Vaccines Field Medical, Director, non

Pfizer Belgium; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Vaccines Field Medical Director to lead strategic medical activities across designated U.S. states, engaging external medical stakeholders with Pfizer product knowledge and disease-state expertise.

The role requires leadership in medical education, collaboration with internal teams, and the ability to deliver high-quality content through various channels while ensuring patient-centered care and compliance with Pfizer guidelines.

Qualifications

• Breadth of leadership experiences and capability to influence and coach others
• Experience or exposure to medical affairs and external stakeholders
• Strong collaboration with internal Pfizer colleagues and external partners

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Medical strategy within a territory to meet Medical objectives
• Maintain knowledge of relevant disease states and Pfizer medicines
• Serve as a conduit for Medical Information and stakeholder insights
• Educate external stakeholders to improve guideline-based care and patient outcomes
• Lead communications across headquarters Medical and Field Medical colleagues
• Deliver scientific content across multiple channels including live/virtual presentations

Skills

Leadership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Medical affairs knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in health science

PharmD or PhD preferred

MBA/MSc with 7+ years experience

Job description

ROLE SUMMARY

The Vaccines Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of external medical stakeholders ("EMS") and initiatives in an assigned territory (typically comprised of one or more US states).

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and execute independent Medical strategy and engagement for appropriate assigned external medical stakeholders within a territory, compliantly coordinating with other Pfizer colleagues as needed to achieve Medical objectives

• Maintain required level of knowledge of relevant TA/disease states and Pfizer medicines, providing therapeutic area/product information to both internal and external stakeholders as needed

• Serve as a conduit and resource for Medical Information and external medical stakeholder insights, providing requested information to external medical stakeholders as allowed by Pfizer guidance and sharing external medical stakeholder viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate

• Understand the priorities of Pfizer Medical Affairs in order to contribute to Medical educational content strategy development and execute aligned Field Medical tactics

• Maintain effective and appropriate communication and collaboration among headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues

• Demonstrate expertise in scientific communication across multiple channels, including, but not limited to, live and virtual presentations in small or large settings, written communication, and telephone or virtual conversations

• Optimize patient care improvements in Medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus

• Conduct all activities in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and compliance guidance

• Educate external medical stakeholders based on patient care gaps and aligned to medical strategy with the goal of enhancing understanding of disease state and guideline-based care and improve overall patient care;

• Achieve leadership-defined expectations regarding the number of external medical stakeholders engaged.

Field Medical Role Responsibilities

• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area

• Provide education on the clinical and economic impact of Pfizer to help inform external medical stakeholder decision-making and improve population health through the communication of real-world data analyses, pharmacoeconomic analyses, outcomes evaluations, and medical presentations

• Provide objective and scientifically sound medical information regarding Pfizer's medicines and the diseases they prevent through use of pharmacoeconomic models, outcomes tools, educational programs, Health Outcomes Projects and Evaluations (HOPEs), non-interventional studies, and collaborations

• Compliantly execute mutually beneficial specific projects, collaborations, strategic medical patient care projects, and non-interventional studies

• Serve as the Medical lead for assigned external medical stakeholders, developing and executing a Medical account plan while representing Medical Affairs, sharing insights from the external medical stakeholder, and identifying opportunities for collaboration to improve patient care

• Appropriately engage with key stakeholders within the healthcare landscape such as Quality Improvement Organizations, Advocacy Groups, Coalitions, and other medical/healthcare associations, to understand their population health priorities and identify opportunities that align with the strategic independent Medical objectives of Pfizer

• Compliantly collaborate with internal Pfizer colleagues (including Key Account Managers, Account Directors, PHI, Field Medical, Headquarters Medical, and HEOR) to understand the outcomes of interest and data analysis needs of assigned external medical stakeholders

• Identify and seek medical engagement from priority external medical stakeholder segments in assigned Therapeutic Area

• Provide truthful, accurate, and scientifically supported information in response to direct unsolicited medical requests from external medical stakeholders in a manner that complies with all applicable Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures

• Leads advisory boards (BRF,Vendor) with manager oversight.

• Field relevant inbound queries from external medical stakeholders via established triage process

• In collaboration with US and/or Global Medical Affairs colleagues, partner with Vaccines Research & Development and Global Product Development (GPD) in the identification of potential sites for Pfizer-sponsored clinical trials, including identification of sites serving under-represented patient populations in trials

• Appropriately provide Medical support throughout the Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) process

• Cultivate research and therapeutic area expertise, including familiarity with latest congress data and disease state literature

• Provides Asset leadership

• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with external medical stakeholders

• Strong territory leadership

• Reactively and proactively communicate with local Patient Advocacy Group(s), as appropriate, in close collaboration with Corporate Affairs and HQ Medical Affairs

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• Deliver insights on local patient organization structure, capabilities, and patient population needs

• Serve on Medical and/or TA and asset cross-functional committees, as appropriate

• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs leadership with clinical/professional associations and/or societies, consistently demonstrating medical professionalism in all interactions

• Mentorship - Onboarding partner, ad board and study lead mentor.

• Participate in special projects as needed

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

• Bachelor's degree in a health science required. PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred

• Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 5+ years of experience, MBA/MSc with 7+ years of experience, BA/BSc with 8+ years of experience.

• Experience could include any of the following:

• Experience in Hospital therapies, outcomes, and/or epidemiology a plus

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