Advocacy & Professional Relations Director - ATTR-CM & Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

ROLE SUMMARY 

It is this person’s responsibility to establish and maintain strong and lasting relationships with Patient Organizations and Professional Societies that support our presence in both the Amyloidosis and SCD communities. These relationships with national advocacy groups and other professional societies will be essential for Pfizer Specialty Care to achieve personal and departmental business goals that are not normally attainable through traditional business channels via: 

• Developing and implementing initiatives that provide value-add potential for key stakeholders aligned with TA-specific strategic priorities that position Pfizer as a credible and relevant partner. 

• Advancing partnerships with patient and professional organizations to help deliver insights and leadership for Specialty Care Therapeutic Areas within Pfizer’s portfolio. 

• Building new relationships with Advocacy Groups as well as Community Partners across both the ATTR-CM and SCD communities. 

• Alignment of National Brand Strategies to Patient Engagement initiatives and partnerships across two therapeutic areas. 

• Developing Advocacy and Community Forums that can address patient needs across ATTR and SCD. 

• Stewarding Pfizer’s leadership of the Council for Sickle Cell CHANGE, a multi-stakeholder initiative uniting health systems, community-based organizations (CBOs), professional societies, and patient advocates to improve care for the sickle cell community, and guiding its evolution toward a sustainable, multi-company coalition model. 

• Gathering metrics, trends, & insights across the business to inform Sr. Leadership of the team’s achievements and KPIs across both TAs. 

• Interactions with key stakeholders that demonstrate an ability to meet customer needs with a balanced commitment to the Pfizer Patient Engagement Team business objectives. 

• Demonstrating through thoughtful partnerships a compelling vision to outside organizations that generates respect and provides a competitive advantage for Pfizer Specialty Care. 

• Exhibiting strong relationship skills and the ability to foster and communicate the Advocacy & Professional Relations vision and remit to numerous cross-functional Pfizer workstreams. 

• Providing Patient and Professional Alliances content and expertise to commercial colleagues during the Strategic Planning process. 

• Continuing to build the cross-functional model that our team fosters by collaborating with internal and external key stakeholders to successfully achieve Pfizer’s objectives to serve patients and find new answers to unmet medical challenges. 

• Health Equity Support by driving patient-centered advocacy strategy to advance equitable outcomes in Heart Failure and ATTR-CM – with a focus on improving early awareness, diagnosis confidence, access to care, and patient experience, particularly for Black/African American and underserved communities – and in SCD, where long-standing disparities in acute access to care, treatment, and patient experience disproportionately affect these same communities. 

• Demonstrating Pfizer’s willingness to partner with peer companies toward unified goals; collaborating across stakeholders to increase confidence diagnosing ATTR-CM and to sustain multi-company collaboration in the SCD community. 

Ultimately, this individual will bring focus, expertise, and prioritized action such that Pfizer establishes a leadership position in ATTR-CM and sustains a credible, trusted leadership presence in the SCD community. 

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Build the framework along with the Patient Engagement Lead and Brand Team for Pfizer’s leadership in the ATTR-CM Community. 

• Translate understanding of patient landscape & dynamics into strategic imperatives for: BU to LT; Commercial colleagues; and teams across patient advocacy, national accounts, customer solutions & resources for the CN team. 

• Directly engage in a partnership with the public affairs BU lead regarding communication of activities with the ATTR-CM community. 

• Directly manage relationships with ATTR-CM organizations currently in the Patient Engagement team. 

• Identify the select "critical few" priorities and mobilize robust cross-functional workstreams requiring leadership across marketing, sales/KAM, public affairs, and medical. 

• Lead partnerships with national and regional organizations focused on Black/African American cardiovascular equity. 

• Support advocacy-driven HCP participation in national and regional forums to advance patient awareness of ATTR-CM in the African American population. 

• Lead advocacy initiatives that address disparities in HF awareness, ATTR-CM suspicion, diagnostic pathways, and long-term patient support. 

• Build and sustain partnerships with national and community-based organizations that represent patient voice, lived experience, and health equity priorities. 

Sickle Cell Disease & Council for Sickle Cell CHANGE (~20%) 

• Serve as Pfizer’s advocacy lead for the Council for Sickle Cell CHANGE, providing strategic direction and continuity across its three workstreams (Acute Care Management, Communicating the Possibilities, and Advancing Advocacy), including pilot site ecosystems that pair health systems with community-based organizations (CBOs) and multi-disciplinary steering committees spanning CBO, health system, and professional organization stakeholders. 

• Drive the development and dissemination of care-improvement blueprints emerging from steering committee work and lead the Council’s transition toward a sustainable multi-company coalition model, including partner entry readiness, Terms of Reference, and neutral-secretariat governance. 

• Manage supporting agency and governance vendor relationships, including scope, deliverables, budget stewardship, and equitable cost-share arrangements as peer-company partners join; safeguard KOL, CBO, and community trust through Council momentum, transparent communication, and consistent follow-through. 

• Connect Council insights to Pfizer’s SCD patient engagement strategy and the broader Patient Engagement team’s SCD activities. 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degrees such as MBA preferred. 

• Marketing, Account Management, Leadership or similar level experience is preferred. 

• ATTR and /or SCD experience required  

• Minimum of 10+ years of pharmaceutical commercial experience (including account management, sales, marketing, business operations); experience in ATTR and/or Sickle Cell Disease is highly preferred. 

• Experience working successfully in a matrix environment. 

• Significant experience in the Specialty Care marketplace, with an understanding of how to frame complex challenges to the organization with a solutions orientation. 

• Experience leading or participating in multi-stakeholder coalitions, alliances, councils, or consortia (e.g., cross-industry, health system, and community-based partnerships) is strongly preferred. 

• Ability to generate deep, targeted customer insights and integrate them into business decisions. 

• Ability to align customized solutions to brand priorities across two therapeutic areas to ensure focus on strategic execution of the operating plan. 

• Demonstrated initiative, strong strategic and leadership skills. 

• Solid analytical and strategic thinking; ability to translate strategy and analysis to a tactical, executable level. 

• Ability to synthesize complex information and distill critical customer-driven insights to drive brand performance. 

• Ability to work effectively in a customer- and brand-based environment and partner with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Strong project and process management skills, including vendor/agency management and program budget stewardship. 

• Skilled in coalition governance and facilitation – building consensus among diverse stakeholders with differing priorities, including peer companies, health systems, professional societies, and community organizations. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize/multi-task effectively across two therapeutic areas. 

OTHER REQUIREMENTS 

• Broad understanding of Pfizer’s Specialty Care Businesses and relationships with commercial partners. 

• Exhibit strong collaboration/relationship-building skills and ability to engage across multiple functions at a senior level. 

• Experienced in communicating and interacting with external stakeholders is desirable. 

• Professional maturity and presence with advanced written and verbal communication skills. 

• Intrinsically motivated and self-directed. 

• Patient-centric focused and committed to trust and integrity, with demonstrated cultural humility in engaging underserved communities. 

• Outstanding collaboration and networking abilities. 

OTHER JOB DETAILS 

Last Day to Apply: September 11, 2026