Senior Director, Emerging Markets, Xeljanz Scientific Expert, Non-MD

ROLE SUMMARY

This position will assume a leadership role within the assigned Emerging Market (EM) Medical Category. The position will support medical affairs activities for Emerging Markets (EM) with primary responsibility as the lead medical and scientific expert for EM assets related to specific disease areas. The Scientific Expert will act as one of the medical specialists leading scientific work on specific product/(s) to provide medical leadership, strategy and support for EM countries in alignment with Global Strategy. It will work very close with global teams to align on the medical position to integrate coherent strategies to position, successfully launch, and sustain assets within EM. This will be achieved by cross-functional integration with stakeholders at the global and local levels (research and development, health outcomes, commercial, regulatory, safety, public affairs); lead execution of evidence and insight generation, interpretation and dissemination activities for the safe and effective use of asset; coordinating work and strategies where appropriate with KOLs and external scientists; conducting and publishing results of high quality scientific studies of relevance to asset goals; represent Pfizer at key regional meetings, global meetings, and scientific congresses

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accountable for ensuring integration of scientific information (epidemiology, carriage, disease burden, public health value, etc.) in the assigned asset(s) or disease area as an integral member.
• Act as an expert on specified asset(s) and disease area science, within and outside of Pfizer; Global subject matter expert of a highly scientific product(s).
• Manage high number of products/product launches/ different lifecycle periods/ multiple therapeutic areas
• Leads Global/EM Matrix teams
• Contribute to developing a strategy on publications, scientific congresses, and advisory boards each year to support scientific data related to asset and disease area.
• Identify, establish, and maintain relationships with Glocal external partners that can inform on scientific issues of relevance to asset(s) policies and decision-making
• Join the Glocal workstreams
• Lead the scientific dialogue and positioning of assigned asset(s) and related science via various avenues, including but not limited to:
• The development and execution of medical advisory boards in accordance with Pfizer policies and procedures.
• Working with internal and external experts to publish data in peer-reviewed manuscripts, including taking the lead for writing the first draft of these manuscripts
• Working with internal and external experts to develop abstracts and present data for scientific congresses, including taking the lead for writing and presenting
• Provide credible and accurate scientific data demonstrating the value of assigned products and differentiating them from our competitors to support country level tendering processes
• Assist with competitive intelligence for assigned assets, including gathering and communicating findings
• Develop and update slide compendiums for medical-to-medical as well as internal use for the science related to assigned asset(s) and disease area
• Oversee gathering and integrating published scientific data necessary for developing product labels
• Review external study proposals as member of the Epidemiology Sub-committee (ESC) and Medical Scientific Committee
• Contribute as a member of the assigned category Leadership Team
• Represents Pfizer on scientific issues related to specific product(s) at key study sites as appropriate, including meeting with local investigators, regulatory officials, and approving bodies as needed.
• Leads work in the EM, with a special focus on the main markets. Provide the needed support to country medical teams in the organization of medical education events, maintain professional scientific relationships with external opinion leaders, interact with health care professionals

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 a health science required
• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred
• At least 8 years of working experience in medical field and/or in public health and a minimal 7 years of experience in asset or disease area related medical/scientific activities including research, clinical development, epidemiological, and immunization programs.
• Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing implementation of clinical studies, including methodology, analytic plans, interpretation, and budgets, and conducting on-site assessments of study progress
• Proven ability to interact with senior KOLs and Government officials
• Demonstrated experience effectively leading and collaborating with matrixed teams
• Established track record of values and compliance leadership including across diverse cultures and geographies
• Documented ability to take an asset related project from start to end including conception, design, protocol, analytic plan, implementation, analysis, and reporting and interpretation of results
• Able to review, evaluate, interpret, and present complex data; understand information on emerging safety and efficacy profile of related assets
• Understand the critical data elements related to the access process (including from Clinical development programs and HTA analysis, PE approaches of different reimbursement bodies) and lead the data generation process in anchor EM in alignment with these
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including scientific writing skills
• Strong work ethic and history of delivering project within stated timelines.
• Fluent in English writing, reading, speaking; multiple languages a plus (particularly Spanish, French, or mandarin) but not required

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Last Date to Apply for Job: June 1st, 2022

Additional Location Information: New York, NY; US – Remote; Global – Any Pfizer site; Global - Remote

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