Area Medical Advisor, Oncology

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide scientific expertise and build knowledge-based relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to advance medical practice and research for societal benefit enhancing Pfizers image in the scientific community.
• Act as an interface with identified scientific leaders building regional relationships to contribute to understanding diseases research trends clinical practice guidelines and treatment patterns.
• Educate healthcare professionals about specific drugs or medical devices answering their scientific questions and ensuring products are used effectively.
• Collect insights from KOLs regarding product usage unmet needs and potential areas for research feeding this information back to internal teams (marketing sales clinical development).
• Stay informed of the latest scientific research and clinical developments in their therapeutic area.
• Collaborate with internal teams including marketing sales clinical research and medical information to ensure consistent and accurate messaging.
• Implement the medical activities relevant to brand plan strategies for specific products and therapy areas.
• Participate in and provide medical inputs for KOL meetings advisory boards customer pre-launch and launch meetings (CLMs).
• Conduct/facilitate round table meetings/group discussions and CMEs as a speaker/moderator for assigned therapy areas/products.
• Support sales force training by providing medical expertise.

Required skill set:

• Education: Graduate/Post Graduate in Medicine or other medical sciences (e.g. MD in Pharmacology or Community Medicine MBBS with additional degree in pharmaceutical medicine/ masters in public health/ MBA PhD in allied sciences etc.)
• Years of experience: 1-2 years of experience in medical affairs preferably in oncology
  

Technical

• Basic knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry drug discovery research & development commercialization promotion and applicable policies procedures regulations and guidelines
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical medicine including clinical pharmacology medical and paramedical sciences medicine and medical statistics and relevant therapeutic areas/products
• Communication skills both written and verbal (including medical writing and presentation skills)
• Analytical skills and reasoning and sound medical judgment/decision making
• Interpersonal skills internal & external networking and the ability to impact and influence & present complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
• Managerial: NA

* Non standard working hours & frequent business trips required

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.