Field Medical Outcomes, Director, MD

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Requirements:

• MD or DO with 4+ years relevant experience required.
• Experience should be in any of the following: Clinical, formulary, and/or other management experience; Managed Care, pharmaceutical industry, and/or Quality Improvement; Data Analytics and/or HEOR activities, with demonstrated strong methodological skills (study design, data analysis, and interpretation) in health services research.
• Significant experience in interacting with payers and other organized customers required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Excellent and demonstrated interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal customers’ demands, manage and handle conflict constructively required.
• Breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers and create business impact.
• Strong analytic skills including creativity and effectiveness in proactively identifying and addressing challenges.
• Strong comprehension and communication skills, including ability to communicate large amounts of scientific information in a manner that is clear and concise.
• Well-organized with the ability to be flexible, prioritize multiple demands, and employ strong situational leadership skills.
• Ability to travel, including overnight travel for internal and external meetings (customer, industry, and professional society meetings).
• Ability to operate a Pfizer company car with a valid US Driver’s License and regularly fly on airplanes; must be within a 2-hour drive of a major airport; flexibility to potentially travel 40 – 50% of time.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all internal/external SOPs/Rules/Regulations.
• Provide objective and scientifically sound medical information regarding Pfizer’s medicines and the disease states they treat through use of pharmacoeconomic models, outcomes tools, educational programs, Health Outcomes Projects and Evaluations (HOPEs), non-interventional studies, and collaborations.
• Appropriately prioritize the needs of the customer and of Pfizer to develop and implement objective and scientifically sound Real World Evidence-based outcomes tools (such as HOPEs and educational programs) which identify the greatest opportunities for improving patient care, closing quality gaps, and addressing population health management.
• Serve as the Field Medical Outcomes lead for assigned customers, developing and executing a Medical account plan while representing Medical Affairs, sharing insights from the customer, and identifying opportunities for collaboration to improve patient care.
• Understand the principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation and communicate these concepts with customers.
• Appropriately engage with key stakeholders within the market, such as Quality Improvement Organizations, Advocacy Groups, Coalitions, and other medical/healthcare associations, to understand their population health priorities and identify opportunities that align with the strategic Medical objectives of Pfizer.
• Provide Medical support and guidance for HIT initiatives including initial assessment, triaging opportunities for review, assessing organizational capabilities and feasibility, and providing clinical relevance to proposed HIT methodologies.
• Analyze workflows in the context of clinical healthcare information systems to facilitate care processes to reduce care gaps, improve care efficiencies, and maximize quality and population health.
• Facilitate development of clinical content that embodies the clinical perspective while effectively using information technology to develop strategy and build innovative tools and resources
• Provide expertise on e-data collection and planning for Field Medical colleagues.
• Work cross-functionally within Pfizer guidance to identify, design, and deploy HIT solutions aligned with Pfizer Medical goals for Field Medical use.
• Support development of HIT/clinical informatics specific resources for new product and new indication launches.
• Maintain, continually develop, and utilize Clinical Informatics capabilities to enable effective collaborations with external customers.
• Serve as members of internal teams to further the impact of Field Medical Outcomes by creating tools, resources, and educational materials for use both internally and externally.
• Represent Pfizer Medical Affairs leadership with clinical/professional associations and/or societies, consistently demonstrating medical professionalism in all interactions.
• Enhance customer recognition of Pfizer Medical through collaborative projects, publications and healthcare awards.
• Providing approved medical content on Pfizer’s products in the designated therapeutic area, with a primary focus on organized customers, including but not limited to National Payers, Regional Payers, and Specialty Pharmacy Providers (SPPs).
• Demonstrate Pfizer Scientific Leadership by keeping abreast of medical and scientific developments in the designated therapeutic area by continuously reviewing literature in the field, evolving competitive landscape, networking with experts and attending assigned conferences.
• Respond to unsolicited requests from customers regarding scientific interpretation of clinical information and pharmacoeconomic impact of product selection to further advance formulary decision-making or patient outcomes through appropriate pharmaceutical care.
• Compliantly collaborate with internal Pfizer colleagues (including Key Account Managers, Account Directors, PHI, Field Medical, Headquarters Medical, CI, AME, and HEOR) to understand the outcomes of interest and data analysis needs of assigned customers.
• Maintain significant market and customer knowledge in an increasingly complex and dynamic marketplace.
• Manage a significant volume of projects developed in a field-based environment, while exhibiting the ability to prioritize, successfully implement, and demonstrate excellent judgment skills and work in a continuous improvement environment.
• Maintain an up-to-date status for internal training requirements.
• Conduct all activities in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and compliance guidance.
• Educate HCOs based on patient care gaps and aligned to medical strategy with the goal of enhancing understanding of disease state and guideline-based care.
• Achieve leadership-defined expectations regarding the number of medical stakeholders engaged.
• Understand the priorities of PFE Medical Affairs in order to contribute to medical content strategy development and aligned field medical tactics.
• Provides strong territory/customer leadership.
• Serve on Medical, TA or cross-functional committees as appropriate.
• Mentorship and Onboarding partner.
• Maintain professional licensure and continually learn and grow in profession.