Oncology Field Medical, Director Thoracic (non-MD)

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

As a field-based scientific expert supporting Pfizer’s Thoracic oncology portfolio in Southern Califonia., you will engage a broad range of medical customer segments. You will deliver approved medical and scientific education to healthcare professionals, surface insights that inform medical strategy, support the identification of potential clinical trial sites and clinical trial support, and help address the field’s most important unanswered scientific questions in service of improving patient outcomes.

Field Medical Core Responsibilities

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

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

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, but not limited to, 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 Role 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

Leads advisory boards (BRF, Vendor) 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

Strong territory leadership

Reactively and proactively communicate with local Patient Advocacy Group(s), as appropriate, in close collaboration with Corporate Affairs and HQ Medical Affairs

Deliver insights on local patient organization structure, capabilities, and patient population needs