Santen is a specialized company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on eye health. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries and regions, our mission is to provide essential and significant value to patients and society through our products and services created from our expertise in ophthalmology and from the patient’s perspective.

Santen Vietnam drives this mission locally, focusing on the sales, marketing, and distribution of our innovative ophthalmic portfolio to address the significant and growing need for high-quality eye care across Vietnam. We are committed to developing the local ophthalmic ecosystem through partnerships and educational support for medical professionals.

As Santen Vietnam continues to grow and expand its business, we are looking for a talented individual to join us as a Therapeutic Area Development Manager. 

The purpose of the Therapeutic Area Development Manager is to serve as the primary internal expert and liaison for the therapeutic areas of Dry Eye, Infection, and Glaucoma. This role is critical for establishing and maintaining a strong, up-to-date knowledge base regarding the latest research, developments, and trends within these specific therapeutic areas. Furthermore, the Manager acts as the crucial link with the company's R&D organization, utilizing this deep expertise to facilitate close collaboration with key internal stakeholders, including Medical Affairs, Safety Vigilance, and Clinical Development, ensuring the effective and informed advancement of the company's initiatives in these therapeutic spaces.

What will you do

• Develop Strategic Vision: Visualize the patient journey and contribute to therapeutic area strategies aligned with overall business objectives, providing insights for product development and life-cycle management.

• Lead Education Initiatives: Identify educational gaps among healthcare professionals (HCPs) and develop/implement programs (symposia, advisory boards, digital tools) to enhance their knowledge and improve patient care.

• Drive Patient-Centric Programs: Create patient-centric initiatives and programs to improve treatment access and support patient education within the therapeutic areas.

• Solve Systemic Gaps: Gather insights on patient and health system pain points, then propose sustainable, cost-effective solutions in collaboration with healthcare partners.

• Manage Stakeholder Relationships: Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including HCPs, KOLs, patient advocacy groups, and regulatory bodies, to gather insights and share information.

• Ensure Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Market Access, and Global Medical Affairs to ensure consistent integration of all therapeutic area strategies and initiatives.

• Coordinate Research and Publications: Work with Medical Affairs to align on research opportunities, scientific publications, and pre-registration activities.

• Lead and Mentor Projects: Take the lead in coordinating therapeutic area development projects, ensuring timely execution, and providing guidance and mentorship to team members.

What you will bring to the role

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree minimum in Science, Pharmacy, or equivalent.

• Industry Experience: Minimum 8 years in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a preference for Ophthalmology experience.

• Therapeutic Expertise (Preferred): In-depth knowledge of the specified therapeutic areas (Glaucoma, Dry Eye, and Infection), including the latest research and trends.

• Strategic & Educational Track Record: Proven experience contributing to the development and execution of therapeutic area strategies and designing/implementing related education initiatives.

• Project Management Acumen: Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify and address patient pain points and health system gaps.

• KOL Engagement & Relationship Building: Demonstrated ability to engage and collaborate effectively with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and build strong professional relationships.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Strong leadership capabilities to drive cross-functional collaboration and successfully lead projects to completion.

• Essential Skills: Fluent English (spoken and written), proficiency in computer applications, and the ability to travel as business needs require.

Grow your career at Santen

A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. We aspire to contribute to the realization of “Happiness with Vision” by providing eye health products and services to patients, consumers, and medical professionals around the world. Guided by our CORE PRINCIPLE, “Tenki ni sanyo suru”, Santen is engaged in the global research & development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in opthlamology. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

The Santen Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building diverse teams and ensuring a safe and inclusive physical and virtual workplace for every one of our team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements and individual qualifications regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/ expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require any kind of accommodation during our recruitment process, please let the recruiter from our team know.