Medical Advisor - Oncology

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
  

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.

Medical

Experience Level

Mid Level