Job Description

PURPOSE

• Primary Care Medical Manager (MM) is the in-house expert for the therapeutic areas to which they are assigned in Primary Care area. MM acts as local medical representative and core member of the Therapeutic Area (TA) and Brand team, where they provide medical input and expertise for overall TA/Brand strategy. MM plays a key role in the strategic planning and implementation of the clinical/medical research program in line with Global Medical/ local brand strategies.

SCOPE

Scope of Medical Manager includes, but is not limited to;

• Medical strategies and initiatives
• Data generation (ex. Non-interventional studies, Investigator Sponsored Research, Research Collaborations etc.)
• Product life-cycle management
• Medical expert in responsible TA/brand
  • Medical representative for in country working groups, TA/brand initiatives
  • Country representative for above country medical working groups, TA/brand initiatives

Geographic area covered by the role

Korea

REPORTING LINE

• The Medical Manager reports to Primary Care Medical Lead

RESOURCES MANAGED

• Resources related to Medical activities and projects

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES

• Medical strategy for effective lifecycle management

• Collaborates with medical team for development and execution of medical strategy of TA products to enable effective approval, access, and commercialization
• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues and medical support for developing and implementing business strategies and programs
• Planning and execution of medical initiatives (local advisory boards, scientific exchange meetings, medical lead symposia, etc.) in collaboration with medical team
• Coordinate with medical team to communicate with HCPs based on medical strategies
• Build and maintains scientific partnerships with medical institutions, associations, medical key opinion leaders, etc
• Manage scientific events aligned with medical strategies
• Product life-cycle management, collaborating with cross-functional team and risk management concerning safety issues
• Review of Promotional activities & media release etc. as a medical reviewer
• Provide internal scientific/medical training as a medical expert

• Data Generation

• Planning and execution of data generation activities based on understanding of unmet scientific data and information needs
• Collaborate with study teams to successfully Initiate and manage local data generation activities (Protocol/synopsis development, Investigator selection & Investigator meetings, Study execution, results & publication, review of Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) etc.)
• Collaboration with cross functional teams for implementation of local non-interventional studies (NIS), management of post-marketing surveillance (PMS), and risk management plan (RMP); investigator-sponsored research (ISR) opportunities, and support for local feasibilities of phase clinical trials

• In-House Medical Expert Role

• Develop and maintain medical expertise in responsible therapeutic area
• Participate as country representative in Glocal (Global-Local) Medical meetings, global study related meetings, etc.
• Provide internal scientific/medical training as a medical expert

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Medical degree (preferred) or relevant scientific degree with specialization and/or appropriate experience in the required therapeutic area
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in Medical Affairs is good to have but not mandatory
• Interest in a career in the pharmaceutical industry
• In-depth knowledge of responsible therapeutic areas and therelevant medicines
• Ability to understand and critically evaluate clinical study protocols, reports, and scientific/medical publications
• Good understanding of drug development process, including clinical research, regulatory approval, pricing & reimbursement, pharmacovigilance, etc.
• Good understanding of compliance framework for medical activities in relation to local regulations and internal regulations, e.g. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, KRPIA Code of Conduct, Pfizer Green Guide
• Good understanding of the local health care policy and environment
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
• Fluency in Korean
• Fluency in business English

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