The Oncology Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise, including hematology and pipeline, across a broad range of medical customer segments and initiatives in an assigned territory (which could include Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia).
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, but not limited to, 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 to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus
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
- 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
- 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
- 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- Bachelor's degree in a health science required
- Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 5+ years of experience, MBA/MSc with 7+ years of experience, BA/BSc with 8+ years of experience.
- 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.
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (i.e. attend HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, etc. required; proximity to airline 'hub' city); 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.
- Expertise/clinical experience in Hematology
- Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships, etc.
- Previous Field Medical experience.
- Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers that inspires alignment and partnership on a shared vision or strategy.
- Be a self-starter, be accountable, and have a sense of urgency in delivering results that have medical impact and yield a positive customer experience.
- 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.
- 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.
Ability to operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (ie. attend HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, regional and national scientific meetings, etc.) is required.- Flexibility to travel 60-80% of time.
- Reasonable proximity to airline 'hub' city
- Ability to work on weekends occasionally (e.g. attend advisory boards and congress meetings)
Work Location Assignment: Remote - Field Based
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The annual base salary for this position ranges from $176,600.00 to $294,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
