JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement innovative scientific strategies both long and short term to support overall EPD 2025 vision of “Be the company that transforms the way people of India use medicines “.

• Develop, maintain, and leverage relationships with top 300 KOLs across therapeutic area.

• External advocacy with topmost stakeholders across major 30 govt/ non govt institutes/ agencies for effective implementation of One EPD projects.

• Support medical affairs team with scientific competitive intelligence across therapeutic areas in partnership with external agencies.

• Support medical affairs team to gather strategic therapeutic insights from top KOLs for NPIs/ Lo Es.

• Implement scientific outreach and access strategy for EPD business utilizing digital tools.

• Drive initiatives to enhance Medical Affairs capability in digital space.

• Plays a key influencer role in developing medico marketing plans for relevant EPD business unit supporting the marketing manager/ business heads to utilize strategic growth levers based on situation analysis.

• Drive innovative programs in collaboration with top medical societies and use of new media for the different business to create differentiation at the marketplace.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Independently drive innovative initiatives to establish continuous engagement with over 1000 KOLs spanning across 12 therapeutic area covering 35 business units in three affiliates.

• Liaising and collaboration with top executives of State/ Regional medical associations across 35 branches spanning 25 states for impactful implementation of Abbott corporate scientific initiatives.

• Collaboration and partnership with 20 key medical associations / societies at pan India and state level.

• External advocacy and key stakeholder management including KOLs, hospital/institution decision making authorities, scientific advocacy groups both at public/govt and corporate set up.

• Closely work with EPD digital team for scientific outreach of ACare platform covering three affiliates.

• Working closely with finance, purchase, legal and compliance team for preparation and finalization of contracts with external stakeholders, medical societies, institutes and KOLs.

• Collaboration and coordinate with publishers to ensure publication of EPD India’s clinical studies and position paper involving three affiliates.

• Individually develop and drive transformative EPD India medical projects.

• Lead and manage Abbott’s participation in National medical conferences including contract with organizers.

• Design and plan execution parameters for successful implementation of Abbott signature program across various business units across three affiliates.

• Drive/ support to develop society and institutional relationships for both medical affairs and business team

• On demand support for medical affairs/ commercial team for strategic initiatives in the focused therapeutic areas of Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases , Cardiology,  Psychiatry, Adult Immunization, Insomnia and importance of Vitamin C in building immunity.

Key Competency Requirement ​

Know the business

• Good understanding of pharma market, trends and ability to drive medico- marketing actions based on data.

• Strong analytical, datacrunching and stakeholder management skills .

• Background of driving high quality medico-marketing initiatives highly preferable .

• Techsavy / knowledge of digital healthcare.

Build Our Organization and Inspire

• Ability to collaborate with commercial, cross functional teams and build strong campaigns that results in building Abbott’s reputation / image to drive buisness on a science based platform.

Set Vision and Strategy

• The developments of markets / therapies and propose strategic scientific direction accordingly

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities: NA

​Education

• MBBS/ Pharmacy graduate / Science graduate with MBA from reputed institute.

Experience

• At least 3-7 years of experience in Consulting/ Pharma industry with experience in handling digital projects / scientific corporate projects at strategic level

• Candidate can be from an MNC working currently as a Manager – Marketing Excellence/ Group Product Manager / Consultant.

Skills

• Techsavy ( High on digital knowledge )

• Analytical skills

• Stakeholder Management

• Creativity and innovation

• Meticulous project management skills

• Coordination and team work

The base pay for this position is

N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Medical & Scientific Affairs:

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma:

LOCATION:

India > Mumbai : BKC Building

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)