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Head of China Research

Morgan McKinley Shanghai, China
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Head of China Research

Morgan McKinley Shanghai, China
Head of China Research
You are the intelligence function. Today, the firm evaluates Chinese medical AI vendors opportunistically - through introductions and conferences. Your job is to turn that into a systematic capability: a proprietary map of the market, a repeatable way to judge what is real, and a direct line into the people who matter. In doing so, you free the principal to focus on the decisions, the deals, and the relationships that only they can hold. What you will own
•A daily market brief. A tight, one-page read on what moved in China's medical-AI market - funding, M&A, regulation, launches - and what it means for us.
•The vendor map. A proprietary, systematically-screened map of the CN medical-AI landscape across every active vertical, including ambient AI, wearables, and medical-hardware platforms.
•Vendor screening. First-line evaluation of Chinese vendors in Mandarin, producing clear MEET / WATCH / PASS verdicts against a defined framework - clinical evidence, regulatory status, financial health, IP, and willingness to work across borders.
•Financial gating. A fast read on whether a vendor is viable - funding, burn, runway, revenue - before the firm invests its time.
•Cross-border feasibility. For shortlisted vendors, an assessment (with our Indonesia team) of whether the technology can actually deploy in Indonesia: regulation, adaptation, data, pricing. A relationship network. Direct relationships with CN medical-AI founders, investors, and regulatory-adjacent contacts - built over time into a genuine asset for the firm
职位要求

Must-haves
•Analytical training. 3-5 years in one of: the Asia healthcare practice of McKinsey, BCG, L.E.K., or Bain; a healthcare-focused VC (5Y Capital, Qiming, Lilly Asia, GGV Healthcare or similar); or healthcare equity research at CICC or CITIC. Comparable backgrounds welcome.
•AI-native, daily. You use LLMs and AI tools as the core of how you work - research, financial analysis, competitive teardowns, translation, document review. You can show us specifics, and your judgment on what to trust versus verify is the point.
•Code-literate. You don't need to be an engineer, but you can read, modify, or build simple data workflows - a vendor database, an automated data pull, a dashboard - with AI as your co-pilot.
•Principal-ready communication. You structure your output so it's decision-ready, and you calibrate depth against speed. Your memos can be forwarded to an external counterparty without editing.
•Comfortable with ambiguity. The corridor thesis is unproven. You take positions on incomplete information and are honest about what you don't know.
•A self-starter. This is the first hire in a new geography. No office, no peers checking in. You set your own cadence and drive outcomes.
•Healthcare conviction. You can say why healthcare matters to you. This is a career, not a rotation. Strong pluses
•An existing network in China's health-AI ecosystem - founders, investors, regulatory-adjacent contacts. If you have genuine relationships here, that changes the conversation (including on level and compensation).
•Cross-border fluency across Chinese, Indonesian, and Singaporean business cultures. Two of the three is a strong start; the third can be built on the job.
•A public track record - writing on healthcare AI (Zhihu, 36Kr, Vbeat/Dongmai, Substack), a side project, or a tool you built. We value people who are curious in their own time.
Job ID  38956
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