Medical Communications and Content Manager - Japan

About the role

The International Medical Communications and Content (MCC) team, part of the Medical & Scientific Communication team within Medical Evidence Development, drives local medical channel content strategy across the Oncology, Primary Care, Specialty Care and Vaccines portfolio. The Medical Communications and Content Manager for Japan supports the MCC Country Lead and the MCC Senior Manager in delivering high-quality, timely and efficient medical channel content projects across Pfizer medicines and therapeutic areas in ex-US countries and regions, optimizing the reach of scientific information with healthcare professionals, patients and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation of local medical channel content strategies for assigned medicines and therapeutic areas in Japan.
• Assist in adapting global medical content and developing limited new local content in line with therapeutic area strategies, country regulations and enterprise standards.
• Promote content re-use and limit new content creation to locally prioritized assets when global content is unavailable.
• Coordinate with commercial channel strategy teams on medical-to-medical channel execution.
• Customize global/US content for local markets, including translation and compliance with local regulations.
• Support content adaptation during country medical reviews to enable timely approval and posting.
• Generate analytics reports and project scorecards aligned with KPIs.
• Stay up to date on country regulations, Pfizer SOPs, and emerging science and medical trends.
• Manage external vendors and budgets, timelines and quality of deliverables.

Required profile

• Advanced scientific or healthcare degree (PharmD, PhD, MS, etc.).
• BA/BS plus minimum 5 years' experience, or MBA/MS plus 3 years in healthcare/pharmaceuticals with Medical Affairs, Scientific Publications or Medical Communications experience.
• Fluent written and spoken Japanese or English, and business-level skills in the other language.
• Preferred: experience in the assigned therapeutic area, assigned countries/geographies, and omnichannel experience.

Required skills

• Experience with scientific peer-reviewed publications, global medical communications and industry publication best practices.
• Strong written and oral communication, able to explain complex technical information to varied audiences.
• Ability to work independently in a matrix organization, with strong organization and prioritization skills.
• Confident with digital compliance requirements, digital platforms and core digital metrics.