Senior Director, MD Global Development Lead, Early Development
Pfizer
Medical Director
FWD People
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • New York
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💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Serve as medical strategy lead across two healthcare clients, translating complex science into clear, compelling narratives that drive brand differentiation and customer engagement.
- Act as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor to internal cross-functional teams and client stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the clinical, regulatory, and scientific context at all times.
- Lead development of foundational strategic deliverables, including scientific platforms, medical narratives, lexicon and language guides, annotated creative materials, launch support tools, and field resources.
- Collaborate across strategy, creative, and account to integrate clinical insight into positioning, messaging, concept development, and tactical execution.
- Interpret and distill data from clinical trials, treatment paradigms, and competitive intelligence to inform brand planning.
- Support content creation and regulatory review for promotional assets, field materials, and launch deliverables, ensuring FDA-compliant messaging.
- Build trusted partnerships with client-side medical affairs, KOLs, and advisory board members to guide strategy and explore partnership opportunities.
- Contribute to new business pitches and proposal development, bringing medical rigor and a clear point of view to help win and grow business.
Requirements
- A background in life sciences (PharmD, PhD, or MD preferred; Master’s-level candidates with deep experience considered).
- 7+ years in medical strategy or medical writing, ideally in a healthcare agency setting.
- Proven experience supporting brand launches and/or new indications.
- Comfortable navigating FDA guidance and promotional review processes (e.g., MLR/OPDP).
- Ability to distill complex science into clear, actionable insights for cross-functional teams.
- Confident, composed client presence—able to read a room, lead a discussion, and guide decision-making.
- Skilled at identifying competitive gaps, clinical opportunities, and pressure points that shape brand strategy.
- Familiarity with rare, complex, or specialty diseases.
- Adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial agency environment.
- Nice-to-haves: experience in immunology, oncology, neurology, or rare disease categories; background in biotech or small-to-mid-sized pharma; global marketing or regulatory experience; strong slide storytelling skills; comfortable facilitating brand planning workshops.
