Oncology Patient Solutions, Director, Advocacy & Professional Relations

As part of Pfizer Oncology, this individual will report directly to the US Senior Director/Team Lead, US Advocacy & Professional Relations. It will be this person’s role responsibility to establish and maintain strong and lasting relationships with Oncology Patient Organizations and Professional Societies (with a focus on national pan tumor oncology professional societies and advocacy organizations in tumor areas of increasing importance to Pfizer Oncology) that support our presence across cancer communities. This role will also lead special projects as identified by Team Lead. These relationships with Oncology Patient Advocacy & Professional Associations will align with business goals that are not normally attainable through traditional business channels via:

• Developing and implementing initiatives that provide value-add potential for key stakeholders that position Pfizer Oncology as a credible, trusted, and relevant partner.
• Advancing partnerships over time with patient and professional organizations to help deliver insights and leadership for emerging disease areas within the Pfizer Oncology portfolio.
• Interactions with key stakeholders that demonstrate an ability to meet customer needs with a balanced commitment to Pfizer Oncology’s business objectives.
• Positioning Pfizer as a leader in oncology community and advancing patient centricity by creating thoughtful partnerships and a compelling vision to outside organizations that generates respect resulting in a competitive advantage for our Pfizer Oncology.

• Exhibit strong relationship skills and be able to foster and communicate the Advocacy & Professional Relations vision, mission, and remit to cross-functional Pfizer teams.

• Provide Patient Advocacy and Professional Relations content and expertise to commercial colleagues during the Strategic and Tactical Planning process, as well as a part of product launch operational excellence processes.
• Continue to build the cross functional model that our Advocacy & Professional Relations team fosters by collaborating with internal and external key stakeholders to successfully achieve Pfizer’s objectives to serve patients and find new answers to unmet medical challenges and unmet patient needs.

Ultimately, this individual will bring focus, expertise, and prioritized action resulting in Pfizer Oncology being the partner of choice in the cancer community.

Roles/Responsibilities

• Maintain expertise on forces driving national oncology patient and professional organizations, with a focus on professional society leadership.
• Understand market trends and unmet patient needs in oncology.
• Maintain expertise in oncology and health equity across established and evolving areas of interest.
• Translate understanding of these dynamics into strategic imperatives with:
  • The Oncology Patient Solutions & Alliances Group (OPSA) which includes A&PR, Field Reimbursement Managers, This is Living with Cancer, and Pfizer Oncology Together
  • Cross functional Pfizer teams including oncology commercial, US Medical Affairs, US Field Medical, Marketing, Oncology Medical Strategy Management, Operational Analytics & Clinical Trial Experience, Key Account Team, National Account Team, etc.
  • Pfizer Oncology Leadership
  • Pfizer Oncology Patient Centricity Ecosystem (POPCE)
• Directly engage in a partnership with the public affairs and policy oncology team regarding communication of activities and partnerships within the cancer community
• Elevate and empower the patient voice through collaborative partnerships with patient advocacy and professional partners, as well as internally at Pfizer
• Collaborate with Patient Advocacy and Professional partners to co-create resources addressing unmet patient needs and scale distribution through external partners and Pfizer to place health information at people’s fingertips
• Directly engage with internal and external partners to close the equity gap for patients with a focus on issues related to access medicines and healthcare. Work closely with Team Lead to coordinate knowledge distribution across therapeutic areas and Pfizer
• Directly manage relationships with national cancer patient advocacy and professional organizations currently managed in the Advocacy & Professional Relations team.
• Identify the select "critical few" priorities and mobilize robust cross-functional work streams requiring leadership across Marketing, Sales, Key Account Management, Public Affairs/Policy, Global Patient Advocacy, Medical, and others.

Experience / Skills:

This colleague will possess & apply a thorough understanding of the oncology product portfolio, each customer’s aligned business priorities and how both are being impacted by