Field Medical Director Oncology--Southern California (MD)

Position Summary

You will be responsible for providing therapeutic area/product expertise for the designated therapeutic area across a broad range of Medical customer segments and initiatives in our Southern California territory.

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 areas including gastrointestinal oncology, melanoma, and gynecologic oncology

• Identify and seek medical engagement from oncology health care providers

• 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 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

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or DO Degree

• 4+ years of relevant experience

• Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong verbal and written communication 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 demonstr