Global Commercial Strategy Undergraduate

Pfizer Inc.; Guildford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EULAR attendance

Cross-functional projects

Senior leadership exposure

Marketing Academy training

AI tools experience

Weekly reviews

UK undergraduate network

Job summary

Pfizer Inc. offers a placed undergraduate role within Global Commercial Services, supporting launch readiness for a potential first-in-class medicine in Phase 3.

You will work across rheumatology, dermatology and neurology, collaborating with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access, Insights & Analytics, and external agencies to prepare a live launch plan. The role emphasizes AI fluency, strong organisation, and effective communication in a global, virtual team.

Qualifications

• Completing placement as part of University Degree either through Year In Industry/Industrial Placement or Gap Year.
• AI fluency demonstrated
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident using Excel and PowerPoint, and comfortable working with numbers
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Curious and analytical, able to summarise information clearly
• Collaborative mindset, global virtual teamwork
• Shows initiative and eagerness to learn and take on new challenges
• Motivated by Pfizer's purpose: breakthroughs that change patients' lives

Responsibilities

• Launch readiness: keep the team's launch readiness tracker current, follow up on actions and milestones, and present status updates in team meetings
• Competitive intelligence: monitor the competitor landscape and turn it into concise updates for the team
• Vendor partnership: be the day-to-day contact for the competitive intelligence agency and coordinate requests
• Monthly competitive intelligence calls: run end-to-end scheduling, agendas, pre-reads, notes and follow-up
• Budget: maintain trackers, work with Finance on PO/invoices and flag variances
• Congress support: help prepare for key medical congresses like EULAR and share insights afterwards
• Marketing input: contribute to brand messaging and launch materials with creative perspectives
• Team support: prepare slides and summaries, use AI tools to streamline work
• Own your project later in the year from brief to presentation

Skills

AI literate

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree/Studying in Business, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy or related

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Launch readiness responsibilities

• Launch readiness: keep the team's launch readiness tracker current, follow up on actions and milestones with colleagues, and present short status updates in team meetings
• Competitive intelligence: monitor the competitor landscape using publicly available sources (news, publications, clinical trial registries, congress abstracts) and turn it into concise updates for the team
• Vendor partnership: be our day-to-day contact for our competitive intelligence agency, coordinating requests, tracking deliverables and keeping our materials well organised
• Monthly competitive intelligence calls: run the team's monthly calls end to end: scheduling, agendas, pre-reads, notes and follow-up of actions
• Budget: maintain the team's budget and spend trackers, work with Finance and Procurement on purchase orders and invoices, and flag any variances to the budget owner
• Congress support: help the team prepare for key medical congresses, including EULAR, by supporting creative concept, planning and logistics and helping to capture and share insights afterwards.
• Marketing and creative input: contribute to brand positioning, messaging and launch materials, bringing fresh ideas and a creative perspective to how we tell the story of the medicine to customers
• Team support: prepare slides, meeting materials and summaries, and find practical, responsible ways to use AI tools to make the team's day-to-day work simpler and faster
• Your own project: in the second half of the year, choose a question the team needs answered and own it from brief to presentation

What other opportunities and benefits do Pfizer offer?

• Attendance at the EULA#####27 European Congress of Rheumatology with the team, supporting on-site activities and seeing how the latest science is shared with the medical community
• Cross-functional projects with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access and Insights & Analytics
• Direct exposure to senior leaders across the US and International teams, with opportunities to present your own work
• Pfizer-led training, including commercial capability-building through Marketing Academy
• Hands-on experience using AI tools responsibly in a commercial setting
• Weekly one-to-ones with your line manager, a buddy in the team and a formal mid-year review
• Pfizer's UK undergraduate network

Pfizer offers a diverse and supportive environment with many opportunities to grow. Throughout this role you will have:

GCS brings a single commercial voice to R&D and provides strategic leadership across the full lifecycle of our medicines, from early development through to launch and beyond. Within GCS, the Global Commercial function defines the global marketing strategy for our medicines and how it is delivered around the world, working closely with Global Access Strategy & Pricing and the GCS Platforms, like Launch Excellence.

Our team is preparing for the launch of a potential first-in-class medicine, currently in Phase 3 clinical trials, for dermatomyositis and polymyositis. These are rare, progressive autoimmune diseases affecting the skin and muscles, where patients often wait years for a diagnosis and treatment options remain very limited. We are a small, high-performing global team that works across rheumatology, dermatology and neurology, partnering every day with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access, Insights & Analytics, our US and International commercial teams, and external agencies and vendors, to help bring this medicine to patients and support Pfizer's purpose: breakthroughs that change patients' lives.

Our placement year falls during an important period of launch preparation, giving you a front-row view of how a new medicine is readied for patients around the world.

This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of the launch preparation of a new treatment for people living with a serious and rare condition. As our undergraduate placement, you'll join us as a valued member of our global commercial team, working with experienced colleagues across commercial, medical and market access on the real priorities of a live launch programme.

You’ll start by owning well-defined tasks and, as your confidence and experience grow, take on more. Along the way you’ll build the skills that matter in any business career: organising and coordinating projects, communicating with colleagues and external partners, working with numbers and budgets, researching and summarising information, and working effectively in a global, virtual, cross-functional team. You will also develop core marketing capabilities; understanding customers and the market, shaping how a brand is positioned, and bringing creativity to the way insights and ideas are turned into compelling materials. You will also see first‑hand how commercial, medical and access teams work together to prepare a new medicine for launch.

Type of person we are looking for

• Completing placement as part of University Degree either through Year In Industry/Industrial Placement or Gap Year
• AI Literate
• Studying Business, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy or a related subject (other disciplines welcome)
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrable AI fluency
• Confident using Excel and PowerPoint, and comfortable working with numbers
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Curious and analytical, able to summarise information clearly
• Ability to identify what is most important and prioritise several tasks accordingly
• Collaborative mindset, comfortable working in a global, virtual team
• Shows initiative and is eager to learn and take on new challenges
• Motivated by Pfizer's purpose: breakthroughs that change patients' lives

What can I achieve and what will I be accountable for whilst completing a placement at Pfizer?

• Presented your own work to senior leaders across the US and International teams
• Attended EULAR#####7, Europe's largest rheumatology congress, with the team
• Owned the competitive intelligence summaries the team relies on to understand the market
• Developed marketing fundamentals; insight, positioning, messaging and creative development, through Marketing Academy and hands‑on work on a live launch
• Learned how a multi‑million launch budget is planned and controlled
• Built a portfolio of tangible contributions you can talk about in any graduate interview

By the end of the year, you will have:

Pfizer offers a diverse and supportive environment with many opportunities to grow and develop. This is a great chance to be part of the bigger picture, to understand how the pharmaceutical industry works and the range of careers it offers, and to finish the year with a portfolio of tangible contributions to a live launch programme.

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let's start the conversation!

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

DisAbility Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!