PURPOSE
The NOLA Cluster Medical Director Provides leadership to all cross-cluster and in-country medical functions and is the NOLA Cluster medical voice both internally and externally (acting as Pfizer CMAO in the local country environment).
SCOPE
The NOLA Cluster Medical Director role includes, but not limited to;
- Role model of Pfizer’s values and behaviors, embracing the company’s purpose of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives
- Strong record of scientific leadership, peer-to-peer external relations, academic and/or clinical work
- Able to provide scientific guidance, insights and expertise across the broad and complex Pfizer portfolio, across different TAs
- Embraces lightspeed mindset - champions cutting the red tape, challenges the status quo, and empowers teams to do their best work
- Track record of building non-traditional, innovative medical affairs organizations at the cutting-edge of science, medical mission, and evolving trends
- Strong record of growing and maintaining high-performing and -functioning talent, able to build and transform low performance
- Inspirational leader whom colleagues trust and look up to - thrives on transformation and understand and articulates change
Geographic area covered by the role: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean
REPORTING LINE: The NOLA Cluster Medical Director reports to EM LATAM Medical Lead
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- Life science partnerships
- IMI initiatives
- Proactive media coverage
- Serves on hospital and society boards, collaborates with industry boards
MAIN REPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES
- Directly leads medical affairs, ensuring operational excellence for customer-facing medical and ensuring new and effective ways of working with global medical platforms for evidence generation, medical enablement functions, etc.
- Partners with the NOLA Cluster Lead to ensure alignment with internal and external Cluster strategies and represents all medical and related functions at Cluster Leadership Team;
- Represents the immediate point of reference to the NOLA Cluster Lead and One-Medical face of Pfizer to external stakeholders, such as KOL’s, Industry Bodies, Regulatory Authorities, Government & Payers (in partnership with appropriate functional lines) and during Business Development discussions.
- Represents Pfizer medical through relationships with medical associations, societies, academic medical centres and industry associations
- In partnership with Global Medical Affairs, ensures Scientific Leadership and TA expertise by rigorous training and a single global medical “truth” asset by asset
- Flawlessly lead execution of g/local strategies, ensuring appropriate resource allocation to execute medical plans; Hyperfocus on priorities and activities, enabling focus on customer facing effort and impact
- Collaborates with medical quality and governance teams with respect to inspections, corporate governance and related complaints
- Attends, or delegates attendance to NOLA Cluster country medical leads, the respective NOLA Cluster Medical Councils (CMC) with the purpose of maintaining compliance and information flow as well as to facilitate the resolution of issues that arise within any medical teams and partner functions
Education & Experience
- An M.D. (preferred) or equivalent doctoral degree
- 10+ years pharmaceutical background with team management experience
- CMD experience is preferred
- Teaching courses at university/academic appointments is a plus
- Discussing innovation and pharma, change agile
- Active member of pharmaceutical associations / patient groups
- Strong business acumen with deep financial and accounting knowledge in life sciences
- Budget management experience
- Business decision-making at hospitals and pharmaceutical companies
- Financial impact forecasting for various stakeholder groups (patients, etc.)
Location: Colombia (Hybrid office-based position)
Relocation assistance not available.
EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.
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