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Internal Medicine Field Medical Migraine, Director, MD (NC, VA)

Pfizer
Remote friendly (Virginia Beach, VA)
United States
$219,800 - $366,400 USD yearly
Medical Affairs

Role Summary

The Internal Medicine Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing Migraine therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of external medical stakeholders (“EMS”) and initiatives in an assigned territory (North Carolina and Virginia).

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

Qualifications

  • Required: MD or DO Degree; 4 years of relevant experience; subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders; excellent oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; ability to manage a significant volume of projects in a remote environment; ability to work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team; ability to adapt to change
  • Preferred: Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/external medical stakeholder interactions; previous Field Medical experience

Skills

  • Executive leadership and collaboration across peers; ability to influence and coach others
  • Strategic thinking and delivery of medical content aligned to strategy
  • Strong clinical and technical communication skills; proficiency with digital tools for medical interactions
  • Problem-solving and enterprise-wide networking to identify solutions
  • Change agility and adaptability to evolving external health care environment

Education

  • MD or DO Degree required

Additional Requirements

  • Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly travel by air; travel 40-50% of time
  • Valid US driver's license and driving record in compliance with company standards