Medical Advisor Job at Sun Pharmaceuticals
A rare chance has emerged at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd for a Medical Advisor in Global Medical Affairs. This Sun Pharmaceutical Medical Advisor opportunity is a full-time, India-based position that contributes to innovative medical strategies in the immunology and dermatology sectors. Interested candidates should apply before the deadline.
About Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd:
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is a leading global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India. It specializes in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of a wide range of pharmaceutical formulations, including specialty and generic medicines. The organization is committed to improving patient outcomes through innovative research and development in various therapeutic areas.
Job Details:
- Location: Sun House – Corporate Office, India
- Department: Global Medical Affairs
- Reporting to: Vice President, Global Medical Affairs
- Position Type: Full-time, individual contributor
- People Management: None
- Travel: Domestic India and selected international travel
Sun Pharmaceutical Medical Advisor Position Summary:
The Sun Pharmaceutical Medical Advisor, Global Medical Affairs is an India-based, globally aligned scientific role supporting the development and execution of medical strategies across the immunology, dermatology, dermato-oncology, and future specialty-care portfolio. The role reports directly to the Vice President, Global Medical Affairs and operates as a member of the Global Medical Affairs organization, while collaborating with colleagues across regions and functions. This is a purely technical individual-contributor position with no direct or indirect people-management responsibility.
Role Purpose:
- Provide high-quality scientific and medical support to global asset and therapeutic-area strategies.
- Translate clinical evidence, external insights, and competitive developments into actionable medical recommendations.
- Advance evidence generation, scientific communications, publications, congress strategy, and external expert engagement.
- Act as a trusted scientific partner across Global Medical Affairs and relevant cross-functional teams while maintaining medical independence, scientific integrity, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the development, refinement, and execution of global medical strategies and annual medical plans for assigned assets and therapeutic areas.
- Conduct disease-landscape, evidence-gap, and competitor assessments, and translate findings into strategic recommendations.
- Contribute scientific input to asset lifecycle planning, launch readiness, indication expansion, and future portfolio opportunities.
- Prepare high-quality strategic briefs, decision documents, evidence summaries, and leadership presentations.
- Coordinate defined global workstreams and ensure timely, high-quality delivery against agreed objectives.
- Develop and maintain broad scientific expertise across immunology, inflammatory dermatology, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, autoimmune skin disease, dermato-oncology, and relevant oncology topics.
- Support the strategy, design, review, and execution of Global Medical Affairs evidence-generation activities.
- Support publication strategy and execution, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, congress presentations, and associated publication-planning activities.
Required Qualifications:
Education
- MBBS and MD Pharmacology are mandatory minimum qualifications.
- Additional formal training in clinical research, epidemiology, biostatistics, evidence-based medicine, medical writing, or a relevant therapeutic area is desirable.
Experience
- Typically 5 to 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical-industry experience, with demonstrated progression in Medical Affairs responsibilities.
- Experience working in a multinational pharmaceutical company is required.
- Prior experience in Global Medical Affairs or meaningful collaboration with global Medical Affairs teams is strongly preferred.
- Relevant experience in immunology, dermatology, dermato-oncology, oncology, or specialty medicines is preferred.
Travel & Working Model
- India-based role with domestic travel for investigator meetings, expert engagement, scientific programs, and business needs.
- International travel for selected Global Medical Affairs meetings, planning workshops, or other approved business activities.
- Overall travel is expected to be approximately 20 to 30%, subject to business needs and company policy.
This Sun Pharmaceutical Medical Advisor role provides a unique opportunity to contribute directly to global medical strategy while being based in India, working across a diverse specialty portfolio, and engaging with scientific experts.
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