global standards and provides clinical study due diligence (including Investigator-Initiated Researches and Collaborative Trials) to ensure full regulatory adherence and patient safety.

MANAGEMENT

Manages and implements all medical activities in Taiwan by leading the appropriate functional groups to cover the following:

• Bayer Pharma Product Teams
• Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety
• Patient Support Programs (PSPs)
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Activities: studies / trials; registries, etc.
• Medical information
• Medical (home) function training, capability building

Responsible for the interface with the respective global functions e.g. GRA, GCD, GCO related to the respective matrix organization between country and global functions.

As a Medical function home leader and a supervisor, there is a responsibility to lead and develop direct reports, as well as personnel who report into these direct reports.

STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION

Contributes to the establishment of the Regional strategy providing the adequate local input

Represents Taiwan in all aspects related to medical activities in which Taiwan participates, is involved or its participation or involvement is considered.

Ensures the implementation of the agreed strategy by executing the agreed plans

Develops and guides local Thought Leader (TL) management strategy, together with marketing and country organization

Promotes the participation of the Country Medical Function on Regional Strategic teams looking either at new drug development products or further development of existing product ranges.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT

The role is responsible for driving and optimizing cross-functional collaboration between the Medical, Marketing, and Sales departments within Product Teams to enhance business efficiency, staff morale, and high-quality output. To support commercial success, the position ensures the delivery of product safety, medical information, and medical expertise/training to both internal functions and external customers. Additionally, the leader guarantees that the Medical Department provides adequate, high-level support for key activities, including Thought Leader (TL) engagement and promotional material approval.

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

The role enables the local organization to participate in Clinical Development Programs by developing infrastructure and defining strategic study concepts in cooperation with Medical, Marketing, and Clinical Development. It manages, designs, and executes local and regional post-registration and investigator-led study activities, ensuring all protocols and final reports for domestic studies are properly evaluated, approved, and signed off according to SOPs. Additionally, the position is responsible for establishing communication lines to handle suspected study fraud, and provides overall supervision and due diligence for all clinical activities and Patient Support Programs conducted in Taiwan.

DRUG SAFETY AND QUALITY

Accountable for the outstanding operation of the Pharmacovigilance Systems in the Country Subsidiary. This entails a close cooperation with the local Drug-Quality function.

Provides a Local Pharmacovigilance Country Head (PVCH),ensures the nomination of the PVCH by the Regional Medical Director, enables the appointee to perform the related duties and ensures a state of the art relationship with the Product Quality function, as foreseen in the relevant procedures.

MEDICAL INFORMATION

The position is accountable for the medical accuracy, correctness, and ethical tenability of all information provided by the local subsidiary, whether related to Bayer Pharma products or not. This includes ensuring that all promotional and educational materials, press releases, and publications are approved and compliant with internal SOPs, as well as local and international laws. Additionally, the role oversees that customer and patient information requests are managed according to relevant SOPs, providing accurate and balanced responses while adhering to global or regional guidance and compliance requirements.

• Value added to the success of the company

The key role establishes, consolidates and develops Medical Department as a key piece for fostering and development success in Bayer Pharma.

The scope of activities could have a considerable impact on the overall corporate image while identifies market opportunities and establishes Bayer as a reliable and valuable partner in the medical and scientific filed.

• Work relations

Internal:

The major work global, regional and country interactions of the position are:

1. Medical Affairs colleagues
2. CDH, Marketing & Sales organization
3. Pharmacovigilance
4. Procurement
5. Controlling
6. Legal and Compliance
7. Medical Information and Training
8. Clinical Development and Clinical Operations (as appropriate or when requested)
9. Consumer Care (as appropriate)
10. Regulatory Affairs (as appropriate)
11. Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Market access (as appropriate)

External:

The major work interactions of the position are:

1. Key Opinion Leaders in all therapeutic areas: a strong and trustful relationship with the major thought leaders will support BSP products and increase BSP's visibility in the pharmaceutical market
2. Ethic and Regulatory Authorities (Clinical activities; Registration)
3. Pharmacovigilance Division of Health Authority
4. Reimbursement Authority
5. Professional Societies related to Therapeutic Areas
6. Pharmaceutical Industry Association

• Qualifications

Education:

Degree on Human Medicine (MD; PhD).

Fluency in Chinese and English.

Experience:

At least 8-10 years work experience in the pharmaceutical sector in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development or related positions.

Experience in at least some of the therapeutic areas directly relevant to Bayer Ltd

At least 3-5 years experience in managerial functions and in leadership of interdisciplinary teams.

Track record of successfully completed clinical trials.

Experience in change management (at least one major company or division re-organization)

Experience (at least 5 years) in the field of medical support of a product portfolio across multiple therapeutic areas.

Familiar with at least one therapeutic area indication including epidemiology, disease patterns and therapeutic options.

Advanced knowledge of international pharmaceutical laws, standards and codices.

Competencies:

General

• Outstanding leadership (VACC) and inter-personal skills, ability to work well in teams
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and in written. Excellent command of country language
• Excellent negotiation skills and high credibility
• Good administrative and organizational skills
• Strong focus on achievement of goals
• Strong focus on continuous improvement
• Successful track record of directing medical teams
• Establishment of solid and stable relationships with key opinion leaders
• Successful mentoring of and collaboration with team members, subordinates, scientists, marketing and other functions
• Sound understanding on business principles and good commercial acumen
• Highly committed, complexity-solving personality, with demonstrated ethical medical decision making skills
• Familiarity with current local and ICH guidelines and regulations
• Work to consistently high quality and quantity standards

Judgements / decisions

• A sound appreciation of the Company's legal obligations.
• Ability to show initiative when solving issues that arise when performing duties defined in this job description. The solving of issues must include suitable judgement as to when to seek advice.
• Ability to make considered judgements on data available
• Ability to prioritise work efficiently and to help others to do the same
• Continuous assessment of current administration and computer systems
• Maintain confidentiality when handling, or being aware of, sensitive material

Contacts and Communications

• Excellent relationship building with local Regulatory Authorities
• Excellent relationship with members of the Medical and Pharmacy professions

Other

• Self-improvement
• Change management
• Advanced use of information technologies and IT – Systems