Medical Review Services (MRS) Team Lead

Job Description

• Responsible for providing support to the Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group (PBG) Biopharma Operations, Biopharma Quality, specifically:
• Oversight and accountability of Promotional Material Review for MRS Team
• Hiring and onboarding of the MRS team members
• Weekly, monthly and quarterly metrics reporting to Leadership and the US/Global Stakeholders
• Supervision and review of promotional, sales training and medical to medical materials work performed by the colleagues in order to provide high quality and timely service.
• Provides the direction and oversight of processes and colleagues responsible for reference checking activities supporting in scope BUs.
• Actively trains/mentors team members for the effective execution of assigned tasks and goals.
• Performs medical pre-review (reference check) of promotional, sales training and medical to medical materials including but not limited to Health Care Professional (HCP) promotional aids, Web/Social, training material, advertisements, consumer promotions, conventions/ meetings etc to ensure:
• The claims are accurate, truthful, not misleading and aligned with Core Claims, Common Technical and/or other regulatory documents.
• The references are adequate, and they fully support the relevant claims.
• The claims are consistent with the specified reference label used.
  • Pre-medical review of therapy area sales training materials and relevant materials by PHI (Patient Health and Impact).
  • Ensuring delivery of all required activities within expected timelines and on budget.
  • Leading and oversight of the promotional material project
  • Leads the Vaccines, HBU, and IM Reference check teams
  • Coordinating the activity of other colleagues in the team and ensuring the quality and accuracy and timeliness of the deliverables.
  • Develop and sustain constructive relationships within other Pfizer lines including country organizations.
  • Identify potential areas for process improvements and possible solutions, and communicate these to management

REQUIRED SKILL SETTechnical:

• Leadership and team management
• Writing skills: Excellent scientific writing skills, including an ability to summarize and interpret complicated data effectively, concisely and persuasively.
• Analytic skills: Ability to aggregate and analyze data and draw conclusions based on the analyses.
• Language skills: High fluency in written English and strong functional fluency in spoken English.
• Personal skills: Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Interpersonal skills: Effective influencing and negotiating skills, and ability to work well with all levels and roles in cross-functional, global teams. Ability to mentor more junior colleagues and external vendors.
• Software: Previous experience with software commonly used to present and analyze data (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) is preferred.
• Familiarity with the US promotional material guidelines and regulations is preferred.

Managerial:

• Reports directly to the MRS Lead, Biopharma Quality.

• Works closely with the US Medical Leads and Global/US Medical Affairs.
• Interacts with Regulatory, Safety and Medical Affairs colleagues, Biopharma Ops, Biopharma Quality, and Medical colleagues at Local, Regional and Global level.
• Works with and engages Sr. Leadership e.g. Global Medical Leads, BU Medical Excellence Leads, Global Marketing Leads, Global Brand Curriculum Leads

Certifications: NAEducation:

• Graduate/Post-graduate/ Doctorate degree in life sciences/Pharmacy/Medical sciences or equivalent degrees.

Experience:

• 5 to 6 years relevant experience for medical graduates, PhDs & masters in life sciences/ more than 6 years relevant experience for science graduates.
• Prior experience in medical content creation or promotional material review is preferred.

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