ROLE SUMMARY:

Category Medical Lead, hereinafter refered to as Medical Lead, is a core member of the Medical leadership team and responsible to lead the medical strategy and provide business support to the responsible category in country. The role requires skill sets for strategic medical leadership, strong scientific acumen and in building KOLs relationships. The individual will also collaborate with the above country category medical organization to ensure alignment with global medical strategy and lead country execution of these strategies.

Medical Lead reports to Sr. Country Medical Director.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

• Medical Strategy Development and Execution:
  • Develop medical strategies/brand medical plan in-conjunction with internal stakeholders
  • Provide medical insights on the evaluation of new products, new indications and new research programs in related disease areas and shared to Regulatory, GSSO, Market access, etc. functions as needed.
• Pfizer-Sponsored medical research planning, data generation and budgeting:
  • Leading and implementing medical research, including but not limited to non-interventional studies, pragmatic clinical study, low interventional study, outcome research & survey etc.
  • Generate local data publications according to company publication guideline.
  • Accordance with the approved OP to implement project and use budget accurately.

• External Collaboration Projects:

• Evaluate independent medical grants and participate in agile meeting as needed.
• Initiate and direct the conduct of Advisory Board meeting under category medical strategic needs.
• Initiate global and local expanded access programs

• Be consulted and provide guidance in responding unsolicited scientific queries from external healthcare professionals, in conjunction with the medical information function.

• Review and approve promotional materials, speaker slides to ensure scientific accuracy and compliance with Pfizer policies and local regulations.

• Support Regulatory Affairs for product labeling review.

• Risk Management Plan (RMP):

• Represent Country RMP author for the responsible products.
• Provide medical inputs to local RMP core team.
• Lead and delivery required material and/or action which shall implement by Medical. 

• Identify, build and leverage scientific relationships with key opinion leaders in relevant medical category.

• Represent responsible category to participation in medical forum and medical council meeting and provide inputs.

• Other medical affairs projects appointed by supervisor.

REQUIRED SKILL SET

• Technical

• Champion and role model of medical professionalism
• Strategic and innovative thinking and demonstrates business acumen
• Proficiency in oral and written English
• Excellent presentation skills
• Concern for quality and timeliness
• Strong communication and influence skills

• Certifications

• Doctor’s license

• Education

• Graduate degree in Medicine with specialization, or appropriate experience, in the required product or disease area
• Degree in advanced sciences or post-graduate degree courses preferred.

• Experience

• Minimum 2-year experience in the pharmaceutical industry with expertise  or related experience in clinical research
• Comprehensive knowledge of drug clinical development process, policies and regulations

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