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 Pfizer’s 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
   

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• 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.

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