Senior Medical Advisor

Pfizer; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer in Mumbai is seeking a Medical Affairs professional to support scientific strategy and execution for pipeline products. You will enable launches, develop medical content, and engage with healthcare professionals while ensuring regulatory and ethical compliance.

The role requires 4+ years in pharma, MBBS/MD/PhD, and strong communication skills to present balanced scientific information and facilitate advisory boards and educational initiatives.

Qualifications

• Basic medical degree or doctorate with at least 4 years in pharma.
• Experience in medical strategy, scientific communication, and evidence generation.
• Knowledge of regulatory guidelines and medical affairs processes.

Responsibilities

• Medical Strategy Support: implement country medical plans aligned with global strategy.
• Scientific Communication: deliver accurate information to healthcare professionals.
• Evidence Generation: coordinate real-world evidence and post-marketing studies.
• Launch Preparation: assist in readiness for new product launches.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with commercial, regulatory, and clinical teams.
• Compliance & Governance: review materials per OPPI, CDSCO, and internal standards.
• Insight Gathering: capture medical insights to inform strategy and content.

Skills

Medical writing

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

AI tools for Medical Affairs

Education

MBBS/MD/PhD with 4+ years pharma experience

Tools

AI tools

Job description

This position has been created to build an active talent pipeline. Candidates who are shortlisted through this process will be eligible for immediate consideration and hiring once future openings for this role become available.

Position Purpose

• Provide Scientific & Medical Expertise: Support medical strategy and execution for pipeline products in Specialty Care and Internal Medicine, ensuring compliance and scientific integrity.
• Enable Launch Readiness: Contribute to pre-launch planning, medical education, and evidence generation activities for new products.
• Drive External Engagement: Act as a credible scientific resource for healthcare professionals and stakeholders, strengthening partnerships and advancing patient outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Medical Strategy Support
  Implement country medical plans for pipeline assets, aligned with global/regional strategy and local regulations.

• Scientific Communication
  Deliver accurate, balanced scientific information to HCPs; support advisory boards, congresses, and educational initiatives.

• Evidence Generation
  Coordinate local RWE, IITs, and post-marketing studies in compliance with SOPs and regulatory requirements.

• Launch Preparation
  Assist in medical readiness for new product launches, including KOL mapping, training, and medical content development.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  Partner with commercial, regulatory, and clinical teams to ensure integrated execution of medical activities.

• Compliance & Governance
  Review promotional and non-promotional materials; ensure adherence to OPPI, CDSCO, and internal standards.

• Insight Gathering
  Capture and communicate medical insights to inform strategy and content updates

Qualifications

• Basic medical degree (MBBS/BDS/MD/MS/MDS) or doctorate degree (Ph.D.) from recognized institution or university with at least 4 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry
• Graduates in Medicine with at least 4 years of clinical practice or clinical research or other relevant experience
• Basic knowledge of 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 Area/Products
• Understanding of clinical trial design, methodology, conduct and understanding of interfaces.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal (including medical writing and presentation skills)
• Good analytical skills and reasoning, and sound medical judgment/decision making
• Strong interpersonal skills, internal & external networking and the ability to impact and influence stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of AI tools and use cases for the Medical Affairs function

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

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.

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