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Oncology Field Medical, Director Thoracic (non-MD)

Pfizer

Southern California, CAOnsitePosted 10 days ago$176,600.00 - $294,300.00/year
Full TimeDirector & AboveMedical AffairsPharmaceutical
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Summary

As a field-based scientific expert supporting Pfizer's Thoracic oncology portfolio in Southern California, you will engage a broad range of medical customer segments. You will deliver approved medical and scientific education to healthcare professionals, surface insights that inform medical strategy, support the identification of potential clinical trial sites and clinical trial support, and help address the field's most important unanswered scientific questions in service of improving patient outcomes.

Job description

Field Medical Core Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute Medical strategy and engagement for appropriate assigned customers 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 customer insights, providing requested information to HCPs as allowed by Pfizer guidance and sharing customer viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate
  • Understand the priorities of Pfizer Medical Affairs in order to contribute to Medical 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 communication across multiple channels, including live and virtual presentations in small or large settings, written communication, and telephone or virtual conversations
  • Optimize patient centricity of Medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles

Field Medical Role Responsibilities

  • Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area
  • Identify and seek medical engagement from priority customer segments in assigned Therapeutic Area
  • Provide truthful, accurate, and scientifically supported information in response to direct unsolicited medical requests from HCPs 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 HCPs via established triage process
  • In collaboration with Global Medical Affairs colleagues, partner with Oncology 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 customers
  • Reactively and proactively communicate with local Patient Advocacy Group(s), as appropriate, in close collaboration with Corporate Affairs and HQ Medical Affairs
  • 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
  • Mentorship – Onboarding partner, ad board and study lead mentor
  • Participate in special projects as needed

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a health science required
  • Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 6 years of experience, MBA/MSc with 8 years of experience, BA/BSc with 10 years of experience
  • Currently reside in the territory: Southern California
  • Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
  • Manage a significant volume of projects developed in a remote environment, while exhibiting the ability to prioritize, successfully implement, and demonstrate excellent judgment skills and work in a continuous improvement environment
  • Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team to foster strong Pfizer/customer professional relationships which are aligned with Pfizer Medical objectives
  • Effectively manage through and lead change in an ever-changing and evolving external health care environment
  • Change agility; be flexible to new opportunities (e.g. new therapeutic areas) and adaptable to organizational change
  • Problem-solve and network enterprise wide as appropriate to identify solutions
  • Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
  • Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes; maintain flexibility to travel 60-80% of time

Preferred Qualifications

  • PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred
  • Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships
  • Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Previous Field Medical experience
  • Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers
  • Be a self-starter, be accountable, and have a sense of urgency in delivering results that have medical impact
  • Maintain self-awareness and continually choose behaviors and responses based on how it impacts one's own and others' performance and engagement
  • Demonstrate clinical and technical skills
  • Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal customers' demands and manage and handle conflict constructively

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a health science required
  • PharmD/PhD with 6 years of experience, MBA/MSc with 8 years of experience, or BA/BSc with 10 years of experience
  • Currently reside in Southern California
  • Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to manage a significant volume of projects in a remote environment
  • Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team
  • Change agility and adaptability to organizational change
  • Problem-solve and network enterprise wide
  • Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology
  • Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes
  • Flexibility to travel 60-80% of time
  • Reasonable proximity to airline hub city
  • Ability to work on weekends occasionally

Benefits

  • 401(k) Matching
  • Retirement Savings Contribution
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Personal Days
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Medical Leave
  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Long-Term Incentive Program
  • Bonus Target 20%
  • Relocation Assistance

Company overview

Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered in New York City, founded in 1849 by German entrepreneurs Charles Pfizer and Charles F. Erhart. As one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer develops and produces medications and vaccines across multiple therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology. The company is renowned for breakthrough drugs such as Lipitor, Viagra, and more recently, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. With approximately 81,000 employees globally and operations in about 200 countries, Pfizer maintains 37 manufacturing sites worldwide. The company's current strategic focus includes oncology, rare diseases, and innovative vaccine development, while implementing significant cost-saving initiatives. Pfizer continues to advance its research pipeline with over 100 projects and maintains a strong commitment to scientific innovation and global healthcare access.

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