Consultant Medical Director, Quezon City

Job Summary:

A consultant medical director provides strategic clinical leadership, oversight, and governance for a healthcare organization, ensuring high-quality patient care, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. This senior role bridges administrative, financial, and medical functions, often guiding utilization management, provider relations, and policy development while mentoring clinical staff.

Job Responsibilities:

A. Lead the company in implementing product stewardship

B. Ensure the following activities are complied with or effectively and efficiently carried out by the company:

• quality assurance of products through vigilant monitoring of adverse events; reporting of adverse events; product information is science-based, and product claims are well substantiated, factual, balanced, and rational; marketing and promotions are strictly based on ethical practices; formulate policies, solutions, strategies, and plans to address/minimize product risks.

C. Submits a "No Conflict of Interest" declaration to the FDA.

D. Clearance of all communications with the FDA regarding New Drugs and Investigational New Drugs, including follow-up of application for registration of New Drugs, Investigational New Drugs, and matters arising from clinical investigation, must be coursed through the Medical Director with the assistance of the registered pharmacist of the drug establishment.

E. Approval of all package inserts, labels, brochures and other labeling and

promotion materials.

F. Serve as liaison officer with the FDA, the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines and other equivalent pharmaceutical industry associations, the Philippine Medical Association and its specialty and affiliate societies, other government agencies, and related organizations.

G. Assistance in the training program of professional sales representatives, supervisors, pharmacists, and other personnel of the drug establishment.

Qualifications of the Consultant Medical Director:

A. Must be a Doctor of Medicine duly registered with the Professional Regulation Commission.

B. Finished a residency training program in a reputable medical facility or is a faculty member in a recognized medical school, preferably in pharmacology, for at least three (3) years or any equivalent training in the field of pharmacology or clinical pharmacology.

C. Must have satisfactorily earned the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine or passed the examinations given by the Specialty Board of Pharmaceutical Medicines within three (3) years of being employed by any pharmaceutical company in the Philippines.

D. Has a broad understanding of the regulatory environment, healthcare system, and market dynamics in the Philippines.

E. Has excellent communication skills, good people management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

F. Has indisputable personal and work ethics.