Role at a glance
- Job function
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- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- China, Beijing, Beijing
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- At least 14 years of experience in patient advocacy, patient engagement, public affairs or a related field, including experience in the...
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in public health, public policy or a related field preferred.
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Role Summary
Leads country or regional patient advocacy strategy and partnerships. The role brings patient perspectives into organizational decision-making and advises senior leaders on patient, policy and reputation opportunities and risks.
What You'll Do
- Set and lead patient advocacy strategy aligned with business, policy and reputation priorities.
- Build long-term partnerships with patient, professional, community and trade organizations, serving as the senior contact for priority...
- Bring patient insights and perspectives into policy, research, development, medical and commercial decisions across the medicine lifecycle.
- Create coalitions and collaborative platforms to advance policy priorities, improve access to medicines and vaccines, and strengthen...
- Advise senior leaders on emerging opportunities and risks, partner across functions to scale patient-engagement practices, and represent...
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Bachelor’s degree required. 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. Requires a track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable advocacy, stakeholder-engagement and partnership outcomes in a complex matrix organization; experience managing patient organizations and building trusted, long-term relationships; strong understanding of the healthcare environment; and executive communication, influence, issue-management, crisis and reputation-management skills.
Preferred
- Advanced degree in public health, public policy or a related field.
Original job description
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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, WRDM (Worldwide Research, Development and Medical), GPD (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.
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About the company
Pfizer
Large Enterprise
Pfizer is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and manufacturing of innovative healthcare solutions. With a strong focus on improving lives through medications and vaccines, Pfizer has played a significant role in addressing various health challenges, including infectious diseases, chronic illnesses, and rare conditions. The company emphasizes research-driven approaches and collaborative efforts in its mission to enhance global health and empower patients through cutting-edge science and technology. Through its commitment to high standards of safety and efficacy, Pfizer continues to shape the future of medicine.