Vice President, Head of Oncology Product Teams & Portfolio Program Management (PTPPM)

JOB SUMMARY:

This is a senior role within the Pfizer Oncology Division (POD), responsible for leading the Global Product Team Leads (PTL) across early and late-stage programs as well as the Portfolio Operations and Program Management organizations.  The position will report to the Chief Development Officer.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Responsible for leading and managing the PTL team as well as the Portfolio Operations and Program Management organizations
• Accountable for delivering the Integrated Product Plan (IPP) that is consistent with the overarching Strategy and Vision of Pfizer Oncology through the PTLs and Global Product Teams
• Acountable for working with the GPTs to deliver the R&D budget, at or below target, and managing opportunities for savings or re-distributions of funding across programs
• Leading forward-looking Portfolio Operations & Program Management organizations, implementing digital and AI tools to predict/prioritize portfolio and investments

• Partner with Oncology Commercial, BD & Commercial Development to valuate US/ex-US opportunities for investment and building Oncology leadership

• Responsible for portfolio reporting metrics, analytics, and goal setting in partnership with the Chief Development Officer
• Accountable for implementing across POD and Pfizer enterprise processes identified for simplification
• Communicates with leadership and governance committees to address program needs, issues, resources, and recommendations. Ensures that presentations and other product communications are clear and effective.  Support development of internal and external presentations
• Drives team objective setting, prioritization and ensure adherence to Pfizer Oncology plan and strategy
• Drives risk management, issue identification and resolution and contingency planning
• Create a positive team environment that instills trust, encourages challenging assumptions, and ensures clear transparent communications to align around the overall goal/vision for the product.

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS:

• Demonstrated experience working on early and late-stage product development programs including regulatory filings (BLA/NDA, sBLAs/sNDAs), and product launches/life cycle management is strongly preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, academic, and/or medical research environments
• Proven ability to lead and influence data-driven strategy planning and implementation
• A proactive and strategic thinker, with strong decision-making skills
• Experience working with corporate partners and alliance management
• Proven ability to function effectively across a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders and constituents, with the ability and strength to focus a team to work towards its goals
• Strong leadership and communication skills (including presentation skills) with success in influencing all levels cross-functionally
• Excellent business acumen with demonstrated ability to align teams to corporate strategy to achieve business and project objectives
• Strong staff management and mentoring experience and skills
• Highly collaborative with outstanding relationship building skills
• Experience in Oncology is required

Education:

Ph.D., MD or MBA or advanced degree in biomedical sciences or one of the disciplines related to drug development.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

1). Reports to: Chief Development Officer; 2). Direct Reports include Product Teams Leads, Head of Oncology Portfolio Management, Head of Oncology Program Management, Project Administrator; 3). Key relationships include: Oncology Leadership Team, Pfizer Research & Development Leaders, PMT, Finance

Financial Accountability

Manage department level and portfolio level budget, in the range of $2-$3B/year

Supervision

Manages 8-15 direct reports, including but not limited to Product Team Leads (all levels), Head of Oncology Program Management, Head of Oncology Portfolio Management, and Project Administrator

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $262,100.00 to $436,800.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 30.0% 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 pers