Gu Oncology Field Medical Director (non-md)

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · IL · Remote

Pfizer is seeking a Field Medical Director for GU Oncology to provide therapeutic area and product expertise to customers in an assigned territory. Responsibilities include planning and executing medical strategy, maintaining knowledge of oncology and Pfizer medicines, serving as a resource for medical information, and collaborating with internal teams on medical content and clinical trial identification. The role requires strong communication, interpersonal, and project management skills, with a significant travel requirement.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Understand the priorities of Pfizer Medical Affairs to contribute to medical content strategy development and execute aligned Field Medical tactics
  5. Maintain effective and appropriate communication and collaboration among headquarters medical colleagues and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a health science
  • Relevant experience (PharmD/PhD with 5+ years, MBA/MSc with 7+ years, BA/BSc with 8+ years)
  • Subject matter expertise in oncology
  • Currently reside within the territory
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Project management skills
  • Ability to prioritize
  • Judgment skills
  • Work in a continuous improvement environment
  • Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team
  • Manage change
  • Change agility
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Networking skills
  • Adopt and utilize new digital technology
  • Operate a company car
  • Flexibility to travel 60-80%

Nice to have

  • PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree
  • Deep expertise and/or clinical experience in GU oncology
  • Established network of HCPs in the territory
  • Familiarity with internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations
  • Previous Field Medical experience
  • Collaborate effectively
  • Leadership and teamwork
  • Self-starter
  • Accountability
  • Sense of urgency
  • Maintain self-awareness

What the JD emphasized

  • Subject matter expertise in oncology recognized across internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal 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 demonstrate excellent judgment skills and work in a continuous improvement environment
  • Work within a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team to foster strong Pfizer/customer professional relationships which are aligned with Pfizer medicalobjectives
  • Effectively manage through and lead change in an ever-changing and evolving external health care environment
  • Demonstrate change agility; be flexible to new opportunities (e.g. new therapeutic areas, territory, projects) and adaptable to organizational change
  • Problem-solve and network enterprise wide as appropriate to identify solutions
  • Rapidly adopt and utilize new digital technology and other resources with medical customers and record medical interactions
  • Operate a Pfizer company car and regularly fly on airplanes (i.e. attend HCP/customer meetings; attend NYHQ meetings, etc. required; proximity to airline ‘hub’ city); maintain flexibility to travel 60-80% of time