Field-Based Scientific Expert, Thoracic Oncology

Lung cancer treatment is evolving rapidly, and the space between emerging evidence and everyday clinical practice is where our medical expertise matters most.

As a field-based scientific expert supporting Pfizer's Thoracic oncology portfolio across the California/Nevada/Hawaii territory, you will engage a broad range of medical customer segments.

Field Medical: Core Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Medical strategy and engagement for assigned customers within a territory, compliantly coordinating with other Pfizer colleagues as needed to achieve Medical objectives.
• Maintain required level of knowledge of relevant therapeutic area/disease states and Pfizer medicines, providing therapeutic area/product information to both internal and external stakeholders as needed.
• 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.
• Understand the priorities of Pfizer Medical Affairs in order to contribute to Medical content strategy development and execute aligned Field Medical tactics.
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication and collaboration among headquarters Medical colleagues, Medical Information, and other Pfizer Field Medical colleagues.
• Demonstrate expertise in communication across multiple channels, including live and virtual presentations in small or large settings, written communication, and telephone or virtual conversations.
• Optimize patient centricity of Medical communications and deliverables, incorporating Health Literacy and cultural awareness principles to ensure that patients remain the ultimate focus.

Field Medical: Additional Responsibilities

• Deliver approved medical content about Pfizer medicines and relevant topics in the designated therapeutic area.
• Identify and seek medical engagement from priority customer segments in assigned Therapeutic Area.
• Provide truthful, accurate, and scientifically supported information in response to direct unsolicited medical requests from HCPs in a manner that complies with all applicable Pfizer guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Lead advisory boards, working with vendors if necessary, with manager oversight.
• Field relevant inbound queries from HCPs via established triage process.
• In collaboration with Global Medical Affairs colleagues, partner with Oncology Research & Development and Global Product Development (GPD) in the identification of potential sites for Pfizer-sponsored clinical trials, including identification of sites serving under-represented patient populations in trials.
• Appropriately provide Medical support throughout the Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) process.
• Cultivate research and therapeutic area expertise, including familiarity with latest congress data and disease state literature.
• Provides Asset leadership.
• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with customers.
• Lead your territory with an ownership mindset: strategic planning, disciplined prioritization, and full accountability for medical impact in your geography.
• Reactively and proactively communicate with local Patient Advocacy Group(s), as appropriate, in close collaboration with Corporate Affairs and HQ Medical Affairs.
• Deliver actionable field insights , local patient organization structure, capabilities, patient population needs, real-world treatment patterns, evolving standards of care, and unmet data needs , to inform medical strategy and evidence generation.
• Serve on Medical and/or TA and asset cross-functional committees, as appropriate.
• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs leadership with clinical/professional associations and/or societies, consistently demonstrating medical professionalism in all interactions.
• Mentorship – Onboarding partner, ad board and study lead mentor.
• Participate in special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a health science required.
• PharmD, PhD, or equivalent terminal doctoral degree (e.g., Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy) highly preferred.
• Relevant experience required: PharmD/PhD with 6 years of experience, MBA/MSc with 8 years of experience, BA/BSc with 10 years of experience.
• Subject matter expert recognized across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact.
• 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 Medical objectives.
• 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) and adaptable to organizational change.
• Problem-solve and network enterprise wide as appropriate to identify solutions.
• Collaborate effectively and demonstrate leadership and teamwork with peers, internal stakeholders and external customers that inspires alignment and partnership on a shared vision or strategy.
• Be a self-starter, be accountable, and have a sense of urgency in delivering results that have medical impact and yield a positive customer experience.
• Maintain self-awareness and continually choose behaviors and responses based on how it impacts one's own and others' performance and engagement.
• Demonstrate clinical and technical skills.
• 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.
• Currently reside in one of the states within the territory: CA or NV.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments.
• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal days.
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
• Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.