Sr. Director, Oncology Scientific Communications

SUMMARY 

• Sr. Director, Oncology Scientific Communications reports to the Team Lead Scientific Communications within Pfizer Oncology Medical Strategy Management. 

• Leads development and execution of impactful scientific communication strategies for a number of assets within a given or multiple tumor areas.  This role builds relationships across enterprise partners to drive excellence and serves as a strategic thought partner within Oncology Scientific Communications and cross-functionally to support priority business needs. 

• Leads activities and enterprise-wide initiatives to advance the impact of Onc Sci Comms throughout the organization. They help shape a singular scientific voice anchored to the evidence, ensuring that all scientific communication and content strategies reflect TA priorities. They are accountable for ensuring that tactical execution of medical and scientific communication activities is aligned with strategy, specifically focused on optimizing the engagement and reach of emerging scientific information within the oncology community, occurs successfully and according to strategy. 

• Subject matter expert in one of the three below chosen capabilities: 

• Therapeutic Area (TA) Scientific Communications: ensure asset strategies and messaging are seamlessly integrated into TA-specific plans and materials. The TA Sci Comms lead also focuses on the delivery of foundational resources such as Scientific Communications Platforms (SCPs), Narratives, and FAQs. 

• Data Disclosure (Publications): Collaborate with TA teams and Sci Comms colleagues to drive 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: Create a wide range of engaging and informative scientific content for diverse channels and audiences, including medical to medical resources, congress and digital platform content. 

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES  

• The Senior Director is responsible for the following, with specific responsibilities varying based on the chosen Sci Comms functional focus area (TA, Data Disclosures, or Content): 

• Accountable for strategic oversight of TA scientific communication activities and the overarching scientific communications objectives/strategy/narrative, ensuring alignment and excellence in delivery. 

• Responsible for ensuring strategic input from a broad range of stakeholders (internal and external) is integrated into scientific communications strategic planning to meet the needs of these stakeholders and especially the Oncology Medical TA teams.  

• Ensure alignment of each product’s overall scientific content/communications strategy with relevant Pfizer Oncology stakeholders, taking into account the specific needs of each asset and its stage of development. (e.g., partnering with cross-functional Medical Teams, Data Analytics, and other key operational excellence stakeholders to ensure alignment of communication plans with medical priorities and optimize opportunities for broader data dissemination); and partner with cross-functional medical teams, Medical Channel Excellence, AI, Data Analytics and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with medical priorities and optimize opportunities for broader data dissemination. 

• Be the point of contact for Global Product Teams, Global Medical franchises, and other Pfizer Oncology stakeholders in engaging with the external medical community on activities related to key clinical trial data readouts. This includes leading cross-functional planning efforts for major data disclosures and ensuring alignment with OLT priorities. 

• Act as a strat