The Associate Director will lead clinical studies within a vaccine program, oversee safety and protocol design, provide medical expertise, and interact with regulatory authorities. Responsible for ensuring patient safety, compliance, and quality in clinical trials.
ROLE SUMMARY
The primary purpose is to serve as a Clinician within a Pfizer vaccine development program . This role may serve as a clinical lead for one or more studies within a clinical program and works closely with the global clinical program lead who is ultimately responsible for execution of the overall program. Importantly, this role will be set within a matrix team in executing studies, performing medical monitoring, supporting regulatory interaction, and taking on a leadership role in study teams for many of the clinical deliverables.
The clinician is accountable for providing medical and scientific expertise and oversight for Clinical Trials and serves as a single point of accountability for design, execution, monitoring, delivery and reporting of one or more clinical studies and to ensure patient safety.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Accountable for safety across the study
Protocol design and strategy
Support study team
Supports the program team
Interact with regulatory authorities, key opinion leaders, and principal investigators
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid. This is a hybrid role requiring you to live within commuting distance and work on-site an average of 2.5 days per week or more as needed.
The closing deadline for applications is:
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $189,200.00 to $303,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
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. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email [email protected] . This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.
Medical
The primary purpose is to serve as a Clinician within a Pfizer vaccine development program . This role may serve as a clinical lead for one or more studies within a clinical program and works closely with the global clinical program lead who is ultimately responsible for execution of the overall program. Importantly, this role will be set within a matrix team in executing studies, performing medical monitoring, supporting regulatory interaction, and taking on a leadership role in study teams for many of the clinical deliverables.
The clinician is accountable for providing medical and scientific expertise and oversight for Clinical Trials and serves as a single point of accountability for design, execution, monitoring, delivery and reporting of one or more clinical studies and to ensure patient safety.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Accountable for safety across the study
- Provide study team with medical advice for all medical issues during risk assessment and mitigation planning to enable quality, compliance and patient safety at the trial, site and patient level.
- Ensures development of and adherence to the Safety Surveillance Review Plan (SSRP). Consistent with the SSRP, performs and documents regular review of individual subject safety data, and performs review of cumulative safety data with the safety risk lead. As appropriate, the clinician medical monitor may delegate these responsibilities to the study clinician scientist identified in the SSRP. The specific components of safety data review are detailed in the appropriate SOPs and the "Safety Data Review Guide - for Clinicians."
- Monitor study safety issues and provide input to serious adverse events (SAEs) reports. Provides appropriate medical context in terms of risk factors, medical history and other important medical factors required to put the SAE or AE into appropriate medical context.
- Participates in the Safety Review Team to evaluate medical benefits/risks to support targeted clinical indications.
- Reviews literature as needed to respond to safety questions or those posed by the Safety Review Team, Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) or other individuals or bodies involved with the study.
- Communicates safety information to sites across the study and provides responses to questions on safety.
Protocol design and strategy
- Contributes towards the medical input during protocol development and updates to the clinical development plan.
- Work closely with other medical monitors to ensure that documents (protocol, Informed Consent Document [ICD], etc.) meet regulatory requirements and company policy and has been reviewed by IRB/IECs.
- Provides medical input into country feasibility.
Support study team
- With supervision of medical monitor (Director/Sr Director) provides clinical input to protocol/study team for monitoring guidelines, statistics analysis plans, ICDs, clinical review forms, data edit checks, data quality planning, as needed
- Contributes to contract research organization / vendor selection to ensure study is conducted consistent with protocol requirements, clinical plan expectations, and study timelines; this includes ensuring medical/technical requirements for data integrity are applied.
- Works with study team to ensure high quality of data e.g. appropriate patient population, adequacy of clinical assessments as study is ongoing.
- Contributes to medical review and interpretation of efficacy and safety data from clinical trials; this includes delivery of top-line report in collaboration with study statistician, and delivery of clinical study report in collaboration with medical writer and accountable for overall quality and timeliness of analysis and reporting.
- Provides protocol specific training to study team, investigators, clinical research associate, and others.
- Interacts with healthcare professionals at sites during the conduct of the study to enable quality, compliance and patient safety at the trial, site and patient level.
- Interacts with DMCs and steering committees as required.
- Notifies appropriate study team personnel of the need to inform investigators of any changes in research activity and any significant new adverse events.
- Monitor investigator compliance with protocol and regulatory requirements.
- Support study team in issues resolution, study closeout, audit responses, inspection readiness, etc.
Supports the program team
- Under supervision (Director/Sr. Director) authors clinical sections of regulatory documents (Investigator Brochure, Annual Reports, Investigational New Drug sections, clinical study report).
- May co-author abstracts, posters, presentations and publications.
- May contribute budget execution of protocols.
Interact with regulatory authorities, key opinion leaders, and principal investigators
- May support Clinical Regulatory Authority interactions accountable for providing responses.
- Liaise with Key Opinion Leaders and Principal Investigators in countries to build a Key Opinion Leaders /Principal Investigators network for new trials.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Medical degree (M.D./D.O. or equivalent).
- Licensed by a health authority to prescribe medicines (independent of supervision) for at least one year (post "intern/houseman" year) and has utilized the license to prescribe medicines in a patient care setting for an aggregate duration of at least one year.
- 0-4 years' work experience
- Possesses the ability to critically evaluate medical/scientific information.
- Excellent written and oral communication.
- Understands the design, development, and execution of clinical programs and studies .
- Capacity to adapt to a fast pace and changing environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Documented work experience/knowledge of statistics
- Training and experience in infectious diseases and/or infection control in the hospital setting is preferred.
- Experience with investigational clinical trials is preferred.
- No pharmaceutical industry experience required
- 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: Hybrid. This is a hybrid role requiring you to live within commuting distance and work on-site an average of 2.5 days per week or more as needed.
The closing deadline for applications is:
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $189,200.00 to $303,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
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. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email [email protected] . This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.
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