North Africa Cluster Medical Lead

About the role

Pfizer is looking for a North Africa Cluster Medical Lead, the single point of medical accountability for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The role leads all in-country and cross-cluster medical functions and acts as the senior medical voice of Pfizer in the region, representing the company internally and externally. It reports to the VP, MERA Cluster & ACCORD/GCAP Regional Medical Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the cluster medical vision, strategy and operating plan, and lead medical affairs operations and go-to-market launches
• Ensure high-quality evidence generation and data dissemination, including GCP, ethics approvals and publication, and integrate HTA readiness and stakeholder engagement
• Represent Pfizer to KOLs, academic institutions, regulators, government and payers, and build partnerships with medical societies, patient organizations and healthcare systems
• Drive medical communications on risks and benefits in a non-promotional, compliant way, and handle product quality complaints, adverse event reporting and CAPA completion
• Lead, coach and develop medical teams, and partner with commercial, regulatory, public affairs and other functions

Required profile

• An MD, Pharm D or equivalent doctoral degree
• 10+ years in medical affairs and/or clinical drug development, with line management of medical teams
• Demonstrated medical leadership and experience building external medical partnerships
• Fluency in spoken and written English; French highly preferred, Arabic a plus

Required skills

• Strong understanding of healthcare systems, regulatory and pharmacovigilance requirements and industry codes of practice
• Ability to communicate complex medical strategies to internal and external stakeholders
• Preferred: board certification or license in a medical discipline, experience in North Africa, and ability to work in a matrix organization