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Global Medical Strategy Lead, Late Phase Thoracic (Sr. Director)

Pfizer
South San Francisco, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Sept 2025
💰 $366,400/yr($219,800/yr$366,400/yr)

About the role

JOB SUMMARY

The Global Medical Strategy Lead Late Phase Thoracic is an integral member of the Thoracic Development Global Product Teams. The Global Medical Strategy Late Phase Thoracic serves as an expert in the disease area(s) and leads execution of evidence and insight generation, interpretation and dissemination activities.  Leads a team of 1-2 Medical Directors or Medical Strategy Directors.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Partners cross-functionally with medical teams, health and value functions, clinical development, legal, compliance and commercial teams to execute activities.
  • Collaborates directly with development teams, product teams and country medical teams to understand major unmet medical needs and medical environment including HCP and patient perspective, regulatory and access dynamics globally and integrate needs and insights to co-create a global medical plan
  • Leads Global Medical Affairs Team
  • Represents medical in Global Product Team and relevant subcommittees
  • Leads Global Medical Director team for Lung Cancer Development
  • Supports or leads evidence generation activities including independent research, clinical and research collaborations, and Pfizer non-interventional and interventional studies including post-hoc data generation
  • Leads internal data interpretation and alignment activities
  • Provides input to strategies around evidence dissemination and education activities including scientific publications and scientific exchange:

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

Technical

  • Demonstrate deep data and disease area expertise in Lung Cancer Development
  • Fluency in written and spoken English required
  • Very strong communications and relationship building capacity and ability to listen, understand and integrate country and local needs

Managerial

  • Leading effectively in a matrix

Education

  • PhD/PharmD

​Experience

  • Experience in Medical Affairs required
  • Clinical experience in Oncology preferred
  • A minimum of five years industry experience preferred
  • Launch experience a plus
  • International experience a plus
  • Regulatory and/or clinical development experience a plus
  • Proven track record of ability to work successfully with cross-functional colleagues in a matrix team setting across countries and internationally with diverse colleagues
  • 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.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Domestic and International Travel


Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $219,800.00 to $366,400.00. 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. We offer 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. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expense

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