Field Medical Director, Breast and Gynecological Cancers (MD)

Pfizer • McCullom Lake, IL

5d • $230,900 - $384,800 • Remote

About The Position

The Field Medical Director provides therapeutic-area and product expertise for breast and gynecological cancers across a broad range of medical customer segments and initiatives in an assigned territory, typically comprising one or more U.S. states. The position plans and executes medical strategy and customer engagement in alignment with Pfizer Medical objectives, while providing accurate, scientifically supported information and customer insights to internal and external stakeholders. The role is remote and field-based, with 50–75% travel, including regular air and car travel and occasional weekend work for congress coverage.

The Field Medical Director delivers approved medical content, responds to unsolicited health care professional requests in accordance with Pfizer guidance, and contributes to medical content and tactics. The role collaborates with Medical Affairs, Oncology Research & Development, Clinical Operations, cross-therapeutic-area colleagues, and other stakeholders. Responsibilities also include supporting clinical trial site identification and investigator-sponsored research, cultivating disease-area expertise, engaging with patient advocacy groups, mentoring colleagues, and representing Pfizer Medical Affairs with clinical and professional associations.

The position requires an MD or equivalent and relevant experience. Pfizer lists a U.S. annual base salary range of $230,900 to $384,800, with eligibility for a performance-plan bonus and a share-based long-term incentive program. Benefits include retirement contributions, paid time off and leave, and health coverage. Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and eligibility. Candidates must have permanent U.S. work authorization; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Requirements

• MD or equivalent required.
• Relevant experience required: MD with 4 years; PhD or PharmD with 5 years; MBA or MS with 7 years; or BA/BSc with 8 years.
• Recognized subject-matter expertise across internal and external stakeholders.
• Clinical and technical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to respond to varied customer demands and manage conflict constructively.
• 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 within matrixed, multidisciplinary teams and build professional relationships aligned with Pfizer Medical objectives.
• Ability to manage and lead change in an evolving 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.
• Self-starter with accountability and urgency in delivering medical impact and a positive customer experience.
• Self-awareness and ability to choose behaviors and responses with consideration for their effect on personal and others’ performance and engagement.
• Ability to rapidly adopt digital technology, including AI and other resources, and use new technologies in routine work and with medical customers.
• Ability to operate a company car and regularly travel by airplane; proximity to an airline hub city is noted.
• 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

• 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 governing Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute medical strategy and engagement for assigned customers within the territory, coordinating compliantly with Pfizer colleagues as needed.
• Maintain expertise in relevant therapeutic areas, disease states, and Pfizer medicines, and provide information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as a resource for Medical Information and customer insights, responding to HCP requests as permitted and sharing customer viewpoints appropriately.
• Contribute to medical content strategy and execute aligned Field Medical tactics.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Field Medical colleagues.
• Communicate across live and virtual presentations, written materials, telephone conversations, and virtual interactions, applying patient-centered, health-literacy, and cultural-awareness principles.
• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area.
• Identify and engage priority customer segments in the assigned therapeutic area.
• Provide truthful, accurate, scientifically supported information in response to unsolicited HCP requests in compliance with Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Provide scientific leadership in a regional territory and collaborate with cross-therapeutic-area field medical colleagues at shared institutions.
• Contribute to or co-lead virtual advisory boards with manager oversight as appropriate.
• Triage and field inbound HCP queries through established processes.
• 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 medical support throughout the Investigator Sponsored Research process.
• Cultivate research and therapeutic-area expertise, including familiarity with current 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 HQ Medical Affairs.
• Provide insights on local patient-organization structure, capabilities, and patient-population needs.
• Serve on Medical and/or therapeutic-area and asset cross-functional committees as appropriate.
• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs with clinical and professional associations and societies, demonstrating medical professionalism.
• Mentor colleagues as appropriate, including onboarding partners and advisory-board and study leads.
• Participate in special projects as needed.
• Collaborate compliantly with commercial colleagues to support practitioner needs.
• Document medical interactions in a timely manner.
• Operate a Pfizer company car and travel by air for customer meetings, medical congresses, and internal meetings; work weekends for congress coverage when required.

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.
• Participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan, with a 25% bonus target.
• 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
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree