Medical Manager at Pfizer

Responsibilities

• The Medical Manager reports directly to the Country Medical Director in the respective Market / Cluster.
• As a customer-facing medical function, the Medical Manager Provide education on the clinical impact of Pfizer medicinal products to help inform customer decision-making and improve patient outcomes through the communication of real-world data and scientific evidence.
• Maintain a required level of knowledge of relevant TA/disease states and Pfizer medicines, providing therapeutic area/product information to both internal and external stakeholders as needed
• Medical Manager is responsible for KOL management related to therapeutic specialty and is the medical partner for KOLs in the markets.
• Appropriately engage with key stakeholders within the market, (universities, Health Authorities, Academic institutes..)and other medical/healthcare associations, to understand their patient health priorities and identify opportunities that align with the strategic Medical objectives of Pfizer
• Execute the local Medical strategies in alignment with the Regional Medical Strategies, and engage with the customers, compliantly coordinating with other Pfizer colleagues as needed to achieve Medical objectives.
• To utilize knowledge and skills to design and execute educational programs to create a level of scientific awareness about relevant disease areas.
• These Medical Programs are to be aligned with the Marketing and Company strategies and can be in the form of Local /regional workshops, scientific symposia, local & Int’l speakers’ tours, advisory boards either virtual or face to face.
• Share Medical insights from the customers, and identify opportunities for collaboration to improve patient care.
• Demonstrate expertise in communication across multiple channels, including, live and virtual presentations in small or large settings, written communication, or virtual conversations
• Respond to unsolicited requests from customers regarding scientific interpretation of clinical information
• Identify Disease area / Customers’ unmet Medical needs and exchangethese gaps with the local stakeholders to feed the internal Medical and Marketing Strategies
• Provide the necessary medical support to Clinical Research, MI, Public Affairs, Regulatory  departments.
• Medical Manager  is responsible of reviewing and approving grants based on merits and scientific content.
• Execute local research projects and local publications based on the identified Medical gaps.

Position Relationships:

• Internal (Marketing – Sales – Regulatory – Clinical Research – Medical Information – legal-Public Affairs-Health and Value, Regional Medical and Global Medical Teams)
• External (KOLs, Speakers, Decision Makers, Local Medical Societies, Health authorities).

Required Skill Sets
Technical:

• Medical background (MBBCh or MD)
• More than 3 years’ experience in the medical affairs
• Demonstrate clinical and technical expertise:  Experienced in interpreting scientific data, capabilities in medical writing and authorship
• Full awareness of pharmaceutical industry codes, policies, local regulations as well as FCPA
• Experience with regulatory, clinical research and pharmacovigilance
• Possess strong strategic, analytical, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to both provide and receive constructive feedback
• Collaborate effectively and demonstrate teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers that inspires alignment and partnership on a shared vision or strategy
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication and collaboration among peers to create business impact
• Strong analytic skills including creativity and effectiveness in proactively identifying and addressing challenges
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong comprehension and communication skills, including ability to communicate large amounts of scientific information in a manner that is clear and concise
• Demonstrate a strong patient-centric, customer-focused approach with the utmost medical professionalism
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: ability to manage and handle conflict constructively.
• Demonsrate the ability to Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team
• Well-organized with the ability to be flexible, prioritize multiple demands.
• Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
• Effectively manage through and lead change in an ever-changing and evolving external health care environment.