Pharma offers more commercial careers than most people outside it realise: brand and product management, trade marketing, medical science liaison, market access, digital and the field force that most careers start in. These guides explain what each role does, what it asks for and how people move between them.
Start with the pharma marketing career guide, which maps the roles and the usual paths through them. The MSL guide covers the scientific route for people with a medical, pharmacy or life science degree. The role guides listed further down, for medical reps and trade marketing managers, include job descriptions and the skills interviewers look for.
Start here · the main guide
How to build a pharma marketing career: the entry routes, the role ladder from rep to brand manager, skills, qualifications, interviews and a 90-day plan.
Read the pharma marketing career guideFree field booklet
The first booklet of the series written for medical and pharmacy reps in Saudi Arabia, as a full PDF.
Read booklet 1Free download
Forty questions a reviewer asks of a brand plan, in four blocks, and the map of the slides they read first.
Get the scorecardWhat Is a Medical Representative? Role, Duties, Skills and How to Become One (2026)
Trade Marketing Manager: The Role, Responsibilities, a Job Description Template, and How It Differs from Brand and Key Account Roles
Medical Rep 30-60-90 Day Plan: A Template, Two Examples, and How to Present It in an Interview
