Director – Early Commercial

Pfizer

Director role in Global Commercial Strategy focusing on Pfizer's pre-clinical EBV program. Leading commercial strategy and cross-functional collaboration for delivering public health impact.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeNew York City • New York, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $176,600 - $294,300 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

This role is an individual contributor within the Vaccines Early Commercial Business
The Director, Early Commercial, is the Commercial lead for Pfizer's pre-clinical EBV program responsible for leading the commercial strategy and progressing the emerging asset through governance stage-gates, endorsements, and prioritization decisions.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, comprehensively articulating the market opportunity and generating insights required to drive strategy, guide development decisions and inform long-range forecasting
Oversee market research plan to generate key insights and fill in knowledge gaps to directly shape product concepts, potential target product profile(s) and related clinical strategy
Support the annual strategic and operating plan process, and manage associated Commercial budget
Lead development of commercial opportunity scenarios and related assessments, including market-sizing, competitive scenarios, price, market share, etc.
Continuously monitor the competitive landscape and highlight points of differentiation and Commercial implications
Build trusted working partnerships across Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Global Access Strategy & Pricing, Business Analytics & Insights, Competitive Intelligence, Business Development, and US and International Commercial teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 7 years of experience; OR a PhD with 5+ years of experience
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences or strategic consulting (e.g., Commercial Development, Marketing, strategic consulting, analytics, forecasting)
Ability to understand complex scientific and clinical data and translate implications for differentiation, commercial opportunity and asset value
Proven leadership and demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional collaboration, challenge the status quo and manage stakeholders
Strong strategic skills including ability to identify key issues early and address major challenges (e.g., emerging competition, shifting landscape)
Adept at synthesizing complex scientific, clinical, market, access, and competitive information into clear insights, perspectives, recommendations and action plans
Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal communication and presentation skills
Ability to lead projects with no clear precedent roadmap and prioritize efforts across the team and the organization.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a matrixed environment.
Demonstrated ability to make decisions with limited information and propose alternative scenarios or mitigation strategies
Comfort working in an AI-native or AI-augmented environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives
401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
paid vacation
holiday and personal days
paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

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Hard Skills & Tools

market researchstrategic planningforecastingcompetitive analysiscommercial strategydata analysisproject managementmarket sizingclinical strategyproduct development

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkinginterpersonal skillsverbal communicationpresentation skillsdecision makingprioritizationsynthesis of informationstakeholder management