Senior Manager, Business Assessment

Job Description

Business Assessment (BA) is an exciting, highly collaborative, and dynamic team of professionals responsible for generating the investment cases for key pipeline and business development decisions.  It is a Center of Excellence within Pfizer’s Commercial Strategy & Innovation (CSI) organization. CSI is the single accountable Commercial voice responsible for pipeline/program strategy and investment cases.

The BA Senior Manager role is responsible for supporting and developing commercial assessments and forecasts to support investment case decisions. The BA team partners with the Triad (CSI leadership, WRDM: Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, GPD: Global Product Development) and Worldwide Business Development (WWBD) to effectively champion internal pipeline and external opportunities.   S/he will be expected to cover disease area opportunities across multiple categories as needed, given the team’s flexible model.

S/he will also provide strategic input into trade off decisions that may be required between investment options, ensure consistency in assessment and forecasting approaches across external or internal investment options, and support the presentation of analysis and recommendations to executive governance.

S/he may cover other disease area opportunities, potential M&A evaluations, emerging technology platforms, other innovative projects as needed, given the team’s flexible resourcing model.

ROLE 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., Commercial, Marketing Analytics, Medical Affairs, Patient & Health Impact, Global Marketing/Regional leaders, Global Product Development, Research Unit)
• 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 BU 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 therapeutic areas 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

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.  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
• Proficiency supporting/leading financial valuation, forecasting, business proposal and/or other related projects
• Provide objective recommendations for investment, factoring in strategies at a Category level and overall Pfizer growth strategy
• 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
• Work effectively in a matrixed organization and influence with indirect authority; support/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
• 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
• Synthesize new areas, technologies, and opportunities for executive level briefings
• Experience in business development process, specifically in opportunity identification, commercial assessment, and deal structure
• BA/BS required

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in biopharma forecasting, life sciences consulting, financial services or other analytical profession
• MBA or life sciences advanced degree

 
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $113,900.00 to $182,400.00. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Salary range does not apply to the Tampa, FL location.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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