Sr. Manager, Strategy & Consulting
- United States - New York - New York City
ROLE SUMMARY:
Pfizer's Strategy & Consulting (S&C) team works with Pfizer senior leadership to lead the development of holistic business strategies across the enterprise. We bring strategic connections and make a difference by combining robust consulting approaches with our intimate understanding of Pfizer’s business challenges. We collaborate closely with our internal business partners to develop shared goals and high impact strategies that enable Pfizer’s purpose-driven growth agenda and support our mission to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.
This role will support projects across one of two S&C verticals:
US Commercial: Focuses on Pfizer’s Primary Care, Specialty Care and Oncology Business Units (BUs). These BUs are responsible for executing the U.S. Commercial strategy across their TAs/products and are accountable for the U.S. P&L for these businesses. Our main stakeholders include the Chief U.S. Commercial Officer, the U.S. BU Presidents and their leadership teams. Our projects help shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies to advance and grow these businesses in support of Pfizer’s overall growth ambitions. These business strategies include key US brand/market priorities, cover a broad range of in-line and late-stage pipeline assets, and span TA-level as well as above-TA topics.
Corporate / R&D: Encompasses a wide range of corporate functions and high priority strategy projects for Research and Development. The scope of this vertical includes support for and requests from the CEO, the Pfizer Board of Directors, the ELT, enterprise-level initiatives related to a broad range of Corporate Functions (e.g., Corporate Affairs, Digital, Finance, People Experience), as well as strategic support for Pfizer’s Chief Scientific Officer and his Leadership Team. Our projects aim to shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies to advance and grow Pfizer’s overall business as well as enhance the productivity and efficiency of our end-to-end PRD engine.
In S&C, you will have frequent exposure to a variety of senior leadership (VPs and Presidents) across Pfizer’s different business units, helping to build your network for a long and successful career at Pfizer. You will be reporting to a Senior Director who is invested in accelerating your growth and development at Pfizer.
We recognize the importance of all of Pfizer’s core values: courage, excellence, equity and joy. In living these values our customers and our colleagues are at the heart of all we do. We are committed to ensuring you are set up for success, including being able to maintain a desirable work life balance.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a Senior Manager in this team, you will have several main accountabilities:
Contribute to the development of each Business Unit’s strategic plan and corresponding strategies, ensuring a consistent structure to the plans created across Pfizer
Lead significant portions and workstreams of projects related to key strategic issues, and
Provide insight into the impact of market signals/trends that could affect business performance or strategic direction
What this looks like on a daily basis:
Interact with BU leaders and/or corporate functions to understand their business needs and develop strategies at a global, US, and/or regional level
Contribute to the completion of annual strategies and plans that guide the execution of the strategies
Lead workstreams on projects that provide insight and direction for key strategic levers such as market development, customer needs assessment, competitive advantage, market and/or product prioritization, and opportunities at the BU, asset, or functional level
Direct small projects and cross-functional teams of colleagues with varying levels of experience, coaching and developing them to build capability and performance
Create an engaging and productive work environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate and excel, and provide mentorship to junior resources
Participate in external networking and thought partnership to broaden functional expertise and maintain awareness of industry trends
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum MBA/MS/MA with 5 years of relevant healthcare experience, or BS/BA with 6 years of relevant healthcare experience
Relevant healthcare experience includes experience working in/with commercial, corporate or R&D biopharma functions involving strategy development and/or strategic initiatives (e.g., marketing, commercial development, market access & pricing, business development, R&D strategy / portfolio management, etc.)
Demonstrated strong strategic thinking skills, as evidenced by the ability to formulate project objectives and identify relevant scope. Identifies appropriate hypothesis for junior team members
Demonstrated project leadership, managing workstreams and small teams of cross-functional colleagues with varying backgrounds and skillsets
Demonstrated ability to influence key senior stakeholders without direct authority
Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills, including technical proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, and the ability to coach Junior team members
Understanding of trends and market dynamics in US and Global healthcare and biopharmaceuticals, awareness of competitor strategies, and understanding of the drug development process
Excellent presentation skills sufficient to address Global BU Leadership, and external audiences
Strong command of English language, spoken and written
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
2+ years of biopharmaceutical consulting experience strongly preferred
Advanced degree (Masters/MBA plus 5 years, or PhD plus 1 year, or MD)
For US Commercial vertical: US Commercial experience preferred
Additional information:
Location: Our roles require a high level of collaboration and are subject to Pfizer's flexible hybrid policy of 2 to 3 days per week working from our brand-new NYC-based global headquarters.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
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Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
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Business Innovation at Pfizer combines commercial strategy, consulting, business development, partner development programs, and portfolio and investment analysis into a powerful team.
Our mission is to spark sustainable growth for Pfizer and touch patients' lives by providing breakthrough medicines and vaccines. Together, we shatter boundaries, redefine possibilities, and transform healthcare's future. Join us in shaping a brighter, healthier world where innovation knows no bounds.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
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