Director, Patient Advocacy

Pfizer Inc. Director, Patient Advocacy Beijing or Shanghai China - Beijing - Beijing China - Shanghai - Shanghai

Full time

Posted 1 Days Ago

4964732

Our Purpose We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place.

Responsibilities

• Set and lead the country/regional patient advocacy strategy, aligned with business, policy and reputation priorities.

• Build trusted, long-term partnerships with patient, professional, community and trade organizations; serve as the senior point of contact for priority relationships.

• Bring patient insights and the patient voice into policy, research, development, medical and commercial decision-making across the medicine lifecycle.

• Create coalitions and collaborative platforms that advance shared policy priorities, improve access to medicines and vaccines, and strengthen patient education.

• Advise senior leaders on emerging patient, policy and reputation opportunities and risks, with clear short-, medium- and long-term action plans.

• Partner across Policy and Public Affairs, Communications, Digital, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Global Product Development and business teams to scale patient-engagement standards, tools and best practices.

• Represent Pfizer in relevant external forums and advisory bodies and lead high-impact advocacy engagements and events.

• Core Competencies

• Strategic leadership and sound judgment

• Patient organization management and trusted relationship building

• Influence, collaboration and coalition building

• Clear, credible executive communication

• Execution, accountability and agility

• Key Relationships

• Internal: Patient Advocacy leadership; Policy and Public Affairs; Communications; Commercial; Medical; Regulatory Affairs; Digital; Research and Development; and other enterprise stakeholders.

• External: Patient and professional advocacy organizations, community and provider groups, trade associations, policy thought leaders and other relevant partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in public health, public policy or a related field preferred.

• At least 14 years of experience in patient advocacy, patient engagement, public affairs or a related field, including experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

• Track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable advocacy, stakeholder-engagement and partnership outcomes in a complex matrix organization.

• Extensive experience in managing patient organizations and building trusted, long-term relationships with them.

• Strong understanding of the healthcare environment and the ability to translate business needs and patient priorities into integrated advocacy plans.

• Excellent executive communication, influence and issue-management skills, including experience in crisis and reputation management.

• Strategic, innovative and results-oriented leader who can operate independently, collaborate across functions and engage effectively at all organizational levels.

• Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.