Therapeutic Area Head (Director Level) (Secondment - 12 Months)

Why Patients Need You

The primary objective of the Secondment - Therapeutic Area Head hereafter referred to as Therapeutic Area Head (TAH) is to contribute to the surveillance of the safety profiles of Pfizer products both under development and marketed for one or many therapeutic areas by taking responsibility for the efficient and appropriate evaluation and aggregate review of all adverse events and at-risk reports received by Pfizer within his/her TA including specific relevant medical documentation. The TAH will have management responsibility for all members of the Therapeutic Area team wherever they may be sited (global virtual team management). This is an above country function. Therapeutic Areas are expected to range in size of up to 25 colleagues. Areas managed include Medical Review as well as medical review of Aggregate Reports and other medical documents delivered by WWS. The TAH is responsible for leading maintaining and fostering portfolio product expertise within WWS.

What You Will Achieve

• A Secondment is a temporary role and it offers colleagues a new growth opportunity by allowing them to leave their current (full-time) role temporarily to perform duties in a new role group or function.

• Most Secondments are for periods of 9-12 months but could be extended to 18 months for specific business reasons.

• Time allocation may range between 50% 100% as required.

• The goal is to broaden colleague experience develop skills and obtain a greater understanding of the business.

• During the Secondment the secondee will remain on his/her existing terms and conditions of employment including compensation benefits global job level and grade. There will be no change in the salary and benefits.

How You Will Achieve It

• Establish the goals and manage the day-to-day performance of the medical review team responsible for safety evaluation within the assigned therapeutic areas

• Responsible for the safety portion of acquisitions divestitures and in-license deals

• Responsible for the quality and compliance to all regulators including FDA EMA PMDA MHRA and other competent authorities for areas under their purview in collaboration with the WWS CoEs.

• Direct medical review activities in accordance with regulations and Pfizer Standard Operating Procedures and associated documents using assigned resources to meet compliance requirements and performance targets for quality and timeliness

• Responsible for identifying and driving process improvement/continuous improvement around areas of direct responsibility including Medical Review

• Participates in appropriate committees including Risk Management Committees and Labeling teams

• Responsible for ensuring the Therapeutic Area is following all applicable regulations

• Facilitate effective communication within the team with other Safety colleagues and with internal and external stakeholders to assure that all issues are effectively surfaced for resolution

• Contribute to the review and endorsement of Customer Engagement Programs designed by marketing and medical in collaboration with WWS Business Management. Point of contact for internal customers with respect to any Customer Engagement Program in their area

• Ability to represent Therapeutic Area for all areas of responsibility for depositions and other legal interactions

• Provide professional leadership and support to Therapeutic Team Members when required

• Lead maintain and foster portfolio product expertise through collating appropriate information from internal and external sources evaluate for application within SER and update product reference guides in collaboration with the WWS CoEs. Disseminate product expertise and train product specialists and generalists.

• Point of contact for SSRM cluster leads

Qualifications

Must-Have

• MD certification with minimum 4years of clinical practice and experience in Pharmacovigilance clinical research or related experience.

• Ability to make independent clinical assessments based on professional and scientific responsibilities to patients prescribers regulators and providers

• Good understanding of the therapeutic areas and products for which responsible; in some cases this may be a few hundred products

• Comprehensive knowledge of current regulations governing the processing and reporting of safety data

• Ability to interact with Regulators during inspections

• Hands-on understanding of the use of safety databases for adverse event evaluation and reporting

• Leadership skills appropriate for multidisciplinary matrix teams

Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers develop and coach others oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Other Job Details

• Last Date to Apply for Job:June 10 2025

• Additional Location Information:PA-Collegeville NY-Headquarters

• Eligible for Relocation Package NO

• Secondment 12 months

• If you are currently in a driving position with a fleet vehicle and this secondment does not require driving as an essential function of the position for12 months or longer you will be required to turn in your fleet vehicle for the duration of the non-driving secondment. Please refer to the Fleet Policy and Procedures document for more information.

• There will be no change to your current work location.

• Position is considered Flexible and colleagues are expected to comply with Log In For Your Day(LIFYD) requirements at site location (e.g. about 2.5 days a week in office).

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