Oncology Field Medical Director, GU- Prostate Cancer.

Oncology Field Medical, Director

The Oncology Field Medical, Director is responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of Medical customer segments and initiatives in an assigned territory (Southern California and Arizona).

Field Medical Core 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

Field Medical Role Responsibilities

• 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
• Leads advisory boards (BRF,Vendor) with manager oversight.
• 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
• Provides Asset leadership
• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with customers
• 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 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

• 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
• Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 6 years of experience, MBA/MSc with 8 years of experience, BA/BSc with 10 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 customers' 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/customer 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 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
• Demonstrate clinical and technical skills
• Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
• 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

• Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations regarding Pfizer/customer 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 HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, etc. required; proximity to airline 'hub' city); maintain flexibility to travel 60-80% of time