Director – Business Assessment – Oncology
| Company | Pfizer |
|---|---|
| Location | Bothell, WA, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $169700 – $282900 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, MBA |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BA/BS degree with at least 8 years’ experience, in the biopharmaceutical industry preferred.
- Proficiency leading patient-based forecasting and understanding of financial valuations
- Ability to work with complex information (e.g., epidemiology literature, analyst reports, secondary/claims data, primary research) and distill into an analytic framework that helps facilitate decision making
- Strong presentation skills to executive level leadership; Interact with executive commercial and research leaders at all levels and engage them at appropriate times in the commercial assessment process
Responsibilities
- Develop assessments of pipeline and business development opportunities, collaborating closely within CSI to ensure that investment opportunity analysis is rigorous and based on common and well-supported modeling techniques and assumptions
- Gather input from key internal expert stakeholders on the potential clinical development plan or clinical profile and commercial evaluation (e.g., Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Global Access and Value, Global Marketing/Regional leaders, Global Commercial Analytics)
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research with external physicians and key opinion leaders both directly and through management of consulting resources while abiding by rigorous internal customer engagement protocols
- Develop analytically supported recommendations to facilitate investment trade off decisions across Pfizer Oncology opportunities, as well as BD opportunities compared with internal pipeline investment
- Determine the appropriate level of rigor and external insights/research required, depending on the timeline and decision to be made
- Demonstrate the courage to recommend not moving forward with opportunities despite limited information at times
- Work flexibly and comfortably on multiple projects in a matrixed team
- Support additional CSI projects (e.g., knowledge management, best practice synchronization, professional development) or enterprise level initiatives and evaluations using analyst reports and other secondary data
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or life sciences advanced degree
- Prior experience in oncology forecasting, life sciences consulting, financial services or other analytical profession
- Experience in business development process, specifically in opportunity identification, commercial assessment, and deal structure
- Provide objective recommendations for investment, factoring in strategies at a Category level and overall Pfizer growth strategy
- Work effectively in a matrixed organization and lead with indirect authority; lead cross functional teams to deliver quick turnarounds often with limited information
- Ability to think creatively and develop new solutions or approaches that will enable the teams to meet their new business goals
- Synthesize new areas, technologies, and opportunities for executive level briefings
- Understands trends in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, competitor strategies, dynamics in the US and other major global markets, and drug development process
- Understands market trends and strategies that could impact investment opportunities
- Understands pricing and market access strategy across US & Ex-US markets