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Medical Scientific Liaison

Pfizer Tokyo, Japan Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Medical Scientific Liaison to serve as a scientific and medical leader in our organisation. As a hybrid role, you will have a mix of field and head office activities, with a focus on providing deep medical and scientific expertise to healthcare professionals, medical societies, regulators, and academia.

Job Purpose: The Medical Scientific Liaison will be responsible for identifying unmet medical needs, contributing to building and executing medical plans, and establishing clinical evidence. You will play a central role in providing scientific and medical leadership, ensuring the highest scientific standards during internal and external activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute medical plans aligned with medical strategies to meet unmet medical needs
  • Provide scientific and medical expertise to healthcare professionals, medical societies, and regulators
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to achieve departmental goals
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of product(s)/therapeutic area(s) medical strategy

Requirements:

  • 4-year university undergraduate degree and master's degree in life science, or equivalent experience
  • Medical/pharmaceutical expert knowledge of therapeutic disease area/products
  • Ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders
  • Understanding of compliance and relevant laws/regulations in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Fluent in English and Japanese

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MD (clinical experience, board certification preferred), or PhD in Life Science
  • Experience in Medical Affairs or research
  • Scientific publication experience

Skills

Required

  • medical scientific liaison
  • life science
  • pharmaceutical industry
  • English
  • Japanese

Nice to have

  • MD
  • PhD in Life Science
  • Medical Affairs experience
  • scientific publication experience
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