Medical Advisor

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Position Summary

The Medical Advisor, Global Medical Affairs is an India-based, globally aligned scientific role supporting the development and execution of medical strategies across the immunology, dermatology, dermato-oncology and future specialty-care portfolio. The role reports directly to the Vice President, Global Medical Affairs and operates as a member of the Global Medical Affairs organization, while collaborating with colleagues across regions and functions.

This is a purely technical individual-contributor position with no direct or indirect people-management responsibility. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the scientific depth, strategic thinking, ownership and cross-functional influence needed to grow into broader Global Medical Affairs leadership responsibilities over time.

Role Purpose

• Provide high-quality scientific and medical support to global asset and therapeutic-area strategies.
• Translate clinical evidence, external insights and competitive developments into actionable medical recommendations.
• Advance evidence generation, scientific communications, publications, congress strategy and external expert engagement.
• Act as a trusted scientific partner across Global Medical Affairs and relevant cross-functional teams while maintaining medical independence, scientific integrity and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Global Medical Strategy & Asset Support

• Support the development, refinement and execution of global medical strategies and annual medical plans for assigned assets and therapeutic areas.
• Conduct disease-landscape, evidence-gap and competitor assessments, and translate findings into strategic recommendations.
• Contribute scientific input to asset lifecycle planning, launch readiness, indication expansion and future portfolio opportunities.
• Prepare high-quality strategic briefs, decision documents, evidence summaries and leadership presentations.
• Coordinate defined global workstreams and ensure timely, high-quality delivery against agreed objectives.

2. Scientific & Therapeutic-Area Expertise

• Develop and maintain broad scientific expertise across immunology, inflammatory dermatology, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, autoimmune skin disease, dermato-oncology and relevant oncology topics.
• Critically evaluate clinical-trial data, real-world evidence, treatment guidelines, evolving standards of care and emerging science.
• Serve as a credible scientific resource for internal stakeholders and contribute to scientifically balanced decision-making.
• Identify scientific, clinical-practice and patient-care gaps that may inform future medical initiatives.

3. Evidence Generation & Research

• Support the strategy, design, review and execution of Global Medical Affairs evidence-generation activities, including real-world evidence, observational studies, registries, Medical Affairs studies, outcomes research and patient-centered evidence.
• Support the scientific evaluation and governance of investigator-initiated research proposals.
• Contribute to protocol concepts, research questions, endpoints, evidence tables, study documents and interpretation of results.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, HEOR, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Pharmacovigilance and regional Medical Affairs to ensure relevant and rigorous evidence generation.
• Monitor project quality, milestones and scientific outputs for assigned studies and evidence workstreams.

4. Publications & Scientific Communications

• Support publication strategy and execution, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, congress presentations and associated publication-planning activities.
• Develop and review scientific platforms, core medical decks, FAQs, evidence summaries, training materials, advisory-board content and congress deliverables.
• Ensure accuracy, balance, consistency and appropriate referencing across scientific materials.
• Partner effectively with authors, agencies, vendors and internal review teams while preserving authorship standards, scientific integrity and publication ethics.

5. External Expert & Scientific Engagement

• Support mapping and prioritization of global, regional and India-based scientific experts and investigators.
• Participate in compliant, peer-to-peer scientific exchange with external experts and capture actionable medical insights.
• Support planning and execution of advisory boards, expert meetings, investigator interactions and scientific educational initiatives.
• Synthesize external insights, validate themes and communicate implications to Global Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams.
• Represent Global Medical Affairs at selected scientific meetings and professional forums.

6. Congress & Competitive Intelligence

• Support medical planning for key national and international congresses, including data monitoring, session prioritization and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide timely congress intelligence, competitor-data assessments and post-congress scientific summaries.
• Translate relevant external developments into potential implications for global medical strategy and evidence priorities.
• Attend one or two major international scientific congresses annually when aligned with business need and approved plans.

7. Cross-Functional & Global Collaboration

• Collaborate with Global Medical Affairs Leads and colleagues in Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, HEOR, Market Access, Medical Information, Pharmacovigilance, Biostatistics, Commercial and country or regional Medical Affairs.
• Provide independent, evidence-based medical input while maintaining appropriate Medical Affairs governance and non-promotional standards.
• Work effectively across geographies, cultures and time zones, including participation in global meetings outside standard India business hours when reasonably required.
• Build effective partnerships and influence outcomes without formal authority.

8. Medical Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Perform all activities in accordance with applicable laws, industry codes, company policies, standard operating procedures and Global Medical Affairs governance.
• Support scientific and medical review of relevant materials and initiatives within assigned responsibilities.
• Maintain appropriate documentation, quality standards, data privacy and inspection readiness.
• Escalate scientific, safety, ethical or compliance concerns promptly through appropriate channels.

Required Qualifications

Education

• MBBS and MD Pharmacology are mandatory minimum qualifications.
• Additional formal training in clinical research, epidemiology, biostatistics, evidence-based medicine, medical writing or a relevant therapeutic area is desirable.

Experience

• Typically 5 to 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical-industry experience, with demonstrated progression in Medical Affairs responsibilities.
• Experience working in a multinational pharmaceutical company is required.
• Prior experience in Global Medical Affairs or meaningful collaboration with global Medical Affairs teams is strongly preferred.
• Relevant experience in immunology, dermatology, dermato-oncology, oncology or specialty medicines. Breadth across more than one of these areas is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in several of the following: medical strategy, evidence generation, publications, scientific communications, KOL engagement, advisory boards, congress activities, launch support or lifecycle management.
• Experience working in a matrix organization and collaborating across countries and functions.
• Experience with biologics, immunotherapies or specialty products is desirable.

Scientific & Technical Capabilities

• Ability to critically appraise clinical and real-world evidence and explain its strategic relevance clearly.
• Working knowledge of clinical research methodology, study design, endpoints, statistics, ICH-GCP and publication standards.
• Ability to write and review accurate, concise and scientifically balanced medical content.
• Understanding of appropriate interactions with healthcare professionals and applicable Indian and global compliance requirements.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and comfort using digital and AI-enabled tools responsibly within approved company frameworks.

Core Competencies & Leadership Potential

• Scientific rigor: Demonstrates intellectual honesty, critical thinking and evidence-based judgment.
• Ownership: Takes accountability for quality, timelines and outcomes without requiring close supervision.
• Learning agility: Rapidly develops expertise in unfamiliar assets, mechanisms and disease areas.
• Strategic thinking: Connects scientific evidence to unmet need, asset strategy and patient impact.
• Collaboration: Works constructively across functions, regions and cultures and supports collective success.
• Influence without authority: Builds credibility, communicates clearly and advances decisions through sound reasoning.
• Courage and integrity: Raises concerns respectfully and protects Medical Affairs independence and scientific standards.
• Adaptability: Remains effective in a changing, evolving and resource-conscious global environment.
• Executive communication: Distills complex information into clear recommendations for senior and cross-functional audiences.
• Future leadership potential: Demonstrates curiosity, maturity, enterprise thinking and the capacity to assume broader Global Medical Affairs responsibilities over time.

Travel & Working Model

• India-based role with domestic travel for investigator meetings, expert engagement, scientific programs and business needs.
• International travel for selected Global Medical Affairs meetings, planning workshops or other approved business activities.
• Expected attendance at one or two international scientific congresses annually, based on assigned therapeutic area and business priorities.
• Overall travel is expected to be approximately 20 to 30%, subject to business needs and company policy.
• Periodic participation in early-morning or evening global calls may be required to collaborate across time zones.

Measures of Success

• Quality and timeliness of contributions to global medical strategy and asset priorities.
• Scientific rigor and usefulness of evidence assessments, recommendations and medical deliverables.
• Effective execution of assigned evidence-generation, publication, congress and expert-engagement workstreams.
• Ability to convert external insights and emerging evidence into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration, reliability and stakeholder trust.
• Consistent compliance with medical governance, quality and ethical standards.
• Demonstrated growth in therapeutic-area expertise, strategic ownership and readiness for broader responsibilities.

Role Scope Clarification

Why This Role Matters

This role provides the opportunity to contribute directly to global medical strategy while being based in India, work across a diverse specialty portfolio, engage with scientific experts and global colleagues, and build the breadth and capabilities required for future leadership in Global Medical Affairs.