Regional Medical Advisor, Vaccines

About the Role

• Serve as the primary scientific face of the organization to 'Thought Leaders' & physicians for a given therapy area.
• Responsible for the identification, mapping, and profiling of thought leaders within a defined geography and therapy area on an ongoing basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage identified key thought leaders through medical affairs activities aligned with the overall strategic plan.
• Execute the strategic medical affairs plan, including medical education, product education, medical evidence generation, advisory boards, pre-license activities, and special projects.
• Act as a therapeutic area scientific expert, discussing scientific data pertaining to products proactively and reactively, as well as patients' treatment trends and studies with leading specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other Stakeholders).
• Collaborate with the therapy area lead to support optimal patient outcomes by communicating data, information, knowledge, and insights to address healthcare professional needs and organizational goals.
• Represent the organization in various internal and external scientific platforms.
• Gather deep insights on disease trends and treatment patterns from key thought leaders and convey them to the therapy lead and commercial teams.
• Proactively conduct disease trend analysis in identified disease segments and contribute to the development of the annual Medical Affairs Strategy Plan.
• Receive and process scientific information requests from physicians.
• Ensure all activities in the region are conducted in alignment with the organization's COBE (Code of Business Ethics) Policy and compliance guidelines.
• Collaborate with thought leaders to conduct therapy-specific reviews, meta-analysis, case studies, case series, and patient-reported outcomes, and publish them in reputable journals.
• Devise an optimal training plan to ensure the flow of the latest medical developments to sales and marketing teams.
• Act as a product pipeline champion, identifying unmet needs through stakeholder interactions and contributing to new product ideation and development.
• Handle complex questions from healthcare professionals related to GGI products or disease areas.
• Ensure all promotional, physician, and patient education materials are approved within stipulated timelines and in alignment with the organization's Promotional Material Approval Policy.
• Develop the Medical Affairs strategic plan for identified therapeutic areas and products.
• Convert insights on disease trends and treatment patterns into viable strategic plans to shape therapeutic areas of interest.
• Identify knowledge gaps, practice gaps, and data gaps, and develop strategic medical action plans.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Therapeutic Area: Expertise in a specific therapy area.
• Research Methodologies: Knowledge of research methodologies and interpretation of medical data.
• Scientific Acumen: Strong scientific acumen and communication skills.
• Complex Business Environments: Experience in complex business environments is preferred.
• Track Record: Strong track record of success demonstrated through annual performance ratings and/or professional accomplishments and awards.
• COBE Policy: Adherence to Dr. Reddy's COBE (Code of Business Ethics) Policy.
• Promotional Material Approval Policy: Adherence to Dr. Reddy's Promotional Material Approval Policy.

Qualifications

• Educational Qualification:
• MBBS with a full-time post-graduate qualification of at least 2-years’ duration in any discipline of medicine.
• OR MBBS with an MBA from a reputed institute.
• Experience:
• Fresh postgraduate or up to 2 years of experience in Field-based Medical Affairs.

Skills & Attributes

• Technical Skills:
• Strong academic record with deep knowledge of the therapeutic area.
• Strength in research.
• Behavioral Skills:
• Integrity-driven decision-making skills.
• Collaboration and teaming with the ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Strategic thinking & sound analytical skills.
• Big picture orientation with attention to detail.
• Sense of urgency & desire to excel.
• Intellectual curiosity.
• Self-awareness and adaptability.
• Result-oriented and performance-driven.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills to effectively interact with a broad range of audiences.