Deputy General Manager- Medical Affairs

Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited · India

Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited is a leading biopharma company focusing on women’s health, fertility, critical care and emergency medicine. We are a Mankind Pharma Limited Group Company. Mankind Pharma is ranked among the top 3 pharma companies in India. Mankind Pharma has a base multi-speciality therapy business, consumer healthcare business and speciality business, BSV is the super speciality business run as an independent group company. BSV’s focused therapy areas such as women’s health & fertility, for example, makes us one of the only few biopharma companies that manufacturers complex and niche biosimilars, making us a super speciality busines

Job Responsibilities :

• Lead Medical Affairs Strategy: Plan, prepare, and execute medical affairs strategies for key products within assigned therapeutic areas, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Clinical Research & Publication: Conceptualization to leading key Medical Affairs initiated Real-World Studies, direct contribution to important CR Projects with critical medical input and drive publication of research works, other RWE and product development projects.
• Medico-Marketing Initiatives: Conceptualization to leading key Medico-Marketing initiatives for the assigned therapeutic areas, developing and approval of communication / promotional materials.
• Medical Education: Lead and participate in various medical symposiums/events, including CME activities, “Key-Speaker-Training,” and expert meetings. Engage in medical education and digital education platforms for healthcare professionals (HCPs), driving physical-digital HCP ecosystems.
• Medical Insights: Provide insights and input to the Clinical Research teams for new and ongoing clinical trials, development programs, and medical evaluations, offer key medical input to Regulatory teams on product-related matters, ensuring alignment with medical and scientific goals.
• Research & Development Input: Offer key medical input on clinical relevance, guidelines and strength of evidence, strategic directions towards developmental methodology, changing global therapy landscape, public health perspectives of various R&D Projects.
• Training & Development: Lead the design and delivery of New Product and disease area/therapy training programs for Sales and Marketing teams, including basic, advanced, and refresher training sessions.
• Product Development: Interact with external agencies, including market research and medical writing agencies, to provide input on product development, ensuring the clinical and medical perspective is reflected.
• New Product Identification: Identify and recommend potential new products within key therapeutic areas, lead robust medical evaluations, and present findings to leadership, incorporating insights from external experts and clinical specialists.
• Leading Team: Leading a team of Medical Specialists for specified therapies to drive medico-marketing initiatives and KOL management across various geographical locations.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with all applicable internal and external policies, including product promotional codes, regulatory requirements, travel policies, and other guidelines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with internal teams such as Marketing, Sales, Regulatory, and Clinical Research to drive product strategy, communication strategy, and interactions with external stakeholders.
• Communication: Develop and present scientific communication, with a focus on safety-related topics and key product updates to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications :

• MD or MBBS with Diploma/Fellowship, with minimum 5 years of experience in Medical Affairs in Pharmaceutical industry, experience of managing team will be desirable.

Required Skills :

• Strong communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Medical writing skills
• Keen interest in medical research
• Medical education
• Digital tools
• Engagement with healthcare professionals across multiple therapeutic areas and public health

Preferred Skills :

• Ability to work independently and interface with various levels.
• Must maintain all levels of confidentiality and have a professional, positive attitude towards the job.
• Enthusiastic about speaking at CMEs and medical seminars to share knowledge and drive education.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support medical affairs initiatives, product launches, and HCP engagement.
• Ability to quickly learn and command diverse medical subjects, especially in areas like Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Wound Care, Public Health.
• Strong interest in engagement with digital medical education platforms and tools like AI tools.