Global Medical and Scientific Communications Capabilities Hub Team Lead

Role Overview

• Lead the offshore Medical Communications and Content Solutions (MCCS) team accountable for creating global medical channel content across all Pfizer therapeutic areas and medicines, including abstracts, manuscripts, congress presentations, plain language summaries, slide decks, social media posts and other types of external-facing medical content.
• Lead the off-shore Medical Information & Review Team.
• Sponsor and lead enterprise level teams that define the strategic direction for global medical content development, review, and medical information capabilities.
• Lead the development and implementation of the global medical content production strategy which includes offshoring, agency consolidation and technology enabled in-house content creation and localization across Global/US and International.
• Optimize publications and medical content development capabilities for all relevant medical affairs content.
• Elevate Gen AI fluency & implementation and drive development of tools and processes, including new generative AI technology platforms.
• Make and influence high impact decisions that may entail strategic risk or business opportunity.
• Monitor progress and manage stakeholder expectations around impact of outsourcing, change management, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Promote best practices and organizational expertise in Medical Review skills & capabilities across Medical and Promotional Content Reviews.
• Oversee, plan, and project resource utilization and allocation to meet the publications and medical content needs of the Medical Affairs Category Teams.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, MD, PhD).
• Min 7+ years experience in Medical Affairs including Medical Information, Medical Communications, Publications, Medical Content, Field Medical or related discipline.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working in cross-functional business environment.
• Proven leadership in managing people and projects both directly and via a matrixed or indirect leadership.
• Minimum of 5+ years of management experience preferred (including budget and financial planning) in a senior position in industry, academia or a healthcare institution; experience managing leaders with the ability to effectively lead complex teams in a matrix environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills to quickly build rapport and credibility with Pfizer leaders and key external stakeholders cross culturally/regionally.
• Experience in medical content development, medical review, medical information, publication planning/writing in academic settings/communications experience within an agency, CRO, Pharma / Biotech Company.
• Effective English verbal and written communication with flexibility to be clear, consistent, compliant, and appropriate for a variety of settings.
• Demonstrate ability to drive transformational change, lead teams and engage diverse stakeholders, and understand the applications of technology to medical content development.
• Global experience in working with different markets that span various cultures, languages, and time zones.
• Proven track record of delivering business performance.
• Demonstrated history of leading innovation/transformations.
• Strong ability to drive collaboration and foster highly productive cross-functional relationships.

Benefits

• Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid vacation, holiday and personal days.
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Eligibility to participate in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary.
• Participation in our share-based long-term incentive program.