Regional Medical Advisor

Department
- MEDICAL & REGULATORY AFFAIRS
- Job posted on
- Jul 01, 2025
- Employment type
- C-C8-Confirmed-HO Executive**Job Title**: Regional Medical Advisor (RMA)

**Location**: Field based [Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore]

**Department**: Medical Affairs

**Reports to**: DGM, Medical Affairs

**Employment Type**: Full-time
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**Job Summary**:

- The Regional Medical Advisor (RMA) is a field-based medical role responsible for scientific exchange with healthcare professionals (HCPs), supporting clinical research, and providing scientific and strategic insights to internal stakeholders. The RMA acts as a key scientific resource for the medical community and contributes to the medical strategy of the organization.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- A. **Scientific Engagement**:

- Establish and maintain strong scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, and other HCPs.
- Facilitate scientific discussions and deliver fair-balanced, evidence-based, and non-promotional medical information.
- Support speaker training and scientific meetings/congresses at regional and national levels.
- Attend and provide scientific coverage at key regional and national medical congresses and scientific meetings. Synthesize and disseminate relevant scientific information and insights from these meetings to internal teams.
- B. **Medical Insights Gathering**:

- Gather and communicate actionable medical insights from KOLs and the healthcare environment back to internal medical and development teams.
- Identify regional medical unmet needs, treatment gaps, and emerging trends to inform strategic medical planning and product development.

**C.** **Medical Support**:

- Provide scientific support to commercial teams, ensuring compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
- Participate in advisory boards, CME programs, and other educational/scientific initiatives.

**D.** **Clinical Research & Evidence Generation**:

- Support company-sponsored and investigator-initiated trials (IITs) through site identification, feasibility, and ongoing communication.
- Facilitate Real World Evidence (RWE) initiatives and post-marketing surveillance studies as applicable.
- Provide scientific support and medical expertise to investigators involved in company-sponsored research.
- Support unsolicited Investigator-Initiated Studies (IIS) requests by providing scientific review and liaison with internal review processes.
- Facilitate the understanding and dissemination of clinical trial data (company-sponsored and relevant external data).
- E. **Training & Education**:

- Provide scientific and medical education to internal stakeholders (e.g., sales force, market access) on disease areas, product information, and clinical data, ensuring strict adherence to compliance guidelines.
- Stay updated with the latest medical/scientific knowledge in relevant therapeutic areas.
- Participate in and present at internal medical meetings, training sessions, and symposia.

**F.** **Compliance & Reporting**:

- Ensure activities are conducted in compliance with local regulations, company SOPs, and ethical standards.
- Maintain accurate records of interactions, insights, and activities through appropriate systems (e.g., CRM).

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Educational Qualification: MBBS / MD / BDS / MDS with relevant therapeutic expertise.
- Experience: 0-2 years of experience in a similar role within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and scientific presentation skills.
- Ability to travel extensively within the assigned region.

**Key Competencies**:

- Scientific acumen and integrity
- Strategic thinking
- Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Adaptability and time management
- Regulatory and ethical awareness