Patient Medicine Experience Specialist (12 month Secondment)
ROLE SUMMARY
Reporting to the Patient Partnerships Optimization Lead, this Patient Medicine Experience secondment will lead the strategic advancement of adherence and persistence strategies across the patient medicine journey. The Patient Medicine Experience Specialist will design, test, and disseminate evidence-based tools and metrics that quantify how improved adherence leads to better outcomes for patients and greater value for Pfizer. Working across therapeutic areas, the role will build connections between internal initiatives and external public private partnership collaborations like IMI BEAMER and IHI CAREPATH to synthesize learnings, avoid duplication, and accelerate implementation. The Specialist will serve as an internal catalyst for embedding adherence insights into clinical operations, digital support programs, and on-market product strategies.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop and socialize a strategic roadmap to elevate adherence and persistence across Pfizer’s patient engagement strategies.
Define, test, and validate evidence-based metrics for adherence impact (clinical, humanistic, and commercial).
Partner with teams across Medical Affairs, RWE, Clinical Development, and Commercial to identify gaps, align tools, and drive uptake.
Lead internal evaluation of the BEAMER B-COMPASS adherence model and assess implementation feasibility across therapeutic areas.
Build a curated, modular toolkit of adherence-support interventions applicable to digital, clinical, and pharmacy settings.
Establish forums to share findings and build organizational capability in adherence-focused program design.
Translate data into compelling business cases that demonstrate ROI of improved adherence to senior leaders.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Economics, Life Sciences, or a related field
Significant experience in patient engagement, clinical operations, or health outcomes strategy
Demonstrated experience in generating or applying patient-centered evidence
Ability to synthesize complex evidence and translate it into operational guidance
Familiarity with behavior change models and digital support interventions
Proven track record in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement
Strong analytical and communication skills, including data visualization
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Advanced degree (MPH, MSc, PharmD, PhD)
Experience in adherence-related research or patient support program design
Knowledge of regulatory, HTA, and commercial implications of adherence data
Involvement in patient focused external consortia (e.g., IMI/IHI PREFER, BEAMER etc)
NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
Up to 20% travel, including meetings with external partners and workshops with internal teams
Occasional evening and weekend work may be required to accommodate engagement with community groups or international colleagues in different time zones
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Works closely with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Advocacy, RWE, Commercial, Digital Health, and Global Patient Affairs
External collaborations with BEAMER, CAREPATH, and other academic or consortia partners
Supervision
May coordinate a cross-functional working group or matrix team during the secondment.
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
DisAbility Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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