Medical Affairs AI Lead

Pfizer • New York City, NY

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About The Position

The Medical Affairs AI Lead is the strategic architect and technical product owner for AI transformation across HQ Medical Affairs and Field Medical. This role defines the AI vision and roadmap, identifies and prioritizes high-impact use cases, builds rapid prototypes to prove value, and develops reusable Medical Affairs specific Agent Skills and context architectures. The AI Lead translates complex AI capabilities into practical solutions, creates technical specifications and architecture documentation for scalable implementation, and partners across Technology, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Procurement, and Data teams to remove friction and accelerate delivery.

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.
• Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, or related field (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent preferred), and/or a degree in software development or computer science.
• 5+ years of Medical Affairs experience (HQ or Field) with hands-on exposure to Medical Affairs, and/or in software development for large, regulated enterprises.
• Demonstrated technical fluency: ability to build prototypes, develop AI instructions, and critically evaluate AI outputs.
• Proven track record of partnering with IT, Legal, Compliance, and other enterprise stakeholders to deliver solutions in governed environments.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate between technical and business audiences.
• This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with agentic AI frameworks, context engineering, or Agent Skills development
• Background in Medical Affairs, Field Medical operations, or scientific communications
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar integration standards
• Familiarity with Veeva, Salesforce, or other Medical Affairs data platforms
• Understanding of pharmaceutical compliance and regulatory considerations

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the AI transformation vision for Medical Affairs, aligned with enterprise AI strategy and function-specific needs.
• Identify high-impact AI use cases across HQ Medical (e.g., Medical Strategy, Publications, Medical Information, Competitive Intelligence) and Field Medical (e.g., Field Medical operations, congress management, advisory boards, ISS/IIRs).
• Prioritize initiatives based on value, feasibility, and strategic alignment, distinguishing commoditized use cases from high-leverage opportunities unique to the organization.
• Stay current on emerging AI capabilities (e.g., context engineering, agentic workflows, integration standards such as MCP) and translate them into actionable opportunities.
• Build functional prototypes and proofs-of-concept (POCs) that allow stakeholders to experience value before full-scale investment.
• Develop and maintain Medical Affairs specific Agent Skills: reusable instruction sets, templates, and domain knowledge packages deployable across multiple workflows.
• Create and curate Agent Skills libraries, workflow templates, and context architectures optimized for Medical Affairs applications.
• Configure AI solutions with therapeutic area content, scientific terminology, and compliance/regulatory constraints.
• Enable Medical Affairs subject-matter experts to contribute to and customize Agent Skills for their needs while maintaining quality and governance.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Medical Affairs and IT for AI initiatives, translating business needs into technical requirements and vice versa.
• Develop technical specifications and architecture documentation that enable IT to scope, implement, support, and monitor solutions effectively.
• Build cross-functional partnerships (Technology, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Procurement, Data) and proactively remove bottlenecks (approval paths, data governance, security concerns, vendor evaluation).

Benefits

• In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.
• We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 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, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree