**Job Description** Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry leaders ensuring the scientific value of our products is understood. We connect, communicate and train internal employees to ensure a thorough understanding of the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to support collaboration to further differentiate our portfolio. The Medical Consult and Review Physician provides clinical expertise and advice to internal stakeholders and is a member of several cross-functional teams, including the Promotional Review Team, and the US and Global Medical Affairs Teams. In Promotional Review Team, the Medical Consult and Review Physician is responsible for ensuring the clinical relevance and medical accuracy of data/information in promotional materials, external communications and field-based employee training. The Medical Affairs teams guide the medical affairs organization’s strategy within the therapeutic area. The Medical Consult and Review Physician also leverages clinical practice & therapeutic area expertise to participate in the strategic planning and global scientific content development, review of standard response document on product safety and efficacy, and when required, interact with Health Care Provider to help answer unsolicited medical information requests. The Medical Consult and Review Physician provides medical and scientific training to internal stakeholders and collaborates to develop training content and implement scientific updates. The Medical Consult and Review Physician provides Medical consult for Medical Significance Assessments of company products as it relates to deletions, divestitures, and supply issues **Medical Review of US and Global Promotional Materials** + Provide clinical expert guidance and advice to Commercial Brand Teams in order to influence promotional strategy and messaging based on scientific evidence and clinical context. + Member of Promotional Review Team responsible for ensuring the clinical relevance and medical accuracy of data/information in promotional materials, external communications and Field Based Employee training content. + Support Country Medical directors, as HQ point of contact and Subject Matter Expert for medical review. + Serve as product subject matter expert during Global Medical Affairs Global Medical Affairs global assurance process for country assessment. **US and Global Medical Information** + Leverage clinical practice & therapeutic area/product expertise to provide actionable insights for the strategic planning and global scientific content development of medical information assets, ensuring adequate integration of data and scientific evidence with patient safety and clinical relevance elements in a customer-centric approach + Review all medical information resources and standard response documents containing product safety, tolerability and efficacy data. Interact with Health Care Professionals who request a live discussion with physicians to answer Medical information and review specialist + Proactively engage with leaders and participate in US and Global Medical Affairs Teams to ensure that sufficient medical information assets are available with the appropriate depth/format to meet the requirements of external customers and internal stakeholders + Review Health Outcomes-related standard response documents and Association of Managed Care Pharmacists dossiers to ensure clinical relevance and medical accuracy of the content **Strategic Coordination and Alignment** + Proactively engage with Global Scientific Content team lead and team members, and actively participate in the product strategic planning, ensuring a tailored approach in creating and disseminating scientific content aligned with key scientific priorities and the Global Scientific Content plan + Leverage subject matter expert, clinical practice expertise, and therapeutic area team participation to contribute with actionable insights and inputs into key medical strategy teams (regional and global). Provide medical significance assessment to inform product deletions, divestitures, stock-outs and shortages + Proactively engage in peer-to-peer conversations with key colleagues in our research division to provide/request input and ensure alignment to enhance the provision of accurate and customized Medical Information assets for customers and stakeholders + Active participant on select teams to provide insights on labeling language and anticipate activities related to labeling updates, and to facilitate timely and efficient Standard Response Document development and/or updates to support addressing Medical information and review specialist + Actively contact and interact with Risk Management Safety Team(s) when required + Act as subject matter expert for creation/update of Global Medical Affairs process/Standard Operating Procedures + Engage in Medical Significance Assessments of company products as it relates to deletions, divestitures, and supply issues **Medical Education and Training** + Support creation of medical training curricula for the products, to address basic and advanced training needs of Global Medical Affairs personnel + Collaborate with Learning & Development and Content Training Directors to develop training content and approve training resources for the field medical affairs group + Implement Speaker Training activities for US speakers participating in Company Medical Forum programs + In collaboration with the Global Medical Information group, support sales and internal training activities + Participate in training and/or mentoring of new team members **Education Minimum Requirements** + Medical Doctor (MD) or equivalent medical degree is required + Post-graduate clinical training (residency) **Required Experience and Skills** + Understanding of regulations and compliance considerations impacting pharmaceutical industry + Must be able to work in a complex organization environment and have ability to effectively operate in a team-oriented structure + Ability to analyze/synthesize data and provide solutions and formulate strategies + Must have excellent interpersonal and communication (written as well as verbal) skills **Preferred Experience and Skills** + Board certification or eligibility in a medical specialty related to Oncology is highly desirable + Relevant working experience in Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical industry is desired + Relevant working experience in Medical Information or Clinical Research (in academia or pharmaceutical industry) is desired + Minimum of 5 years of clinical practice is preferred Current Employees apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:** Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. 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