Pfizer is hiring: Director, Vaccines Medical Content and Communication - Vaccine

Director, Vaccines Medical Content and Communication – Vaccines

Why Patients Need You Vaccines are one of the greatest public health advancements of all time, resulting in the control, elimination, or near-elimination of numerous infectious diseases that were once pervasive and often fatal. Pfizer has a rich history in vaccine research and development and has designed novel vaccines based on new delivery systems and technologies that prevent bacterial, vector, and viral‑borne diseases. Over the years, we have played a pivotal role in eliminating or nearly eliminating deadly infectious diseases like smallpox and polio globally. Today, Pfizer has an industry‑leading portfolio of 19 approved vaccines and is committed to developing innovative solutions that prevent and treat disease.

Role Summary The Vaccines Medical Communication and Content Director will:

• Report to the Team Lead within Pfizer Medical Content and Communication, Vaccines.
• Lead the development and execution of impactful scientific communication strategies for assigned Pfizer medicines, with a focus on achieving a singular scientific voice anchored to the evidence.
• Ensure that overall scientific communication and content strategies reflect Therapeutic Area (TA) priorities and that tactical execution of medical and scientific communication activities specifically focused on optimizing the engagement and reach of emerging scientific information within the Vaccines community occur successfully and according to strategy.
• Focus on achieving a singular scientific voice anchored to the evidence, optimizing the engagement, consistency, and reach of emerging scientific information within the vaccines. They will be a subject matter expert in one of the two chosen capabilities described below:
• Data Disclosure (Publications)
  • Collaborate with TA teams and Sci Comms colleagues to drive the publication planning, writing, and dissemination of scientific data from clinical trials and research activities, ensuring a cohesive and impactful publication strategy across the portfolio.
• Medical Content
  • Create a wide range of engaging and informative scientific content for diverse channels and audiences, including medical to medical resources, congress, and digital platform content.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring strategic input from a broad range of stakeholders (internal and external) is integrated into scientific communications strategic planning to meet the needs of these stakeholders and especially the Vaccines Medical TA teams.
• Support Global Product Teams, Global Medical franchises, and other Pfizer Vaccines stakeholders in engaging with the external medical community on activities related to key clinical trial data readouts.
• Ensure alignment of each product’s overall scientific content/communications strategy with relevant Pfizer Vaccine stakeholders (e.g., partnering with cross‑functional Medical Teams, Channel Excellence, Data Analytics, and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment of communication plans with medical priorities and optimize opportunities for broader data dissemination).
• Act as a strategic thought partner to the TA medical team, providing sci comms functional guidance and subject matter expertise in their designated focus area.
• Lead financial projections and budget management for functional deliverables in addition to managing agencies and offshore teams (if applicable).
• Collaborate with International Medical Communications and Content team to ensure sci comms deliverables are shared with country medical colleagues for adaptation.
• Have a thorough understanding of therapeutic area assigned, including policy related issues, and the individual inline and pipeline assets across the specific TAs with an ability either to serve as a primary point of contact for accurate, current medical and scientific knowledge or to identify the appropriate Subject Matter Expert within therapeutic area, for internal and external stakeholders and customers.
• Responsible for building collaborative relationships with relevant partners in and outside of Medical to ensure optimal creation and execution of channel‑specific TA medical communications strategies.
• Stay abreast of US regulations and guidance that impact digital delivery of scientific information to external HCPs.

Data Disclosure (Publications) Focus

• Drive and deliver on data disclosure plans, including Plain Language Summaries (PLS) and Enhanced Publication Content (EPC).
• Work closely with clinical study teams during data readouts to determine publication content.
• Ensure updates to global publication plans occur as needed on a regular basis.
• Support GPTs, Global Medical franchises, and other Pfizer Vaccine stakeholders by engaging with the external medical community on publication activities.
• Serve as a core member of medical communications & content sub‑committee(s) of the GMAT.

Content Focus

• Lead above or specific‑therapeutic area content strategies, projects, digital initiatives, and broad enterprise‑wide initiatives to advance content impact throughout the organization across all medical content on externally‑ and internally facing medical channels.
• Define and deliver external Global and US medical‑to‑medical content for Field/HQ/Conferences, congress content, digital medical platforms, and content for newly prioritized medical channels.
• Ensure updates to global congress content occurs as needed on a regular basis in coordination with key cross‑functional stakeholders, including commercial, development and Medical TA teams and platforms.
• Responsible for ensuring the creation of field medical content is aligned with the needs of the Pfizer Vaccines Global Medical TA team and regional/local Medical Affairs.
• Proactively resolve issues around content creation, combining medical affairs expertise with an understanding of the patient, healthcare professional, legal, regulatory, and organized customer points of view.
• Define and deliver TA training content with support from Platform training teams when applicable.
• Serve as a core member of medical/sci‑comm sub‑committee(s) of the GMAT.

Qualifications

• Advanced medical/scientific degree (MS, PhD/PharmD or MD) with 7+ years’ experience if Master’s, 5+ years’ if PhD/PharmD, or 4+ years’ if MD, of relevant biopharmaceutical/biotech or agency experience (such as Medical Communications, Medical Affairs or scientific communications within Clinical Development roles)
• Must be willing and able to become subject matter expert in disease area.
• Experience developing strategic scientific communications and other scientific content to support scientific exchange, including the use of tools and programs to meet the needs of HCPs.
• Have a strong understanding of Medical Affairs, including medical strategies, disease areas, and objectives.
• Ability to quickly build rapport and credibility with key internal and key external stakeholders through strong interpersonal skills; strong matrix leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex scientific concepts and data into meaningful and digestible communications and foundational tools that can be utilized via multiple channels including at scientific conferences.
• Strong track record of written and oral communication skills to develop and present scientific information to varied audiences and articulate messages succinctly.
• Strong organizational skills to track numerous tasks for multiple simultaneous projects in a deadline‑oriented environment.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment and delivering scientific content in a compliant yet innovative manner, leveraging the latest technologies to ease the consumption of critical scientific information.
• Experience with omnichannel, including diverse content development – such as publications, plain language summaries, congress materials, publication extenders, podcasts, and short‑form articles for 3rd party digital platforms.
• Experience with scientific peer‑reviewed publications.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Vaccine experience strongly preferred

Non‑standard Work Schedule, Travel or Environment Requirements

Domestic / International Travel up to 15-20%
Work Location Assignment: This is a hybrid role requiring you to live within commuting distance and work on‑site an average of 2.5 days per week.

Other job details

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $169,700.00 to $282,900.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share‑based long‑term incentive program.

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.