Senior Manager, Retail Pharmacy & Distribution Partnerships (ontario) // Premier·ère Chef – Partenariats, Pharmacies De Détail Et Distributeurs (ontario)

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · ON · Remote

Senior Manager role focused on strategic partnerships with retail pharmacies and distributors in Ontario, Canada. The role involves designing, negotiating, and governing key partnerships, developing agreement frameworks, and acting as a strategic advisor to senior executives. It requires translating national agreements into actionable execution models, analyzing performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (Legal, Compliance, Medical, Market Access, Operations) to ensure agreements are compliant and scalable. The role also involves identifying and reporting adverse events. Requires a degree in Business, Health Sciences, or Pharmacy, with strong negotiation, communication, and business acumen, and deep knowledge of the Canadian retail pharmacy ecosystem and healthcare system.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design, negotiation, and governance of key retail pharmacy partnerships across the Canadian portfolio, including:
  2. Define agreement frameworks that align with a One Pfizer mindset across portfolio therapeutic areas & Vaccine priorities, including
  3. Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior pharmacy and distribution executives by aligning Pfizer’s enterprise capabilities with partner priorities through formalized partnership models and agreements
  4. Act as the single enterprise point of accountability for national pharmacy agreements.
  5. Lead the account and partnership management process, including strategic planning, governance, project management, and execution across assigned Chain & Banner and Distributor partners

Skills

Required

  • Relevant University Degree in Business Administration (MBA or equivalent advanced business), Health Sciences, Pharmacy or a related discipline
  • Strong negotiation, governance, and executive communication skills
  • High level of business and financial acumen
  • Deep knowledge of Canadian retail pharmacy ecosystem
  • Deep knowledge of Public and private payer environments
  • Deep knowledge of Provincial healthcare system variation
  • Proven success leading complex, national, multi-stakeholder initiatives
  • Superior customer and partnership management skills and competencies
  • Highly developed communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Expertise with writing and implementing business and account plans
  • Demonstrated strategic planning abilities with a strong understanding of healthcare and pharmacy system optimization
  • Independent, self-starter with a proven ability to work in a cross-functional team environment
  • Ability to quickly engage senior stakeholders with the goal of becoming a trusted advisor
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to manage change and ambiguity
  • Proficiency using computer software and digital collaboration tools

Nice to have

  • Experience across vaccines or primary care, with exposure to pharmacist‑led care delivery models and established senior‑level pharmacy relationships preferred
  • Established network of key stakeholders influencing pharmacy or wholesaler channel strategy is an asset
  • Bilingualism is an asset
  • Must have the capacity to frequently travel

What the JD emphasized

  • design, negotiation, and governance
  • agreement frameworks
  • single enterprise point of accountability
  • compliant