Internal Medicine Field Medical, Director, non-MD

Role Summary

The Internal Medicine Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing Cardiovascular Metabolism/Obesity therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of external medical stakeholders (“EMS”) and initiatives in an assigned territory (Metro NYC, Long Island)

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute independent Medical strategies and engagements 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 stakeholder 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 scientific 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 improvement 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
• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area
• Identify and seek medical scientific 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 IM/SC 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
• Serve as a Medical resource to HQ Medical Affairs, other Field Medical colleagues, and external Therapeutic Area investigators and researchers as appropriate
• Aappropriately 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
• 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

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in health science
• Preferred: PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy)
• Required: Relevant experience (PharmD/PhD with 5 years; MBA/MSc with 7 years; BA/BSc with 8 years)
• Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
• Diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal stakeholders’ demands and manage and handle conflict constructively
• Ability to manage a significant volume of projects developed in a remote environment, with prioritization and sound judgment in a continuous improvement environment
• Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team to foster strong Pfizer/external medical stakeholder relationships aligned with Pfizer Medical objectives
• Effectively manage through and lead change in an ever-changing external health care environment
• Change agility; flexible to new opportunities and adaptable to organizational change
• Problem-solve and network enterprise-wide as appropriate to identify solutions
• Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork that inspires alignment and partnership on a shared vision or strategy
• Self-starter, accountable, and with a sense of urgency in delivering results that have medical impact and yield a positive external medical stakeholder experience
• Maintain self-awareness and continually choose behaviors and responses based on impact on performance and engagement
• Demonstrate clinical and technical skills
• Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical external medical stakeholders and record medical interactions
• Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/external medical stakeholder interactions and relationships
• Previous Field Medical experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in health science
• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (preferred)

Additional Requirements

• Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes; travel 40-50% of time is required
• Valid US driver’s license and driving record in compliance with company standards