Medical Affair Scientist, Pediatric/Maternal Vaccine
- Japan - Tokyo
MAIN REPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES
JOB POSITION PURPOSE
The MAS role family comprises a variety of medical scientific specialties, such as BU Medical and field based
Medical.
Be the Pfizer Japan medical scientific point of contact for HCPs, medical societies, regulators, academia and
other external stakeholders.
Play a central role as a scientific leader who can identify unmet medical needs, contribute to building and
executing medical plans and establish clinical evidence.
MAIN REPONSIBILITIES:
Demonstrate medical and scientific leadership and expertise
Maintain the highest scientific standards during in/ external activities to provide deep medical and scientific
expertise.
Contribute to the implementation of local medical strategies and life cycle clinical plans for inline and pipeline
medicines / vaccines to address unmet medical needs and fill data gaps.
Provide and exchange medical/scientific information for/from hospitals in the assigned area and external
stakeholders and make important contributions to decisions of medical strategies for assigned products, in
order to ensure safe, proper, and effective uses of assigned products. These activities contribute to patients
and healthcare professionals from medical, pharmaceutical, and clinical study’s perspective.
Drive for heightened understanding of the clinical and medical attributes of our products in order to enhance
the safe and efficacious use.
Develop and Execute Medical Plan aligned with medical strategy to meet unmet medical needs in the assigned
product(s) and therapeutic area(s)
Identify unmet medical needs and healthcare disparities in the assigned asset(s) and therapeutic area(s)
through medical activities such as advisory board meetings and interactions with HCPs, etc.
Create an activity plan as Medical with senior medical management to address the needs and fill data gaps
Execute Customer Facing Medical activities in the assigned therapeutic area(s) / asset(s) such as unbiased
medical and scientific communication with HCPs, medical advisory board meetings, educational seminars, and
data generation initiatives, medical materials creation and necessary scientific input
Provide subject matter expertise and high-quality scientific exchange, bringing in insights (both formally with
CRM tools and informally) into the organization to shape strategy
Collaborate with medical stakeholders management as a scientific expert for HCPs, medical societies, academia,
etc.
Establish a strong collaborative scientific relationship through non-promotional activities such as scientific
exchanges (e.g., discussion using the latest research papers and follow-up of contents of academic conference
presentations) with relevant stakeholders in the assigned area.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder map to identify relevant HCPs, medical societies, and
other relevant external stakeholders
Serve as a conduit and resource for Medical Information and customer insights, providing UMR (Unsolicited
Medical Request: spontaneous request for medical information) response, provide accurate, high-quality, and
unbiased information to relevant external experts and HCPs. as allowed by Pfizer guidance and sharing
customer viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate
Follow up clinical investigator-sponsored research and medical grants compliant with Pfizer policies
Acquire extensive medical/pharmaceutical information and gather the latest medical information in the
assigned area as a scientific matter expert.
Establish a highly reliable, long-term relationship with stakeholders For identifying unmet needs and healthcare disparities as well as contributing to the medical strategy, acquire extensive medical/pharmaceutical information in the assigned area. Provide feedback on information and views obtained from stakeholders and HCPs, for related organizations in the company, and consolidate them as Medical / Public Health / Health Care insights. Enhance opportunities for creation of evidence based on medical needs by sharing customer insights with internal/external stakeholders through constructive and cross-functional partnership. Optimize patient centricity of Medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus Aligns, contributes, and collaborates with Relevant internal stakeholders Provide information on expert / HCP / relevant others feedback on product life cycle strategies to related divisions/department in the company. Provide the medical/scientific information & insights for Marketing colleagues to develop brand plan(s). Scientific input for scientific meetings and materials Provide medical education programs with medical societies or relevant stakeholders Observe the code of conduct, company’s regulations, and compliance, make communication with related departments, and exercise leadership in POJ. Ensure awareness of code of contact for Medical Affairs (guidance for external medical interactions) and observe it. Give promotional or non-promotional explanations depending on the related departments. Ensure awareness of responsibility for reporting adverse events For all Pfizer products, observe applicable laws/regulations and the Pfizer policy, and “Gather and report safety information*”. At an appropriate timing, attend training programs on obligation of assigned safety reporting. AS NEEDED: Supporting DJ on clinical development program as well as regulatory interactions Contribute to the development and implementation of product(s)/therapeutic area(s) medical strategy and delivering medical and scientific advice both internally and externally in order to assure appropriate use of product(s) and patient’s safety aligned with the short- and long-term business goals of assigned product (s)/therapeutic area(s) Contribute to Business Development in the assigned area(s): In collaboration with Japan Medical Lead, Japan Medical Affairs Product Lead, Global MA members and other members from relevant functions, identify unmet medical needs and candidate therapies for potential medical interventions in the assigned therapeutic area(s) in Japan through medical activities such as advisory boards and consultations with medical experts while keeping confidentiality. Rapidly respond to critical supply issues from the medical perspective (e.g., rapid communications with academic societies and regulatory authorities)
REQUIRED SKILL SET
Education
Minimum requirement
4 year university undergraduate degree AND master’s degree in life science, or
Pharmacists
Ø 4-year university graduates with pharmacist license and
master’s degree or equivalent life science research experience, or
Ø 6–year university graduates with pharmacist license, or
Nurses with master’s degree, or
Veterinarians, or
Dentists, or MDs Preferred In addition to those who meet the minimum requirements above, the qualifications below are preferred MD (clinical experience, board certification preferred), or PhD in Life Science Technical Skills: Medical/ pharmaceutical expert knowledge of therapeutic disease area/ products Ability to communicate appropriately and build good relationship with internal/external stakeholders Work effectively with teams and across functions by demonstrate Pfizer’s Values & Behaviors and the agility to learn from others Capable of medical discussion with relevant departments and external HCPs. A person who understands compliance and relevant laws/regulations in the pharmaceutical industry and advocates the appropriate use of the products. Can demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of internal organization structure, key stakeholders and strategies A person who is able to quickly acquire necessary medical/ scientific knowledge and skills though self-learning Experience MA/DJ experience and / or research experience preferred Scientific publication experience preferred Language Able to understand written and spoken English and Japanese in assigned therapeutic disease area, and scientific interactions Minimum TOEIC score of 730
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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