GMI Team Lead

Job title: GMI Team Lead

• Location: Hyderabad

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.  

Our mission is to bring health in people's hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world's most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at

About the job:

The Global Medical Information Team Lead ensures the quality and integrity of responses provided to health care professionals and consumers. The position is responsible for writing, reviewing and approving MI content (Global and Local) under the direction of the GMI Content Lead. The role also includes country support of medical information and close collaboration with internal stakeholders from medical, CMC, RA, PV, QA, etc.

If needed, the position will support training of outsourced partner(s). The GMI Content Manager is also responsible for executing processes as well as participating in cross functional projects in collaboration and alignment with GMI colleagues and other internal or external stakeholders. This is achieved through a combination of product knowledge and intra-departmental relations, along with editing, writing, database and file management proficiency.

Main responsibilities:

• Oversee and mentor Medical Information team within the science center of excellence, providing guidance and ensuring alignment with company goals.

• Allocates resources effectively, manage workloads, and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and regulatory requirements.

• Ensures the team's activities are compliant with regulatory standards and internal procedures.

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders such as clinical, medical, regulatory and PV teams

• Serves as the Global Medical Information subject matter expert for Opella products and maintain expertise in TA/Product scientific data, industry related information and evolution of disease area.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of pertinent Global regulatory and compliance requirements and ensure deliverables are in alignment with such requirements.

• Proactively suggest improvements or updates to existing policies, procedures, work instructions, and work guides used in internal operations and with external vendors as needed.

• Conduct ongoing literature reviews and extract complex data, organizing it into a structured format.

• Provides medically sound responses to complex inquiries forwarded from outsourced partner(s) and in-house sources. 

• Leverages global/local insights on content usage to meet the need for new or updated content. Identify efficiencies to optimize content creation and updates.

• Contributes to global and local scientific responses generation and engage and collaborate with key Global cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. Medical, Regulatory, CMC, PV, etc.) to efficiently achieve goals and to generate MI content ensuring consistent and accurate product information.

• Localizes global-local content along with supporting local medical information activities (e.g. escalation management, compendia reviews, literature summaries for annual reports, scientific congress attendance/coverage, etc.).

• Serves as a global knowledge resource for all colleagues as the GMI subject matter expert for Opella products.

Management Responsibilities:

Works in close collaboration with Opella GMI content lead and MICC vendor to ensure timely review and approval of content developed by the vendor with high quality services and excellent customer satisfaction in line with or above industry standards. Addresses any issues with a sense of urgency.

Latitude of Action :

Contribute to, review and approve content developed by MICC staff, trained to manage escalated questions from 1st line MICC agents and for medical writing support, managing the creation and update of Global Standard Response Documents. Collaborate with key Global cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. Medical, Regulatory, CMC, PV, etc.) to draft local/global response documents.

Role Impact:

Supports the GMI organization to strengthen collaboration with MICC vendor to improve and streamline the handling of MI inquiries ensuring all answers are provided within agreed-to timelines and in compliance with Opella and local legal requirements.

Scope :

Global responsibility for MICC content development activities within GMI, including collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

About you:

Advanced degree in healthcare-related field (e.g. PharmD, MD, MS, PhD, or equivalent scientific degree). 

8+ years of direct medical information experience in a global setting in the pharmaceutical industry, or equivalent experience.

Strong knowledge of medical literature and drug information databases; strong ability to evaluate and communicate scientific data and Excellent understanding of medical writing requirements.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build constructive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.  Ability to resolve conflicts and to facilitate decision-making.

People management experience of 2+ years

Preferred:

Experience in medical information systems and databases (e.g., SalesForce, Veeva Vault)

Knowledge, Skills and equivalent Experience:

Strong project management skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Ability to work effectively in a matrixed and cross-functional environment involving internal teams and external vendors.

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.