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

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · BC · Remote

Senior Manager, Retail Pharmacy & Distribution Partnerships for Pfizer in Western Canada. This role focuses on strategic partnerships with retail pharmacy chains and distributors to ensure availability, access, and optimal use of Pfizer medicines and vaccines through compliant, above-brand initiatives. Responsibilities include designing, negotiating, and governing key partnerships, developing agreement frameworks, acting as a strategic advisor to senior executives, and leading account management processes. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams (Legal, Compliance, Medical, Market Access, Operations) and a deep understanding of the Canadian retail pharmacy ecosystem, payer environments, and healthcare systems.

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

  • Negotiation skills
  • Governance skills
  • Executive communication skills
  • Pharmacy partnerships experience
  • Trade / contracting experience
  • Market access or customer strategy experience
  • Business and financial acumen
  • Knowledge of Canadian retail pharmacy ecosystem
  • Knowledge of public and private payer environments
  • Knowledge of provincial healthcare system variation
  • Experience leading complex, national, multi-stakeholder initiatives
  • Customer and partnership management skills
  • Strategic planning abilities
  • Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment
  • Ability to engage senior stakeholders
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Ability to manage change and ambiguity
  • Proficiency using computer software and digital collaboration tools

Nice to have

  • MBA or equivalent advanced business degree
  • Health Sciences or Pharmacy degree
  • Experience across vaccines or primary care
  • Exposure to pharmacist‑led care delivery models
  • Established senior‑level pharmacy relationships
  • Established network of key stakeholders influencing pharmacy or wholesaler channel strategy
  • Bilingualism

What the JD emphasized

  • compliant
  • above-brand initiatives
  • enterprise-level agreements
  • strategic frameworks
  • formalized partnership models and agreements
  • compliant, scalable, and operationally sound