Opportunity to Work as Medical Advisor in Pfizer

Founded in 1849, Pfizer is the world's premier biopharmaceutical company taking new approaches to better health. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver quality, safe and effective prescription medicines to treat and help prevent disease for both people and animals. We also partner with healthcare providers, governments and local communities around the world to expand access to our medicines and to provide better quality health care and health system support. At Pfizer, colleagues in more than 90 countries work every day to help people stay happier and healthier longer and to reduce the human and economic burden of disease worldwide.

Post: Medical Advisor

Job Description:
PURPOSE
To provide high quality and timely service in the areas of Product Commercialization/Promotional Support, Interactions with Healthcare Professionals, Continuing Medical Education, Clinical Research, Sales Force Training, Medical Information, and Performance/People Management, and business support in Oncology franchise.

Key Accountabilities
1. Strategic/Policy
- Provide tactical and strategic inputs, and business/technical expertise, to Product Management towards ethical promotion of assigned products, in the Oncology segment

2. Operational
- Commercialization/Promotion of Allocated Portfolio (Oncology)
- Provide strategic inputs and support towards creation of marketing/brand plans/medical development plans, and towards design and execution of medical-marketing programs/clinical programs, including initiatives to enhance access to medicines
- Initiate and/or review and/or approve promotional, training, and Continuing Medical Education (CME) material in compliance with relevant SOPs/regulations/industry codes/working practices

- Participate/facilitate/conduct customized promotional/educational interactions with Health Care Professionals (HCPs). These interactions include, but are not limited to, customer launch meetings, advisory boards, CME programs, scientific symposia, institutional presentations, etc.
- Medical Information
- Provide useful, timely, accurate, and balanced medical information to internal (sales staff) and external (HCPs) customers, in adherence to relevant SOPs/policies
- Sales Force Training

- Provide medical training to new sales staff on basic sciences/ Therapy Areas/assigned products. Provide refresher training to sales staff through ongoing training initiatives
- Provide pre-launch and launch training to sales staff for new products
- New Product Planning/Development
- For global products, assist New Product Planning team with preparing business case, and pre-commercialization programs/initiatives/activities to “prepare” internal and external stakeholders for commercialization. These include assistance with market research, stakeholder mapping, and early access programs

3. People
Values and Behaviors - Consistently adhere to/demonstrate all Pfizer Values/Leader Behaviors, with special focus on integrity, performance and teamwork. Work in harmony with internal and external stakeholders

Candidate Profile:
1. Qualification
- Graduate degree in Medicine
- Post-graduate degree in Pharmacology or other Medical specialty

2. Key Competencies
- Customer focus
- Concern for quality and timeliness
- Creative thinking and initiative
- Confidence and commitment
- Planning and prioritizing

3. Special Skills & Knowledge
- Basic knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, drug discovery, research & development, commercialization, promotion, and applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines
- 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
- Good medicomarketing acumen

Additional Information:
Location: Mumbai
Industry Type: Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Functional Area: CR
Job ID: 956073