Oncology Field Medical Director

Role Summary

The Oncology Field Medical Director provides therapeutic area and product expertise in thoracic oncology and pipeline across a broad set of medical customer segments within an assigned territory (Dallas region TX, AK, OK, NM, LA). They plan and execute medical strategy and engagement with customers, coordinate with Pfizer colleagues to achieve medical objectives, and maintain current knowledge of relevant TA/disease states and Pfizer medicines. The role requires strong scientific communication, field leadership, collaboration with Medical Affairs and Medical Information, and a patient-centered approach.

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
• 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

Qualifications

• Required: 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
• Required: Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
• Required: Ability to manage a significant volume of projects developed in a remote environment, prioritizing, implementing, and exercising excellent judgment in a continuous-improvement environment
• Required: Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team to foster strong Pfizer/customer professional relationships aligned with Pfizer Medical objectives
• Required: Effectively manage through and lead change in an ever-changing external health care environment
• Required: Change agility; be flexible to new opportunities and adaptable to organizational change
• Required: Problem-solve and network enterprise-wide as appropriate to identify solutions
• Required: Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
• Required: Travel and mobility: operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes; proximity to an airline hub city; willingness to travel 60-80% of time
• Preferred: PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred
• Preferred: Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships
• Preferred: Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
• Preferred: Previous Field Medical experience
• Preferred: 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
• Preferred: 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
• Preferred: Maintain self-awareness and continually choose behaviors and responses based on how it impacts one’s own and others’ performance and engagement
• Preferred: Demonstrate clinical and technical skills
• Preferred: Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact
• Preferred: Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal customers’ demands and manage and handle conflict constructively

Education

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

Additional Requirements

• 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)