Specialty Care Field Medical Director, Sickle Cell Disease, non-MD

Role Summary

The Specialty Care Field Medical, Director (Rare Disease, Sickle Cell Disease) is responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of external medical stakeholders (“EMS”) segments and initiatives in an assigned territory (typically comprised of one or more US states).

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute independent Medical strategy and engagement 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 stakeholders 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 communication and collaboration among headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues
• Demonstrate expertise in scientific communication across multiple channels, including live and virtual presentations in small or large settings, written communication, and telephone or virtual conversations
• Optimize patient care improvements 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

• Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal medical stakeholders’ demands and manage and handle conflict constructively
• Manage a significant volume of projects developed in a remote environment, while prioritizing, 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/external medical stakeholder 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
• Demonstrate 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
• Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external medical stakeholders 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 external medical stakeholder 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
• Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical external medical stakeholders and record medical interactions

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a health science
• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred

Additional Requirements

• Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly to attend external medical stakeholder meetings and HQ meetings; travel approximately 40-50% of the time
• Valid US driver's license and driving record in compliance with company standards