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Main Duties

Medical Strategy Development/Policy shaping;

• To develop and lead the implementation of the medical strategy for the entire BU across diverse therapeutic areas.
• Lead the medical support towards business development and new product launches. Will be ultimately accountable for the medical and regulatory strategy to support BD and new launches for the concerned BU.
• Liaise and engage with key external stakeholders such as Key opinion leaders, medical / HCP associations, and regulatory bodies for advocacy and relationship building in alignment with Pfizer policies.

Customer Engagement and Insight Generation to close the gap in unmet medical needs, through facilitating local guideline/policy updates and implementation;

• Establishes the engagement with external stakeholders such as medical/ HCP societies, academic institutions, and opinion leaders including government (MOH, FDA, policymakers, etc.), to bridge Pfizer’s business goals with the external healthcare environment.
• Focuses on Insight generation through customer engagements (country stakeholders) and translates these into medical strategies to meet the needs of customers.  He/she will collect, analyze and report local customer medical insights to assist business decision-making and will report local competitive intelligence in clinical research and medical positioning and share internally and externally as post-meeting deliverables.
• The Medical Advisor will also conduct advisory board meetings with different stakeholders as needed, to gain insights for key strategic value-adding programs.

Stakeholders focus to improve quality patient care through partnerships in continuing medical education and  capability development in healthcare professionals;

• Develops key partnerships.  The Medical Advisor develops partnerships with country stakeholders (such as medical societies, government, academic institutions, and KOLs) to implement key programs to improve the quality of healthcare.
• Support channel initiatives and support country access initiatives.
• Collaborate with commercial and other colleagues to actively support business strategies, particularly those that support priority stakeholders

Data Generation for shaping healthcare policy and for regulatory compliance;

• The Medical Advisor helps in the development and implementation of local data generation programs and other research programs, including but not limited to, real-world data generation and outcomes research that will support initiatives for health policy development, guideline development and other TA/channel initiatives in the country to facilitate scientific decision making in healthcare coverage and patient access.
• To implement regulatory data generation requirements (eg. NIS, Post-marketing surveillance studies, and other clinical trials for regulatory submissions)

Medical Operational and Compliance Oversight

• Periodic review of the quality/outcomes of medically driven programs
• Provide inputs to the New Product Planning, Marketing, and Business Development colleagues with medical evaluation and recommendations on commercial opportunities with new products (e.g., licensing, acquiring, co-promotion, etc.) for the assigned BU/cluster of TAs.)
• Wherever required should also provide subject matter expertise to cross geography medical projects such as digital strategy in medical education, health outcomes research, etc
• Be accountable for complying with all local policies, procedures, and regulations for self in all activities relevant to the medical BU.

Required Skill Set

• Medical Degree, Degree in Sciences or Medical Sciences (e.g. Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Technology, Psychology, and other allied health disciplines.)
• Previous experience in medical affairs, clinical affairs or regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in the anti-infectives segment/microbiology preferred.
• A degree in advanced sciences or post-graduate courses preferred
• Good medical and scientific background
• Proficiency in English and good computer usage