Oncology Therapy Area Medical Team Leader - Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom - Pfizer

Pfizer

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Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Oncology Therapy Area Medical Team Leader

Job Description:

The role is within the four therapy area lead positions which are: Breast; Haematological oncology & biosimilars; Genitourinary Cancer and Lung cancer & pipeline.

This listing is regarding the Lung Cancer and Pipeline role.

ROLE SUMMARY
In conjunction and with oversight from the BU Medical Director, direct and line manage a therapy area medical affairs team who:

Develop and deliver the local medical strategy and life-cycle clinical plans for Pfizer's oncology inline and pipeline medicines.
Establish deep and lasting relationships with healthcare professionals and other relevant decision makers.
Provide focused, relevant information in return to clinician needs and the needs of their patients.
Create industry guiding digital educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, balanced, interactive, innovative and easily digestible.

- advocate the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies.

Create constructive and effective crossfunctional partnerships with internal departments and external stakeholders.
Communicate the safe and appropriate use and the value of Pfizer medicines in order to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical practice and promote business needs at the national, regional and corporate level.
Demonstrate the value of our innovative medicines, e.g. through real world evidence.
Establish Pfizer as a key research partner within UK Life Sciences.
Ensure promotional and nonpromotional activities and materials within scope of the ABPI Code are in full compliance with the Code and related standard operating procedures and guidelines.
Ensure that all medical activities are aligned to the medical strategy.
Work collaboratively with the Field Excellence and External Engagement Lead to ensure field medical colleagues work to their maximal potential.
Manage and oversee the medical budget for the therapy area, with budget duty and planning in coordination with the BU Medical Director and other internal departments.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Leadership and Team Management

Provide leadership and line management of the medical team, with support from the BU Medical Director and Field Medical Excellence Lead, including setting business objectives, performance management and team development.
Lead development of the medical plan and strategy for relevant therapeutic areas, including inline and pipeline portfolio
Promote the BU Medical Director with recruitment and ensure the development and retention of talented medical colleagues.
Shape strategy through membership of UK medical and commercial management teams
Plan resource allocation to ensure appropriate resources to fulfil medical objectives and business needs.

Medical Governance

Ensure compliance of medical team with ABPI Code of Practice and relevant SOPs, regulations and guidelines, including those governing external medical interactions.
Provide overall advisory support on ABPI Code of Practice to medical colleagues in the development and approval of medical materials and activities.
Review and certify/examine medical materials and activities within scope of the ABPI Code of Practice that are not being managed by the central Code approval team, e.g. locally organized medical advisory boards or noninterventional study protocols.
Ensure that product materials and related activities reflect the most up to date regulatory labelling and risk management plans, regulatory commitments, and PMCPA/intercompany undertakings.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure timely receipt of information on brand strategy, clinical plan, new clinical data, new regulatory and safety information and accurate, balanced and up to date materials to use in medicaltomedical communications.
Provide medical/scientific input on clinical trial concepts, research collaboration proposals and other projects within the context of country, regional and global clinical strategies for assigned products/therapy area.
Assume conceptual duty for expert meetings and advisory panels for assigned product(s) and therapeutic area(s)
Provide protocol approval and oversight of in country noninterventional studies and research collaborations related to portfolio in line with Pfizer SOPs, including any related publications.
Promote the medical grants process related to portfolio to ensure the appropriate governance in line with Pfizer SOPs

External Engagement

Plan, organise and conduct training events, participate in national and international conferences, and prepare scientific papers and presentations.
Leverage the collective advantage across the therapy area and ensure the franchise has a coordinated approach externally, e.g. at conferences and during interactions with scientific societies and patient groups.
Work with key external stakeholders during the lifecycle of Pfizer medicines, boosting Pfizer strategy and