Oncology Scientific Communications Team Lead (Sr. Director)

Today, Pfizer Oncology has an industry-leading portfolio of approved innovative cancer medicines, including major therapies for metastatic breast cancer, genitourinary cancers, thoracic, and hematologic malignancies complemented by an extensive pipeline of over 50 programs in clinical development.

ROLE SUMMARY

• The Scientific Communications Team Lead will report to the Head of Oncology Scientific Communications in the Medical Strategy Management organization of Pfizer Oncology Medical.
• This role will be accountable for ensuring the development and execution of impactful scientific communication strategies for Pfizer Oncology, encompassing both above-brand and Therapeutic Area (TA)-specific initiatives. The Team Lead will oversee a team of professionals who create high-impact scientific content across various channels, including publications, congresses, field medical tools, and digital platforms. This role ensures alignment with overarching brand and therapeutic strategies, collaborating closely with stakeholders across Pfizer Oncology and the wider Pfizer enterprise.
• This role requires building and maintaining strong working relationships with diverse colleagues across Pfizer Oncology and the wider Pfizer Enterprise. This includes Oncology Scientific Communications colleagues, the US and International Medical Affairs Team, Oncology Clinical Development and Research Teams, Medicine Team Leaders, Corporate Communications, Scientific Affairs and enablement platforms within the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) group. The Team Lead will exert matrix leadership to ensure alignment and drive strategic initiatives.
• This includes overseeing a team of professionals specializing in various aspects of the Scientific Communications continuum:
  • Therapeutic Area (TA) Communications Strategy: Partnering closely with TA Scientific Communications Leads to ensure asset strategies and messaging are seamlessly integrated into TA-specific plans and materials. This group will also focus on the delivery of foundational resources such as Scientific Communications Platforms (SCPs), Narratives, and FAQs.
  • Data Disclosure (Publications): Collaborating with TA teams to manage the publication planning, writing, and dissemination of scientific data from clinical trials and research activities, ensuring a cohesive and impactful publication strategy across the portfolio.
  • Medical Content: Creating a wide range of engaging and informative scientific content for diverse channels and audiences, including medical to medical resources, congress and digital platform content.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

This role demands a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of the evolving scientific landscape, medical affairs best practices, the nuances of brand communication, and the needs of diverse stakeholders, both internal and external.

Specific responsibilities and accountabilities include managing team members who:

• Provide strategic oversight for the continuum of scientific communication activities and the overarching scientific narrative, ensuring strategic alignment and excellence in delivery.  This includes aligning each product-level Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) with the broader Therapeutic Area, tumor, and/or modality scientific narrative to ensure a unified and impactful message.
• Identify requirements for SCP above brand and TA-specific content and ensure SCP content is contemporaneous by leading regular gap analyses to identify medical / scientific communication needs and opportunities and working with Pfizer US (Medical Platforms) to execute. This includes also being responsible for identifying the need for and establishing the SCP for TA products early in development based on target profile, clinical evidence, disease state / landscape, and aspirational label.
• Accountable for ensuring the development and delivery of TA, asset, and above-asset specific publication strategies, encompassing all stages from planning and conceptualization to production and dissemination.
• Accountable for leading engagement with CMO enablement platforms and other enterprise stakeholders (including regional/local teams) as needed to ensure that channel-specific communications strategies and plans are developed, delivered, and reflective of Pfizer Oncology TA and above brand teams’ and Field Medical needs. This includes abstract submissions, congress presentations, manuscripts, and a wide range of Global & US medical content across internal and external channels, including scientific communication platforms (SCPs), plain language summaries (PLS), congress narratives/content, field medical materials and digital platforms.
• Strategic advisor to their medical teams, providing cross-functional guidance and subject matter expertise to foster the creation of effective scientific communication too