The PIH I/I Business Unit seeks a Sr. Director & Team leader (TL) US Medical Affairs for the crisaborole team. Reporting to the US Brand Group Lead, the Director is an integral member of the US Brand Team. The Director combines medical expertise and understanding of the patients and physicians point of view with that of the TA Disease Area and Brand. He/she is part of a cross-functional environment where colleagues always understand and exhibit customer-focused medical professionalism with honor and integrity. The medical director reports to the team leader or group leader for the Therapeutic Area
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The TL, Dermatology will develop long-term relationships with a wide variety of key healthcare stakeholders and customers to include Medical Groups and key opinion leaders in order to demonstrate clinical and economic value of Pfizer’s assets in the treatment of dermatology diseases. These activities are implemented to help inform HCPs and formulary decision-makers through medical presentations, pharmacoeconomic analyses, and outcomes evaluations along with MOS and FMD colleagues. Additional customer collaborations are built with the goal of aligning corporate medical priorities with the specific needs of the customer to advance the quality of patient care in areas of mutual interest, to identify provider and/or patient knowledge gaps, and areas for quality improvement interventions. They will develop, in conjunction with Dermatology team members, an advanced perspective of the evolving clinical and healthcare landscape of Dermatology.
The TL will utilize his/her understanding of clinical and patient-directed Dermatology issues to help assist Pfizer and GMA on most strategic approach to launch of crisaborole in atopic dermatitis. The Director will also provide Pfizer brand teams with customer and clinical insights to assist in informing Pfizer strategies on critical dermatology health issues and facilitate the development of customer-focused tools and medical communications to support patient access to quality medicines.
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Responsibilities
1. Strategic oversight of presentations of Pfizer Derm data and compliant implementation of strategy into RC and MRC approved materials
2. Oversight for medical strategy for promotional materials
3. Coach and provide medicine(s) or/and therapeutic area expertise to other medical and non-medical cross-functional colleagues including training.
4. Cross functional efforts with constituents from Commercial, MOS, FMD, GH&V, RWD
5. Participate in the medical/scientific assessment of potential business development activities and pre-proof of concept compounds within Pfizer Research as requested
6. Manage vendors, budgets (track/forecast) and personnel (team leaders or matrix leaders)
7. Ability to plan and lead successful advisory boards, congress-related symposia
8. Ability to contribute to scientific, long-term life cycle planning and orphan indications
9. Proactively bring patients' & physicians' voice to brand efforts to provide medicines meeting their needs, on cross-functional teams, while considering the needs of customers, including payers.
10. Understand the product/medicine and the formulation of the concept/strategy and how it relates to the customers’ needs
11. Serve as a reliable, trusted resource of accurate, current medical and scientific knowledge (e.g.: disease states, product label, statistics interpretation etc), including competitive medicines, for internal and external stakeholders and customers
12. Focus on patient and physician concerns, as it applies to the data and disease area. Commits to excellence by continually learning and expanding their expertise
13. Conduct ongoing assessment of the benefit-risk of the medicine(s), taking into account new data, as it becomes available
14. Objectively interpret technical and commercial information to deliver value added education to assigned teams. Serve as a translator between technical and commercial functions, driving the transfer and appropriate application of both commercial and clinical knowledge, ideas, and needs
15. Collaborate with Global Medical Affairs, and as appropriate, Commercial Development, Clinical Development, research, and other cross-functional teams in driving US strategic direction for Brand
16. Contribute to the planning and timely, high quality execution of medical tactics across indications to support the US lifecycle plan for Brand
17. Understand and effectively communicate current scientific knowledge, including medical needs, to different stakeholders, including patients, within disease area, customizing the communication for the audience leading to effective communication
18. Establish how the medicine’s profile fits into customer needs and the commercial strategy and compares to competitive medicines, effectively communicating same to various stakeholders, including patients.
19. Lead working groups in a professional, inclusive manner encouraging open discussion as related to assigned activities and specific roles, while demonstrating respect for people.
20. Partner with external medical and scientific leaders in collaboration with field based medical colleagues
21. Team direct leadership and influence skills, Matrix leadership skills, excellent interpersonal skills, influence without authority ability
22. Responsible for leading, managing, developing and coaching team members.
23. Retain key talent in group/Pfizer and in collaboration and develop team members.
24. Develops and maintains a high functioning and performance culture for team.
25. Develops and maintains working relationship with Human Resources to help manage colleagues and any performance issues.
26. Manages performance appraisals, salary planning and promotions for the team.
Qualifications
• MD/DO or equivalent with 10-15 years of experience in dermatology & the pharmaceutical industry or in clinical practice
• Experience in specific therapeutic area, especially clinical / patient care experience, preferred
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical space in dermatology/atopic dermatitis
• Experience in Medical Affairs
• Administrative/leadership experience
• Experience and track record of budget mmgt
• Relationship builder within and without Pfizer
• Must believe that no job within the group is a small job
• Team oriented for success
• Regulatory/safety/clinical trial experience a plus
• Demonstrated strong communication skills both interpersonal and written
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; excellent communication/presentation skills
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