Internal Medicine Field Medical Antiviral FMD, Senior Director, non-MD

Pfizer • New York City, NY

8d • Remote

About The Position

The Internal Medicine Antiviral Field Medical Director, Sr. Director is responsible for providing Antiviral (AV) therapeutic area/product expertise through engagements with a priority set of external medical stakeholders (“EMS”—e.g. HCPs) and leading and supporting field medical initiatives in the assigned territory. In addition, this role will have significant leadership responsibilities for leading, developing, and ensuring effective implementation of the AV FMD team’s early engagement work in support of assigned Life Cycle Management (LCM) clinical programs. This Senior Director–level AV FMD role responsibilities also include representing the FMD role on the assigned LCM clinical study team(s), conducting training for FMDs on engaging clinical trialists, recommending and ensuring approval of relevant medical content, mentoring additional FMD colleagues, developing processes to track and measure the impact of FMD early engagement work, and ensuring FMD leadership is aligned with and endorses LCM early engagement support. The role requires planning and executing independent Medical strategies and engagements with external medical stakeholders, providing accurate and scientifically supported information in response to unsolicited medical requests, educating stakeholders on disease states and guideline-based care, and maintaining knowledge of relevant therapeutic areas and Pfizer medicines. The role also involves serving as a Medical resource to HQ Medical Affairs and other colleagues, providing support throughout the Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) process, cultivating research and therapeutic area expertise, and understanding study design principles. Additionally, the role requires delivering insights on local patient organization structure and needs, serving on cross-functional committees, representing Pfizer Medical Affairs leadership with professional associations, contributing to Medical educational content strategy, and maintaining scientific communication and collaboration with various internal teams. Expertise in scientific communication across multiple channels is essential, optimizing patient care improvement in Medical communications and deliverables by incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles. All activities must be conducted in accordance with relevant policies, procedures, and compliance guidance, achieving leadership-defined expectations regarding the number of external medical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Bachelor’s degree in health science required
• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred
• PharmD/PhD with 7+ years of experience, MBA/MSc with 10+ years of experience, BA/BSc with 12+ years of experience
• Significant field medical experience in planning and conducting “Early Engagement” field medical activities with clinical trialists.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior leader influencing outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong strategic thinking, executive presence, analytical rigor, and communication skills.
• 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 stakeholders’ demands and manage and handle conflict constructively.
• Demonstrate ability to manage a significant volume of projects developed in a remote environment, while exhibiting the ability to prioritize, 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.
• Valid US driver’s license and driving record in compliance with company standards.
• Any DUI/DWI or other impaired driving citation within the past 7 years will disqualify you from being hired.
• Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
• U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
• This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/external medical stakeholder interactions and relationships, etc.
• Previous Field Medical experience
• Candidate currently in role as an Antiviral FMD and have least 3 years of antiviral FMD experience with a track record of field medical innovation.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute independent Medical strategies and engagements for appropriate assigned external medical stakeholders within a territory, compliantly coordinating with other Pfizer colleagues as needed to achieve Medical objectives.
• Provide truthful, accurate, and scientifically supported information in response to direct unsolicited medical requests from external medical stakeholders in a manner that complies with all applicable Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• 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.
• 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.
• Field relevant inbound queries from external medical stakeholders via established triage process
• In collaboration with US and/or Global Medical Affairs colleagues, partner with IM/SC 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.
• Serve as a Medical resource to HQ Medical Affairs, other Field Medical colleagues, and external Therapeutic Area investigators and researchers as appropriate.
• 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.
• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with external medical stakeholders.
• 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.
• 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 scientific communication and collaboration among headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues.
• Demonstrate expertise in scientific 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 care improvement 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.
• Achieve leadership-defined expectations regarding the number of external medical stakeholders.
• Representing the FMD role on the assigned LCM clinical study team(s) and proposing appropriate FMD early engagement activities for endorsement by the AV FMD TLs and IM FMD Group VP.
• Conducting the appropriate training for FMDs (in collaboration with the respective study teams) on how to compliantly engage with clinical trialists and ensure the FMDs have the requisite protocol knowledge and understanding of the respective LCM protocols.
• Recommending and ensuring approval of relevant medical content and related materials FMDs will need with which to engage these contracted clinical trialists.
• Mentoring additional FMD colleagues that may be identified to assist in representing the FMD group on the clinical study team(s).
• Developing processes to track, measure, and characterize the impact of the FMD earlier engagement work for the assigned LCM clinical program working with key cross-functional partners in R & D, Global Medical Affairs, and MEI.
• Ensuring FMD leadership is aligned with and endorses the respective LCM early engagement support and maintain effective relationships with the respective internal cross-functional partners.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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