Oncology Field Medical Director (MD)

About the role

The Oncology Field Medical Director, Malignant Hematology is responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise, including hematology and pipeline, across a broad range of medical customer segments and initiatives in an assigned territory (which may include Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia).

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Medical strategy and engagement for appropriate assigned customers 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 customer insights, providing requested information to HCPs as allowed by Pfizer guidance and sharing customer viewpoints with Pfizer as appropriate
• Understand the priorities of Pfizer Medical Affairs in order to contribute to Medical content strategy development and execute aligned Field Medical tactics
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication and collaboration among headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues
• Demonstrate expertise in 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 centricity of Medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus
• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area
• Identify and seek medical engagement from priority customer segments in assigned Therapeutic Area
• Provide truthful, accurate, and scientifically supported information in response to direct unsolicited medical requests from HCPs in a manner that complies with all applicable Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Field relevant inbound queries from HCPs via established triage process
• In collaboration with Global Medical Affairs colleagues, partner with Oncology 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
• 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 customers
• 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 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
• Mentorship – Onboarding partner, ad board and study lead mentor. Participate in special projects as needed

Qualifications

• MD or DO Degree required
• 4+ years of relevant experience required
• Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal customers’ demands and manage and handle conflict constructively
• 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
• Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (i.e. attend HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, etc. required; proximity to airline ‘hub’ city); maintain flexibility to travel 60-80% of time

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise/clinical experience in Malignant Hematology
• Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/customer interactions and relationships, etc.
• Previous Field Medical experience
• Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers 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 customer experience
• Maintain self-awareness and continually choose behaviors and responses based on how it impacts one’s own and others’ performance and engagement
• Exhibit breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact
• Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (ie. attend HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, regional and national scientific meetings, etc.) is required
• Flexibility to travel 60-80% of time
• Reasonable proximity to airline ‘hub’ city
• Ability to work on weekends occasionally (e.g. attend advisory boards and congress meetings)

Pay

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $230,900.00 to $384,800.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 25.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.

Benefits

• 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