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Pfizer

Makes cancer drugs, vaccines and other medicines

Patient Solution Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Shanghai, China
In Person
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree is required.
  • Five to eight years of experience in the healthcare industry is required.
  • Strong project management and operational execution capability, including the ability to manage complex programs and multiple stakeholders.
  • Solid understanding of the patient journey, follow-up models, patient affordability, and access-related solutions.
  • Ability to identify operational issues, synthesize patient and partner insights, and translate them into practical support solutions.
  • Strong collaboration and influencing skills across access, medical, commercial, legal, compliance, and external partners.
  • Demonstrated commitment to integrity, compliance, and patient-centric values.
Responsibilities
  • Plan and operate patient management and follow-up programs to support continuity of care and improve patient experience.
  • Build and optimize in-hospital and out-of-hospital patient follow-up systems, including workflow design, partner coordination, and execution monitoring.
  • Design and manage payment and patient affordability solutions in collaboration with access, commercial, legal, compliance, and external partners.
  • Explore cross-partner patient management models with hospitals, third-party vendors, charitable foundations, academic associations, and other stakeholders.
  • Coordinate internal and external resources to improve patient access, affordability, and long-term treatment support at national and regional levels.
  • Monitor program implementation, identify operational gaps, and continuously improve patient management processes and service quality.
  • Generate patient management insights from program data and field feedback to support business planning and solution optimization.
  • Ensure patient support programs comply with company policies, standard operating procedures, Pfizer Values, and regulatory guidelines.
Desired Qualifications
  • Advanced degree preferred.
  • Background in commercial, pharmaceutical, healthcare, access, patient support, or program operations preferred.
  • Experience in patient support programs, patient management, access solutions, or healthcare operations preferred.

About the company

Pfizer discovers, makes, and sells prescription medicines and vaccines for patients, doctors, and governments worldwide, with large businesses in vaccines, cancer, heart disease, and rare diseases. In 2020, its COVID-19 shot, developed with German partner BioNTech, became the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the United States. Its scientists find drug candidates and run clinical trials to prove they are safe and effective, and Pfizer then manufactures approved products in its own plants, earning most of its money from patented drugs before cheaper generic copies arrive. Pfizer was founded in 1849 as a chemicals business in Brooklyn and is based in New York City.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1849

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What believers are saying

  • Newer drugs carry the business: launched and acquired products grew 18% operationally in Pfizer's August 2026 quarterly report.
  • The outlook improved: in August 2026, Pfizer raised its 2026 revenue guidance to $60.5 billion to $62.5 billion.
  • Vaccine scientists get room to grow: Pfizer's $470 million Pearl River, New York research expansion is designed for 370 workers.

What critics are saying

  • Expect more site cuts: in November 2025, Pfizer moved to shrink Swiss staff from about 300 to roughly 70.
  • Generics will erase sales: Pfizer expects patent losses to cut $17 billion to $18 billion of yearly revenue through 2028.
  • Pfizer is chasing obesity leaders: Metsera's monthly shot showed 12.3% weight loss at 28 weeks in February 2026 data.

What makes Pfizer unique

  • Pfizer bought its way into cancer: its Seagen buyout added antibody-drug conjugates, which carry chemotherapy straight to tumors.
  • Pfizer is betting on monthly obesity shots: Metsera's berobenatide is dosed once a month, unlike weekly Wegovy and Zepbound.
  • Pfizer leans on one partnered heart drug: blood thinner Eliquis, sold with Bristol Myers Squibb, brings about 14% of revenue.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Relocation Assistance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
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