P5P5 — Expert Professional
Expert-Level
P5 represents principal-level experts or strategists in the Medical Affairs career track.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Craft and drive Medical Affairs strategy at the business unit or organizational level.
- Initiate and lead high-impact initiatives.
- Act as a key liaison to top-tier external stakeholders.
- Drive strategy
- Lead initiatives
- Liaise with stakeholders
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic leadership
- Initiative management
- Stakeholder liaison
- Influence and negotiation
- High-impact strategy
- Organizational strategy
- High-impact initiatives
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic influence
- Medical affairs innovation
- Senior scientific leadership
- Strategic influence
What good looks like
- Doctoral degree in a relevant scientific or clinical field
- Experience in strategic decision-making
Common titles
Medical Affairs Professional VMedical Affairs Professional 5Staff Medical Affairs ProfessionalLead Medical Affairs ProfessionalExpert Medical Affairs ProfessionalExpert-Level
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (inferred)