MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Medical Strategy Development / Policy-Shaping
• Lead the development and implementation of medical strategies across diverse therapeutic areas, working closely with the Field Medical partner;
• Lead the creation of medical strategies to support business development and new launches for the assigned category/ies, aligned with the cross-functional team;
• Liaise and engage with key external stakeholders such as local experts, key opinion leaders (KOL), medical / Healthcare Professionals (HCP) associations, patient groups and regulatory bodies for advocacy and relationship building aligned with Pfizer policies.

Customer Engagement and Insight Generation
• Establish and implement engagement plans with external stakeholders such as medical / HCP societies, academic institutions and opinion leaders, including government (DOH, FDA, policy makers, etc.), to bridge the gap in unmet medical needs through programs aligned with Pfizer’s goals and with the external healthcare environment;
• Gather insights through customer engagements (country stakeholders) and translate these into medical strategies that will help address unmet medical needs. He/she will collect, analyze and report local customer medical insights to assist business decision-making, gather local competitive intelligence in clinical research and medical positioning and share with internal and external stakeholders as post-meeting deliverables;
• Conduct advisory board meetings with different stakeholders as necessary, to gain insights for the creation of key strategic value-adding programs.

Stakeholder focus to improve quality in patient care through partnerships in continuing medical education and capability development for healthcare professionals
• Develop key partnerships with country stakeholders (such as medical societies, government and academic institutions, local experts and KOLs) to implement key programs to improve the quality of healthcare and improve health outcomes;
• Develop advocates and key opinion leaders among the key customers and stakeholders of the company to support the business needs.

Data Generation for shaping healthcare policy and for regulatory compliance
• Lead the development and implementation of local data generation and other research initiatives, including but not limited to, real-world data generation and outcomes research that will support initiatives for health policy development, guideline development and other category/channel initiatives in the country and facilitate scientific decision making in healthcare coverage and patient access;
• Implement regulatory data generation requirements (e.g. NIS, post-marketing surveillance studies and other clinical trials for regulatory submissions), as applicable.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Medical Support for Business Strategies
• Lead the medical/scientific support for commercial and other colleagues by providing medical inputs on the formulation of brand plans as well as business strategies, particularly those that support priority stakeholders;
• Provide medical/scientific inputs and/or support to commercial programs (eg. Review and/or approval of promotional materials / modules, scientific discussion with speakers, MAPP approval, review of scientific data for PNF, review of submission kits, etc.);
• Provide medical/scientific guidance and insights on business development initiatives and new product launches;
• Lead the medical support for channel and country access initiatives in collaboration with the Field Medical Affairs Specialist (FMAS);

Medical Operation and Compliance Oversight
• Budget planning, prioritization and tracking for all medical projects for the assigned category/ies.
• Review and approve research proposals (e.g. ISRs) and medical projects for the assigned category/ies in alignment with the overall medical/business strategy.
• Review and approve the publication plan for all locally sponsored studies / review articles for the assigned category/ies.
• Review and approve local expanded access program requests.
• Periodic review of the quality / outcomes of medically driven programs and take appropriate decisions to modify / amend in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead the exercise on portfolio evaluation and provide inputs to the New Product Planning, Marketing, and Business Development colleagues and medical evaluation and recommendations on commercial opportunities with new products (e.g., licensing, acquisition, co-promotion, etc.) for the assigned category/ies).
• Wherever required, the Medical Manager should also provide subject matter expertise to cross geography medical projects such as digital strategy in medical education, health outcomes research, etc.
• Be ultimately accountable for complying to all local policies, procedures and regulations for self and team in all activities relevant to the entire medical division and the company in general.

Alignment with internal stakeholders
• Other medical affairs colleagues
• Commercial teams (marketing, channel and sales, H&V / Access)
• Other enabling functions such as, but not limited to, regulatory, quality operations, drug safety
• Corporate affairs / public affairs on strategies and programs that impact external stakeholders

REQUIRED SKILL SET
• Strategy Development
Develop and implement medical strategies across a diverse therapeutic area to address unmet medical gaps and needs and improve health outcomes; provide medical/scientific insights to contribute to the creation of business strategies.

• Therapeutic Area Expertise
Develop and share expertise and assume additional process and/or outcome responsibilities in identified medical and/or scientific therapeutic area, including but not limited to disease areas, markets, products (Pfizer products and key competitors) and services.

• Subject Matter Expertise
Develop required level of knowledge of relevant TA/disease states and Pfizer medicines, providing relevant medical and scientific information to external as well as internal stakeholders.

• Customer Relationship Management
Medical Affairs & Research contact for CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and liaison in the various functional domains, including but not limited to interactions with universities/academia, government, medical societies, and patient groups, New Product Evaluation, Development and Commercialization, Promotional Support, Continuing Medical Education, Clinical Research, Medical Information, Medical Quality Governance and Performance/People Management, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Standards, and Business Technology.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• Medical Degree or a degree in the Health Sciences (e.g. Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Technology, Psychology and other allied health disciplines).
• Medical Degree or degree in advanced sciences or post-graduate courses preferred
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical medicine, drug discovery, research & development, commercialization, promotion, and applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Expertise in clinical trial design and methodology, and understanding of interfaces, and conduct.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal (including medical writing and presentation skills).
• Strategic thinking, analytical skills and reasoning, and sound medical judgment/decision making.
• Interpersonal skills, internal & external networking, and the ability to impact and influence.

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