Global Development Lead, Internal Medicine (Sr. Director)

Senior director-level clinical leadership role overseeing global development strategy for internal medicine assets at Pfizer. Accountable for clinical development plans, cross-functional team leadership, and regulatory submissions across multiple therapeutic programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional clinical development teams and create comprehensive global clinical development plans for assigned assets
• Develop protocol design documents and oversee study execution in support of worldwide regulatory submissions
• Partner with product team leads and trial clinicians to ensure program delivery within agreed timelines and budgets
• Develop submission-level deliverables including clinical overviews, safety narratives, and regulatory disclosure documents
• Engage external stakeholders including advisory boards, steering committees, and patient advocates to inform clinical strategy

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years or PhD with 7+ years relevant clinical/industry experience
• Experience leading late-stage cardiometabolic development programs, including type 2 diabetes
• Extensive knowledge of clinical development, global/regional regulation, ICH/GCP, and adverse event management
• Demonstrated experience managing and training large clinical development teams
• Track record in pharmaceutical development with understanding of disease area complexities and regulatory/commercial issues
• Ability to influence and lead effectively in complex matrixed environments