Regional Medical Advisor, Vaccines

About the Role

We are looking for the primary scientific face of the organization to ‘Thought Leaders’ & physicians for a given therapy area. You will be responsible for the identification, mapping, and profiling of thought leaders in a given geography and therapy area on an ongoing basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Engagement of identified key thought leaders through medical affairs activities, in alignment with the overall strategic plan.
• Execution of 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, patients’ treatment trends, and studies with leading specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other Stakeholders).
• Support optimal patient outcomes through communication of data, information, knowledge, and insights in support of healthcare professional needs and organizational goals.
• Represent the organization in various internal & external scientific platforms.
• Gather deep insights on disease trends and treatment patterns from key thought leaders and convey them back to the therapy lead and commercial teams.
• Proactively conduct disease trend analysis in identified disease segments and contribute effectively to the development of 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, patient-reported outcomes, and publish them in reputed journals.
• Devise an optimal training plan to ensure the flow of the latest medical developments to the sales and marketing teams.
• Identify knowledge gaps, practice gaps, and data gaps and develop strategic medical action plans.
• Handle complex questions from healthcare professionals related to GGI products or disease areas to satisfaction.
• Ensure all promotional, physician, and patient education materials are approved within stipulated timelines and in alignment with the Dr. Reddy's Promotional Material approval policy.
• As a product pipeline champion, identify unmet needs through active stakeholder interactions and contribute to new product ideation and development of differentiated products.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• MBBS with full-time post-graduate qualification of at least 2-years’ duration in any discipline of medicine / MBBS with MBA from a reputed institute.
• Minimum work 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 with knowledge of research methodologies and interpretation of medical data.
• Scientific acumen and communication skills to be accepted by leading specialists in peer-to-peer relationships.
• Experience with complex business environments (preferred).
• Strong track record of success as demonstrated through annual performance ratings and/or professional accomplishments and awards.

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.