VP Medical Services/Medical Affair

Destinationhr; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Destinationhr is seeking a senior medical affairs professional in Mumbai with 15-20 years of experience in Medical Services. MBBS/MD mandatory. The role focuses on regulatory compliance, medical guidance for marketing, and strategic collaboration with business teams.

Responsibilities include overseeing medical information, product labeling integrity, KOL engagement, and training material development for launches, ensuring global standards and patient safety throughout all activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in medical services with focus on regulatory compliance.
• Ability to coordinate with marketing and business teams.
• Stakeholder engagement with doctors and key opinion leaders (KOLs).

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of global industry developments and identify opportunities for the organization.
• Ensure medical accuracy compliance for all marketing materials in IRF and suggest changes as needed.
• Lead surveys/studies with inputs from marketing to understand products and target diseases.
• Review labels, artwork and claims for new product launches to meet regulatory and patient safety guidelines.
• Lead evaluation of alliance partners and provide regulatory inputs for portfolio inclusion.
• Oversee medical/product information communications across channels, including online/digital tools.
• Create promotional materials and visuals while avoiding trademark violations.
• Establish gifting policy guidelines and approve gifts to customers.
• Lead KOL meetings to support product positioning and capture actionable inputs.
• Oversee training material creation for launches and coordinate with marketing for training programs.
• Manage field query resolution with doctors and provide clarifications as needed.
• Develop a system for regular screening and archiving product information for retrieval.
• Provide information for external committee presentations for product approvals and attend meetings.
• Manage team goals, delivery, performance, development, and engagement.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

KOL management

Medical affairs

Education

MBBS/MD

Job description

Eexperience: 15-20 Yrs of experience in Medical Services

Qualification: MBBS, MD Mandatory.

Job Description:

• Stay abreast of latest developments in the industry globally, new research papers published and other study materials and identify potential opportunities for the organization. Share the summary of the study material and possible opportunity and clinical positioning inputs to the respective business teams to take it forward.
• Ensure compliance of all marketing and promotional materials created in IRF from a medical accuracy standpoint and propose any changes required if it doesn’t meet any legal or regulatory norms.
• Conceptualize and conduct surveys or studies with inputs from the marketing team, targeting doctors to ensure understanding of the product and also collect information about target diseases.
• In case of new product launches, conduct detailed review of the labels, artwork and claims to ensure adherence to regulatory and patient safety guidelines.
• Participate in evaluation of new alliance partners and provide technical inputs on the product including the regulatory requirements for including the product in IRF portfolio.
• Lead the review and approval of all medical and product related information communicated to customers through various channel including online / digital marketing tools and applications.
• Create promotional materials, visual aids, etc. as required, while ensuring zero trademark violations.
• Create guidelines on gifting policy of the company and oversee inspection and approval of any gifts offered to customers.
• Lead meetings with KOLs to opine on issues and support product positioning by moderating the meetings, capturing inputs from participation and ensuring that objective of the meeting is getting fulfilled.
• Oversee creation of training material for new product launches and provide sign off. Collaborate with the marketing team to conduct training programs at various locations. Handover material to training department and propose any modifications in material, as required.
• Lead the field query resolution process and ensure accuracy of responses drafted by team. Communicate directly with doctors if required by providing clarifications and support depending on requirement.
• Create a system for regular screening of any product related information and archiving the same for retrieval at a later point. Provide any information that could help the marketing team for product promotions.
• Provide information required for external committee presentations for product approvals and participate in the meetings as required.precautions to be taken
• Manage team in terms of goal setting, delivery, performance, development, and engagement.

Scope and Size

• Operating budget: NA
• Direct reports: 5; Indirect Reports: 20
• Geographic coverage: India