MAIN REPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES


JOB POSITION PURPOSE

The MAS role family comprises a variety of medical scientific specialties, such as office Medical (oMAS) and field Medical scientist (fMAS).

Be the Pfizer Japan medical scientific point of contact for HCPs, medical societies, regulators, academia and other external stakeholders.

Lead and develop a team of fMAS to maintain the highest scientific standards, independence and compliance in every medical/scientific external activity, as well as in scope internal processes with collaboration with office MAS.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
People Development

Guide and develop members in order to contribute to optimization of product values from the scientific point of views
Contribute to developing team members through appropriate assignments, coaching, appropriate appraisal and constructive feedback
Effectively manage through and lead the change in an evolving healthcare environment
Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers that inspires alignment and partnership on a shared vision or strategy

Demonstrate medical and scientific leadership and expertise

Provide and exchange medical/ scientific information for/from medical institutions (and other related sources) in the assigned area and from stakeholders.

Drive for heightened understanding of the clinical and medical attributes of our products in order to enhance the safe and efficacious use.

Maintain the highest scientific standards during in/ external activities to provide deep medical and scientific expertise.

Contribute to the implementation of local medical strategies and life cycle clinical plans for inline and pipeline medicines / vaccines to address unmet medical needs and fill data gaps.

Make important contributions to decisions of medical strategies for assigned products, in order to ensure safe, proper, and effective use of assigned products.

These activities contribute to patients (and populations) health and well-being and to healthcare professionals from a medical, and pharmaceutical perspective, and potentially to clinical study needs and design.

Develop and execute the medical plan aligned with the medical strategy to meet unmet medical needs in the assigned product(s) and disease area(s) in collaboration with office medical

Identify unmet medical needs and healthcare disparities in the assigned asset(s) and disease area(s) through medical activities such as advisory board meetings and scientific exchanges with HCPs and other relevant individuals and organizations.

Create an activity plan as Medical with senior Medical management to address the needs and fill data gaps.

Develop a Customer Facing Medical Plan in the assigned disease area(s) and asset(s) to establish scientific peer level professional relationships with stakeholders.

Execute the Customer Facing Medical Plan in the assigned area(s) / asset(s) such as unbiased medical and scientific communication with HCPs, medical advisory board meetings, educational seminars, and data generation initiatives, medical materials creation, and necessary scientific input.

Provide subject matter expertise and high-quality scientific exchange, bringing insights into the organization to help shape strategy.

Collaborate with medical stakeholders as a scientific expert for HCPs, medical societies, academia, and other relevant organizations.

Establish a strong collaborative scientific relationship through non-promotional activities such as scientific exchanges (e.g., discussion using the latest research papers and follow-up of contents of academic conference presentations) with relevant stakeholders in the assigned area.

Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder map to identify relevant HCPs, medical societies, and other relevant external stakeholders to communicate effectively and agilely at an expert level.

Handle UMR (Unsolicited Medical Request) responses, provide accurate, high-quality, and unbiased information to relevant external experts and HCPs as allowed by Pfizer policies and sharing customer viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate.

Follow up clinical investigator-sponsored research and medical grants compliant with Pfizer policies.
Acquire extensive medical/pharmaceutical information and gather the latest medical information in the assigned area as a scientific matter expert.

Deliver key medical and scientific activities within the medical plan, e.g., high-quality educational materials, generation of real-world evidence, non-interventional studies, database studies and registries (incollaboration with the Health & Value team) and ensure timely publication of data.

Establish a highly reliable, long-term relationship with stakeholders.

Establish deep and enduring peer-to-peer scientific relationships with leading HCPs and specialists, including non-traditional partners and key decision makers.

For identifying unmet needs and healthcare disparities as well as contributing to the medical strategy, acquire extensive medical/ pharmaceutical information in the assigned area.

Provide feedback on information and views obtained from stakeholders and HCPs, for related relevant department in the company, and consolidate them as Medical/ Public Health/ Healthcare insights.

Enhance opportunities for creation of evidence based on medical needs by sharing issues in the medical field with internal/ external stakeholders through constructive and cross-functional partnership based upon scientific and medical excellence
Optimize patient centricity of medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus

Align, contribute, and collaborate with relevant internal stakeholders

Provide information on expert / HCP / relevant others feedback on product life cycle strategies to related divisions/departments in the company.

Collect and analyze unmet medical needs and seek solutions in collaboration with Medical Affairs HQ colleagues and cross functional colleagues in the company.

Scientific input for scientific meetings and materials.
Provide medical education programs with and to relevant stakeholders.

Observe the code of conduct, company's regulations, and compliance, appropriate communication with related departments, and exercise leadership in POJ.

Conduct activities in compliance with the MHLW Guidelines for Prescription Drug Sales Information Activities.
Ensure activities and communications are conducted in compliance with all policies, guidelines, and regulations.

Ensure awareness of responsibility for reporting adverse events

For all Pfizer products, observe applicable laws/regulations and the Pfizer policy, and "Gather and report safety information*". At an appropriate timing, attend training programs on obligation of assigned safety reporting.


AS NEEDED:

Contribute to Business Development in the assigned area(s): In collaboration with Japan Medical Lead, Japan Medical Affairs Product Lead, Global MA members and other members from relevant functions, identify unmet medical needs and candidate therapies for potential medical interventions in the assigned disease area(s) in Japan through medical activities such as advisory boards and consultations with medical experts while keeping confidentiality.

Rapidly respond to critical supply issues from the medical perspective (e.g., rapid communications with academic societies and regulatory authorities)

Required Skill Set


Education:
Minimum requirement

4 year university undergraduate degree AND master's degree in life science, or
Pharmacists
4-year university graduates with pharmacist license and
master's degree or above or equivalent life science research experience, or

6–year university graduates with pharmacist license, or
Nurses with master's degree or above, or Veterinarians, or Dentists, or MDs

Preferred

In addition to those who meet the minimum requirements above, the qualifications below are preferred
MD (clinical experience, board certification preferred), or PhD in Life Science


Technical Skills:
Medical/ pharmaceutical expert knowledge of disease disease area/ products
Coaching and management skills in developing employees and building effective teams as well as leading change processes
Demonstrate leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, develop, and lead a team in a complex, changing environment that is focused on scientific excellence while embodying the Pfizer Core Values
Ability to communicate appropriately and build good relationship with internal/external stakeholders
Ability to problem-solve and network enterprise wide as appropriate to identify solutions
Capable of medical discussion with relevant departments and external HCPs.
Understand compliance and relevant laws/regulations in the pharmaceutical industry and advocates the appropriate use of the products.
Can demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of internal organization structure, key stakeholders and strategies
A person who is ableto quickly acquire necessary medical/ scientific knowledge and skills though self-learning
Demonstrate growth mindset and flexibility

Experience

Work experience at functions of:
Medical Affairs; Development and/or Research preferred
Scientific publication experience preferred
Medical science liaison experience preferred
Clinical research experience
Cross functional, strategic project management experience preferred

Language

Able to understand written and spoken English and Japanese in assigned therapeutic disease area, and scientific interactions
Minimum TOEIC score of 730 preferred

Work Location Assignment:
リモート – フィールドベース

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

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