Internal Medicine Field Medical Migraine, Director, non-MD

ROLE SUMMARY

The Internal Medicine Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing Migraine therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of external medical stakeholders (“EMS”) and initiatives in Georgia and South Carolina.

ROLE 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
• 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
• Serve as a conduit and resource for Medical Information and external medical stakeholder insights, providing requested information to external medical stakeholder as allowed by Pfizer guidance and sharing external medical stakeholder viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate
• 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
• 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
• Achieve leadership-defined expectations regarding the number of external medical stakeholders engaged.

_Field Medical Role Responsibilities_

• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area
• Identify and seek medical scientific engagement from priority external medical stakeholder segments in assigned Therapeutic Area
• 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
• Leads advisory boards (BRF, Vendor) with manager oversight.
• 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
• Provides Asset leadership
• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with external medical stakeholders
• Strong territory leadership
• Reactively and proactively communicate with local Patient Advocacy Group(s), as appropriate, in close collaboration with Corporate Affairs and HQ Medical Affairs
• Deliver insights on local patient organization structure, capabilities, and patient population needs
• Serve on Medical and/or TA and cross-functional committees, as appropriate
• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs leadership with clinical/professional associations and/or societies, consistently demonstrating medical professionalism in all interactions
• Mentorship – Onboarding partner, ad board and study lead mentor.
• Participate in special projects as needed

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 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
• Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 5 years of experience, MBA/MSc with 7 years of experience, BA/BSc with 8 years of experience.
• 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/external medical stakeholder interactions and relationships, etc.
• Previous Field Medical experience

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (i.e. attend external medical stakeholder meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, etc. required; proximity to airline ‘hub’ city); maintain flexibility to travel 40-50% of time
• 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