Director, Oncology Business Assessments

Pfizer • New York City, NY

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Business Assessment (BA) is a collaborative team responsible for developing investment cases for pipeline and business development decisions. Its assessments are independent and apply consistent rigor whether they support or challenge a proposed investment. BA is part of Pfizer’s Global Commercial Analytics organization under the Chief Marketing Office, which brings together revenue forecasting across business development, in-line, and pipeline assets.

The Director partners with commercial leadership, asset leads, Therapeutic Area Leadership Teams, and Worldwide Business Development to assess internal pipeline and external opportunities. The role independently leads multiple concurrent commercial assessments, including internal proof-of-concept study-start and Phase 3 business cases, external business development cases, and early pipeline forecasts. It provides strategic input on investment trade-offs, maintains consistency in forecasting approaches across internal and external opportunities, and presents analyses and recommendations to oncology leadership. The Director owns Oncology inputs to Operating Plan and Long-Range Forecast cycles and may also support other strategy projects, disease-area opportunities, M&A evaluations, emerging-technology platform assessments, and senior-management requests.

The Director sets standards for AI-enabled assessment work, including evidence synthesis, competitive landscaping, model quality control, and executive materials, ensuring assumptions are traceable to their sources. The role also contributes to colleague development and may support additional Business Assessment, Global Commercial Analytics, and enterprise initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) required.
• At least 8 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, life sciences consulting, financial services, or another analytical profession; at least 7 years with an advanced degree.
• Working knowledge of healthcare and pharmaceutical trends, competitor strategy, drug development, and healthcare-market dynamics in the United States and major ex-U.S. markets.
• Demonstrated ownership of patient-based revenue forecasting and business-case work from initial development through executive-ready recommendations.
• Ability to analyze complex information—including epidemiology literature, analyst reports, secondary or claims data, and primary research—and distill it into a decision-supporting analytical framework.
• Track record of delivering objective investment recommendations that earn senior-leadership endorsement while balancing category strategy with Pfizer’s overall growth strategy.
• Strong executive-level presentation skills.
• Experience coaching analytical talent and setting methodological standards for a team.
• Ability to engage commercial and research executives at appropriate points in the assessment process.
• Effectiveness in a matrixed organization, leading cross-functional teams through indirect authority and delivering quickly with limited information.
• Creativity in developing new approaches to meet business goals.
• Business development experience across opportunity identification, commercial assessment, and high-level deal structuring.
• Experience in biopharma forecasting, life sciences consulting, or financial services.
• Leadership capabilities including influencing and collaborating with peers, developing and coaching others, and guiding colleagues’ work to achieve meaningful outcomes and business impact.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer; U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available.
• Position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree in life sciences.
• Oncology forecasting experience.
• M&A or platform-evaluation experience.
• Demonstrated use of AI or large language model tools in analytical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and own assessments of pipeline and business development opportunities, including epidemiology-based patient flow, treatment rates, uptake and persistency curves, and revenue forecasts.
• Gather input from internal experts on potential clinical development plans, clinical profiles, and commercial evaluations.
• Develop analytically supported recommendations to facilitate investment trade-off decisions across business-unit opportunities and between business development opportunities and internal pipeline investments.
• Determine the appropriate level of analytical rigor and external insight or research for each scenario, timeline, and decision.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research with external physicians and key opinion leaders, directly and through consulting resources, following internal customer-engagement protocols.
• Support colleague development and influence at therapeutic-area or product-committee level.
• Take and defend an independent position before oncology leadership, including recommending against opportunities when warranted by limited information.
• Own Oncology inputs to Operating Plan and Long-Range Forecast cycles, including integration of pipeline and business development forecasts.
• Work across multiple therapeutic and tumor areas, applying learning and work agility.
• Set standards for AI-enabled assessment, including evidence synthesis, competitive landscaping, model quality control, and executive materials, with assumptions traceable to their sources.
• Occasionally support other Business Assessment and Global Commercial Analytics projects or enterprise initiatives and evaluations using analyst reports and other secondary data.
• Present analyses and recommendations to oncology leadership and support corporate-level prioritization by keeping forecasts current.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Eligibility to participate in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan, with a bonus target of 20% of base salary.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director