Pfizer Japan Inc. Posted June 30, 2026

[MA] Dermatology, MAS(Field) Manager

Tokyo, Japan Full time
Medical Affairs Dermatology & Aesthetics Manager

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About this opportunity

MAIN REPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES

JOB POSITION PURPOSE

The MAS role family comprises a variety of medical scientific specialties, such as BU Medical and field based Medical.

Be the Pfizer Japan medical scientific point of contact for HCPs, medical societies, regulators, academia and other external stakeholders.

Maintain the highest scientific standards, independence and compliance in every medical/scientific external activity, as well as in scope internal processes.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES :

Collaborate with medical stakeholders as a scientific expert for HCPs, medical societies, academia, and other relevant organizations.

Establish a strong collaborative scientific relationship through non-promotional activities such as scientific exchanges (e.g., discussion using the latest research papers and follow-up of contents of academic conference presentations) with relevant stakeholders in dermatology .

Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder map to identify relevant HCPs, medical societies, and other relevant external stakeholders to communicate effectively and agilely at an expert level.

Handle UMR (Unsolicited Medical Request) responses, provide accurate, high-quality, and unbiased information to relevant external experts and HCPs as allowed by Pfizer policies and sharing customer viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate.

Follow up clinical investigator-sponsored research and medical grants compliant with Pfizer policies.

Acquire extensive medical/pharmaceutical information and gather the latest medical information in the assigned area as a scientific matter expert.

Deliver key medical and scientific activities within the medical plan, e.g., high-quality educational materials, generation of real-world evidence, non-interventional studies, database studies and registries (in collaboration with the Health & Value team) and ensure timely publication of data.

Demonstrate medical and scientific leadership and expertise

Provide and exchange medical/ scientific information for/from medical institutions (and other related sources) in the assigned area and from stakeholders.

Drive for heightened understanding of the clinical and medical attributes of our products in order to enhance the safe and efficacious use.

Maintain the highest scientific standards during in/ external activities to provide deep medical and scientific expertise.

Contribute to the implementation of local medical strategies and life cycle clinical plans for inline and pipeline medicines / vaccines to address unmet medical needs and fill data gaps.

Make important contributions to decisions of medical strategies for assigned products, in order to ensure safe, proper, and effective use of assigned products. These activities contribute to patients (and populations) health and well-being and to healthcare professionals from a medical, and pharmaceutical perspective, and potentially to clinical study needs and design.

Contribute to achieving the department/team goals, and/or participate in cross-organizational projects as a core member and provide guidance to deliver the results.

Play an active role in supporting members in the team/organization with the line manager to move towards its goals

Develop and execute the medical plan aligned with the medical strategy to meet unmet medical needs in the assigned product(s) and therapeutic area(s) in collaboration with office medical

Identify unmet medical needs and healthcare disparities in the assigned asset(s) and therapeutic area(s) through medical activities such as advisory board meetings and scientific exchanges with HCPs and other relevant individuals and organizations.

Create an activity plan as Medical with senior Medical management to address the needs and fill data gaps.

Develop a Customer Facing Medical Plan in the therapeutic area(s) and asset(s) to establish collaborative scientific relationships with stakeholders.

Execute the Customer Facing Medical Plan in the assigned area(s) / asset(s) such as unbiased medical and scientific communication with HCPs, medical advisory board meetings, educational seminars, and data generation initiatives, medical materials creation, and necessary scientific input.

Provide subject matter expertise and high-quality scientific exchange, bringing insights into the organization to help shape strategy.

Establish a highly reliable, long-term relationship with stakeholders.

Establish deep and enduring peer-to-peer scientific relationships with leading HCPs and specialists, including non-traditional partners and key decision makers.

Maintain and enhance the cross-BU alignment on metrics

Ensure to collect necessary information and analyze insights prior to the meetings in order to provide deep medical and scientific expertise to stakeholders and HCPs

For identifying unmet needs and healthcare disparities as well as contributing to the medical strategy, acquire extensive medical/ pharmaceutical information in the assigned area.

Provide feedback on information and views obtained from stakeholders and HCPs, for related relevant department in the company, and consolidate them as Medical/ Public Health/ Healthcare insights.

Enhance opportunities for creation of evidence based on medical needs by sharing issues in the medical field with internal/ external stakeholders through constructive and cross-functional partnership based upon scientific and medical excellence

Optimize patient centricity of medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus

Align, contribute, and collaborate with relevant internal stakeholders

Provide information on expert / HCP / relevant others feedback on product life cycle strategies to related divisions/departments in the company.

Collect and analyze unmet medical needs and seek solutions in collaboration with cross functional colleagues in the company.

Scientific input for scientific meetings and materials.

Provide medical education programs with and to relevant stakeholders.

Observe the code of conduct, company’s regulations, and compliance, appropriate communication with related departments, and exercise leadership in POJ.

Conduct activities in compliance with the MHLW Guidelines for Prescription Drug Sales Information Activities.

Ensure activities and communications are conducted in compliance with all policies, guidelines, and regulations.

Ensure awareness of responsibility for reporting adverse events

For all Pfizer products, observe applicable laws/regulations and the Pfizer policy, and “Gather and report safety information*”. At an appropriate timing, attend training programs on obligation of assigned safety reporting.

REQUIRED SKILL SET

Education:

Minimum requirement

4 year university undergraduate degree AND master’s degree in life science, or

Pharmacists 4-year university graduates with pharmacist license and

master’s degree or above or equivalent life science research experience, or

6–year university graduates with pharmacist license, or

Nurses with master’s degree or above , or

Veterinarians, or

Dentists, or

MDs

Preferred

In addition to those who meet the minimum requirements above, the qualifications below are preferred

MD (clinical experience, board certification preferred), or

PhD in Life Science

Technical Skills :

Medical/ pharmaceutical expert knowledge of therapeutic disease area/ products

Ability to communicate appropriately and build good relationship with internal/external stakeholders

Work effectively with teams and across functions by demonstrate Pfizer’s Values & Behaviors and the agility to learn from others

Capable of medical discussion with relevant departments and external HCPs.

A person who understands compliance and relevant laws/regulations in the pharmaceutical industry and advocates the appropriate use of the products.

Can demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of internal organization structure, key stakeholders and strategies

A person who is able to quickly acquire necessary medical/ scientific knowledge and skills though self-learning

Experience

Work experience at functions of: Medical Affairs; Development and/or Research preferred

Scientific publication experience preferred

Medical science liaison experience preferred

Clinical research experience

Language

Able to understand written and spoken English and Japanese in assigned therapeutic disease area, and scientific interactions

Minimum TOEIC score of 730 preferred

AS NEEDED:

Contribute to Business Development in the assigned area(s): In collaboration with Japan Medical Lead, Japan Medical Affairs Product Lead, Global MA members and other members from relevant functions, identify unmet medical needs and candidate therapies for potential medical interventions in the assigned therapeutic area(s) in Japan through medical activities such as advisory boards and consultations with medical experts while keeping confidentiality.

Rapidly respond to critical supply issues from the medical perspective (e.g., rapid communications with academic societies and regulatory authorities)

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on  Pfizer Careers .


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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Dermatology & Aesthetics
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 218 comparable Manager Medical Affairs roles across 70 biopharma companies.

218Comparable roles tracked
175Currently active
70Companies hiring similar roles
37Countries represented

Salary context

31 of 218 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Sr. Manager PSL&D Business Operations Lead · Pfizer $116,000/yr – $193,400/yr
Peer group range $154,700 – $258,000 (median $197,850)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 218 comparable roles

United States44
Japan30
Germany22
India20
China19
China's Mainland12

+ 31 more countries

Seniority mix

218 of 218 peers have a known seniority level

Manager124
Associate55
Associate Director39

Therapeutic area mix

74 of 218 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology29
Immunology15
Cardiovascular / CVRM9
Vaccines & Infectious Disease6
Neuroscience5
Dermatology & Aesthetics3
Gastroenterology2
Rare Disease2
Respiratory2
Ophthalmology1

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