Medical Engagement, Strategy & Insights Director, US Medical Affairs, Rare Cardiac, Specialty Care (12 months - Secondment)
Pfizer
·3 days ago
- Location
- USA - NY - Headquarters, United States of America · United States - Remote
- Workplace
- Remote
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Seniority
- Director
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- PhD
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
ROLE SUMMARY
The Medical Engagement, Strategy & Insights Director provides senior scientific and medical expertise in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) and contributes to sustaining and advancing Pfizer’s scientific leadership in the evolving rare cardiac and amyloid landscape.
Working with priority national KOLs, the role translates external scientific insight into clear scientific and data-communication priorities, strengthening how Pfizer’s clinical evidence is understood across the most important centers of care. It acts as a connection point between the external scientific community and internal medical strategy.
Through insight-driven prioritization, the role helps sustain scientific momentum for tafamidis in a dynamic ATTR-CM environment. Beyond tafamidis, it also serves as an enterprise point of integration for external scientific insight, informing rare cardiac and amyloid business development and broader enterprise strategy. He/she is an integral member of the U.S. Medical Affairs organization and the cross-functional U.S. and global tafamidis team(s).
This position is a 12-month secondment.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Scientific Engagement & Insights
Provides senior scientific depth with priority national KOLs, engaging on the most complex scientific and clinical discussions.
Defines and elevates the scientific insight agenda — the perceptions, decision drivers, and barriers that shape diagnosis and treatment across priority amyloid centers — and sets the near-term scientific focus for medical engagement.
Synthesizes external scientific and competitive insight into structured input that informs U.S. Medical Affairs planning and evidence-generation priorities.
Collaborates closely with Field Medical Directors (FMD) with shared responsibilities for National KOLs to ensure maximal scientific support, including joint meetings with the Medical Engagement, Strategy & Insights Director and FMD in attendance, when logistically possible.
Serves as a senior scientific integrator across Medical, Field Medical, Global Medical Affairs, and cross-functional partners to align on insight-led scientific priorities.
Contributes senior ATTR-CM scientific expertise to strengthen the broader team’s scientific depth and effectiveness.
Rare Cardiac Business Development
Serves as the medical point of connection for external amyloid and rare cardiac scientific insights, synthesizing peer and competitive learnings to inform future business development considerations and longer-range enterprise strategy, within compliance guardrails.
Provides scientific and medical perspective in support of rare cardiac pipeline development — clinical trial landscape and multidisciplinary approaches for complex conditions — to inform portfolio considerations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of scientific and cross-functional experience, including the ability to influence peers and guide aligned action across a matrixed organization.
Doctoral degree in clinical/pharmacy specialty (Ph.D., Pharm.D) and 5+ years’ experience required; Master’s degree with 7+ years required; Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience required.
National KOL engagement experience required; international experience preferred.
U.S. tafamidis /Rare Cardiac medical experience required; commercial experience valued.
Strong understanding of ATTR-CM medical literature required.
Strong understanding of clinical trial and data across amyloid, rare cardiology, and heart failure preferred.
Deep understanding of the U.S. healthcare system and IDN / key accounts.
Understanding of the drug development process.
Customer-oriented approach with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and matrix teams.
Proven strategic thinking skills with the ability to interpret and implement strategic directions.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
TRAVEL
This position requires up to 50% national and international travel as needed to develop internal and external relationships, attend internal and external meetings, and congresses
OTHER JOB DETAILS
Last Date to Apply for Job: July 24, 2026
Eligible for Relocation Package: No
This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
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