Associate Director, Patient Engagement at Pfizer in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Why Patients Need You

 

Pfizer's Worldwide Medical and Safety colleagues play a key role in connecting evidence based medical decision support with colleagues and stakeholders to enable better health and treatment outcomes. Whether you are creating framework necessary to ensure our evidence is scientifically sound, providing unbiased, medically necessary expertise or investigating how to close gaps in data, our mission is simple. Empower healthcare decisions regarding the safe and appropriate use of medicines for patients.

 

What You Will Achieve

 

As a member of the Clinical Trials Recruiting team, you will join a dynamic group which is responsible for the development, design, implementation and execution of the Pfizer's clinical research program. In your role, you will be managing the patient recruitment tracking platform and supporting therapeutic patient recruitment strategies to enable the predictable delivery of Pfizer's portfolio.

 

Your work will involve supporting and maintaining processes in deploying and maintaining the patient recruitment tracking platform and oversight of the support team.

 

As an Associate Director, your advanced knowledge of the principles and concepts in the discipline and comprehensive knowledge of other disciplines will enable you to lead complex projects across the division. Your ability to develop and manage plans will facilitate in achieving objectives, interpreting internal and external business challenges and recommending best practices for improvements. While managing complex project environments, you will be able to anticipate and troubleshoot roadblocks and influence teams to achieve targets for the division.

 

It is your problem-solving ability and leadership that will make it possible for customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.

 

How You Will Achieve It

 

• Develop ideas and lead complex projects across Sub Business Unit and manage plans to achieve objective.
• Evaluate clinical protocols and coordinate design and delivery of insights and/or protocol simulation to answer key protocol or patient questions.
• Build and manage networks of patient communities for insights into clinical protocols.
• Build and manage a network of site relationships for conducting protocol simulations.
• Analyze patient insights and results from simulations to provide recommendations to clinical teams for considerations across Pfizer's portfolio.
• Deploy and Maintain Patient Recruitment Tracking Platform.
• Lead and manage the Platform Support Team.
• Serve as the System Business Owner for the Tracking Platform.
• Support therapeutic patient recruitment strategies to enable the predictable delivery of Pfizer's portfolio.
• Coordinate technology requirements/deployments with IT colleagues and external suppliers.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture to streamline appropriate processes for maximum efficiency and productivity

 

Qualifications

 

Must-Haves

 

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) and 9+ years of Patient Engagement experience OR
• Doctorate degree (PhD/PharmD/JD) and 4+ years of Patient Engagement experience.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in relating to colleagues and associates both inside and outside the organization
• Good MS Office Skills
• Knowledge of patient recruitment strategies & tactics including, but not limited to:
  • Direct to patient outreach
  • Digital/mobile and traditional
  • Site Management Organizations
  • Advocacy groups
  • Patient networks
  • On-site support
• Well-developed planning, observation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including ability to persuade, negotiate and moderate conflict.

 

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

 

Pfizer site-based (Groton, NYC, Boston, Collegeville)

 

Willing to travel domestically and internationally in support of objectives. Given the nature of the role, and the weekend nature of many advocacy events, the incumbent will need to be able to travel on/over weekends if needed. Total travel time approximated to be ~20%

 

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $118,100.00 to $196,800.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

 

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

 

Sunshine Act

 

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

 

EEO & 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, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

 

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