Senior Director, US Obesity – Pre-Launch (Team Lead)
About The Position
The Senior Director, US Obesity – Pre-Launch (Team Lead) is accountable for leading the US pre-launch strategy and execution across obesity assets, ensuring a coherent, enterprise-aligned approach from late-stage development through launch. This role manages a team of marketing leaders to shape US portfolio strategy, customer segmentation, positioning and messaging, and integrated go-to-market plans. The Team Lead partners tightly with Global/US leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to drive governance decisions, steward significant marketing investment, and ensure executional readiness across channels and stakeholders. As assets advance, the Senior Director translates clinical data, competitive dynamics, access/policy shifts, and real-world insights into US portfolio-level choices and asset-specific strategies, balancing near-term launch imperatives with long-term brand building. The role requires high autonomy, strong strategic judgment, and exceptional cross-functional leadership to deliver differentiated, insight-driven launches at scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree strongly preferred.
- 12+ years in pharmaceutical marketing/commercial roles with significant pre-launch leadership.
- Demonstrated people leadership, including manager-of-managers experience.
- Track record shaping portfolio-level strategy, governance decisions, and major investments.
- Deep understanding of US clinical development, access/policy, and commercialization.
- Strategic thinker, decisive under ambiguity, developer of talent, strong communicator.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing US pre-launch marketing team
- Establish operating rhythms, performance goals, and ways of working that promote accountability, inclusion, and cross-functional excellence.
- Own the US pre-launch strategic agenda
- Serve as primary US commercial voice in governance, framing options, risks, and trade-offs.
- Partner with Finance to define investment strategies and budget guardrails; optimize spend.
- Lead development of US portfolio and asset positioning, including message architectures.
- Oversee customer segmentation and targeting across key stakeholders.
- Direct launch readiness across Marketing, Sales, Medical, Access, and Operations.
- Institutionalize a decision-driven insights engine integrating CI, research, and KOL input.
- Deliver executive-ready insights and adjust strategies based on market evolution.
- Act as senior integrator across key functions to ensure unified planning.
- Oversee strategic agency and partner ecosystem.
- Define and track KPIs; adjust investments based on data.
- Ensure adherence to compliance and ethical standards across all activities.
Benefits
- participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 25.0% of the base salary
- eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
