Field Medical Director, Breast and Gynecological Cancers (Non-MD)

Pfizer • McCullom Lake, IL

5d • $176,600 - $294,300 • Remote

About The Position

The Oncology Field Medical Director (non-MD) provides therapeutic-area and product expertise across Medical customer segments and initiatives in an assigned territory, typically comprising one or more U.S. states. The role plans and executes Medical strategy and customer engagement, provides accurate and scientifically supported information about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics, gathers customer insights, and aligns field activities with Pfizer Medical Affairs priorities. It works closely with headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, other Field Medical colleagues, and cross-functional partners while keeping patients at the center of communications and deliverables.

The Director provides scientific leadership across a regional territory; supports clinical research and Investigator Sponsored Research; contributes to content development, advisory boards, committees, and special projects; and builds relationships with health care professionals, patient advocacy groups, and professional associations. The role requires strong scientific and communication skills, leadership and collaboration in a matrixed environment, adaptability, effective project prioritization, and adoption of digital technologies. It is remote and field-based, requires 50–75% travel, including airline and car travel, and may require weekend work for congress coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a health science is required.
• Relevant experience: PharmD or PhD with 5 years; MBA or MSc with 7 years; or BA or BSc with 8 years.
• Recognized subject-matter expertise among internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership breadth, ability to influence and collaborate with peers, and ability to create business impact.
• Clinical and technical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to respond to multiple customer demands and handle conflict constructively.
• Change agility, flexibility to take on new opportunities such as new therapeutic areas, and adaptability to organizational change.
• Ability to manage a significant volume of projects in a remote environment, prioritize, implement successfully, exercise sound judgment, and work in a continuous-improvement environment.
• Ability to work in a matrixed, multidisciplinary team and build professional relationships aligned with Pfizer Medical objectives.
• Ability to lead and manage change in an evolving external health care environment.
• Ability to problem-solve and network across the enterprise to identify solutions.
• Ability to collaborate and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders, and external customers to build alignment and partnership.
• Self-starter with accountability and urgency in delivering results that have medical impact and support a positive customer experience.
• Self-awareness and ability to choose behaviors and responses with regard to their impact on personal and others’ performance and engagement.
• Ability to rapidly adopt digital technology, including AI, and use new technologies in routine work and with medical customers.
• Ability to operate a Pfizer company car and regularly travel by airplane; proximity to an airline hub city.
• Ability to travel 50–75% of the time.
• Ability to work weekends for congress coverage.
• Permanent U.S. work authorization; U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree, such as Doctor of Nursing Practice or Doctor of Physical Therapy.
• Previous Field Medical experience.
• Breast cancer therapeutic-area expertise.
• Gynecological cancers therapeutic-area expertise.
• Residence in or near Chicago, Illinois.
• Familiarity with internal and external SOPs, rules, and regulations regarding Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Medical strategy and engagement for appropriate assigned customers in the territory, coordinating compliantly with Pfizer colleagues as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant therapeutic areas, disease states, and Pfizer medicines; provide therapeutic-area and product information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as a resource for Medical Information and customer insights, respond to HCP requests as permitted by Pfizer guidance, and share customer viewpoints with Pfizer.
• Contribute to Medical content strategy and execute aligned Field Medical tactics based on Pfizer Medical Affairs priorities.
• Maintain appropriate communication and collaboration with headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Field Medical colleagues.
• Communicate through live and virtual presentations, written materials, telephone conversations, and other channels, applying patient-centric, health-literacy, and cultural-awareness principles.
• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area.
• Identify priority customer segments and seek appropriate Medical engagement with them.
• Provide truthful, accurate, scientifically supported responses to unsolicited HCP medical requests in compliance with Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Manage and provide scientific leadership in a regional territory, collaborating with cross-therapeutic-area field medical colleagues at shared institutions.
• Contribute to or co-lead virtual advisory boards with manager oversight as appropriate.
• Field inbound HCP queries through the established triage process.
• Partner with Global Medical Affairs, Oncology Research & Development, and Clinical Operations to identify potential sites for Pfizer-sponsored clinical trials, including sites serving under-represented patient populations.
• Provide appropriate Medical support throughout the Investigator Sponsored Research process.
• Develop research and therapeutic-area expertise, including familiarity with congress data and disease-state literature.
• Provide asset leadership as needed.
• Understand study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation, and communicate these concepts to customers.
• Communicate reactively and proactively with local Patient Advocacy Groups as appropriate, in collaboration with Corporate Affairs and headquarters Medical Affairs.
• Share insights on local patient-organization structures, capabilities, and patient-population needs.
• Serve on Medical, therapeutic-area, and asset cross-functional committees as appropriate.
• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs with clinical or professional associations and societies, maintaining medical professionalism.
• Mentor colleagues, including as an onboarding partner and through advisory-board and study-lead mentoring as appropriate.
• Participate in special projects as needed.
• Collaborate compliantly with commercial colleagues to support practitioner needs.
• Document all medical interactions promptly as required.
• Travel to HCP and customer meetings, medical congresses, and internal company meetings; operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly as required.
• Work weekends when needed for congress coverage.

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 for 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