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Pfizer

Makes cancer drugs, vaccines and other medicines

US Medical Affairs Business Operations Lead - Multiple Teams

Business OperationsPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeNew York, NY, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree such as a master's is highly preferred.
  • At least 8 years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, or at least 7 years with a master's degree.
  • Work effectively in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate strong decision-making, strategic thinking, business judgment, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Communicate effectively with senior management and influence others in spoken and written English.
  • Know and understand all relevant applicable standard operating procedures.
  • Have a proven track record implementing strategically important projects on time and within budget.
  • Operate effectively in a heavily matrixed organization and manage global projects with team members in multiple locations.
  • Adapt to change, external conditions, and changes in project scope and direction.
  • Experience in project management or business operations is preferred, as is prior experience in HTA, Value & Evidence, or Medical Affairs.
  • More than 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related fields is preferred.
  • Understanding of and adherence to project management methodologies is preferred; clinical trial experience and prior people-management experience are also preferred.
  • Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Create and oversee complex projects, including budget management and fiscal awareness; manage resources, programs, and multiple projects.
  • Collaborate across Medical, Medical Information, Corporate Communications, Digital, and Commercial functions.
  • Demonstrate organization, decisiveness, good judgment, prioritization, flexibility, and awareness of the organization.
  • Flexibility to travel 10–20% of the time, including potential international travel.
  • Must be authorized to be employed in the United States by any employer and have permanent work authorization in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic, operational, and budgetary support to the HTA, Value & Evidence organization.
  • Lead efforts to establish, optimize, and evolve the organization, monitor its alignment and effectiveness, and support compliant and efficient execution.
  • Lead implementation of new ways of working for US Medical Affairs and disseminate change-management communications for the organization.
  • Coordinate communication between HTA, Value & Evidence, US Medical Affairs, and internal stakeholders and partner organizations.
  • Provide strategic guidance to colleagues delivering high-priority projects and senior-management requests, and represent the organization in cross-functional forums.
  • Lead budget management and strategic and operating plan development to align resources with strategic objectives.
  • Lead or co-lead strategic initiatives focused on equity, digital, and scientific priorities.
  • Support governance processes and meetings, including leadership-team and committee meetings, and plan and execute governance activities end to end.
  • Provide thought partnership to the team lead, address and coordinate stakeholder requests, align with internal stakeholders, and coordinate with other category business-operations leads and operational excellence forums.
  • Partner with the team lead to develop the organization's three-to-five-year vision, strategy, and goals.
  • Lead or provide strategic direction for project teams; define scope, goals, objectives, execution plans, milestones, and metrics.
  • Drive change and transformation with colleagues, cross-functional stakeholders, and senior leaders to deliver actionable solutions to complex challenges; facilitate and influence strategic discussions.
  • Lead the annual strategic and operating plan with internal and cross-functional partners and develop related communications for the leadership team.
  • Oversee budgets, coordinate with contracting and compliance partners to support timely contracting and financial targets, and lead resource forecasting and spend tracking.
  • Develop transparent budget and resource-planning and allocation models, manage resource planning and allocation, and coordinate offshore resources as needed.
  • Represent the organization in cross-functional forums and lead communication among platforms, US Medical Affairs, and the R&D Chief Medical Office.
  • Respond to organizational inquiries about new ways of working and change-management efforts.
  • Promote digital adoption by embedding technology and developing strategy.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior experience in HTA, Value & Evidence, and/or Medical Affairs.
  • More than 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related fields.
  • Previous people-management experience.
  • Understanding of and adherence to project-management methodologies.
  • Clinical trial experience.
  • Advanced degree, such as a master's degree.
  • Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

About the Company

Pfizer

Makes cancer drugs, vaccines and other medicines

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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