Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP) Senior Manager

Full-time - Mid Level

Memphis, TN

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

Within Pfizer's Real World Evidence (RWE) Platform, the Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP) Success team operates as an internal advisory and production function. This team expertly engages with cross-functional category and asset-aligned teams to oversee and facilitate the creation and routine refresh of individual IEPs for prioritized assets and programs. The IEP serves as a critical tool in the evidence planning and execution process, establishing a living, tactical plan for evidence generation teams to follow, ensuring that more complete evidence packages are available to support regulatory, launch, and post-launch strategies. The IEP Senior Manager is a key member of the IEP Success team, working closely with the IEP Director as part of a two-person "IEP team". This role supports a rotating cadence of IEP creation or refresh cycles for assigned, prioritized assets or programs. The IEP Senior Manager plays a critical role in the support and logistical management of all IEP process steps, which includes managing the end-to-end project plan and the creation and storage of notes, interim materials, and final outputs/deliverables for each assigned IEP. Drawing from foundational knowledge of the drug development lifecycle and scientific understanding of the asset, the IEP Senior Manager provides substantive contributions toward the review, curation, and synthesis of information from various sources into IEP materials and for active discussions. Following the initial IEP creation, the IEP Senior Manager tracks the progression of the IEP throughout the asset's lifecycle to ensure that approved, funded tactics are executed according to plan. They also inform the IEP Director as new data or information becomes available, which may necessitate a review or refresh of the IEP. As a frontline contributor working directly with cross-functional asset teams across various programs, the IEP Senior Manager identifies key learnings for process improvements and efficiencies, bringing recommendations to the central IEP Success team to support a continuous improvement cycle for the IEP program overall.

Responsibilities

• Support process execution, creation, management, and maintenance of individual IEPs.
• Build and manage IEP project plan, identify relevant source materials, prepare IEP project templates, and create & maintain IEP content repository.
• Contribute critical thinking and thought partnership into the strategic planning for each assigned IEP project and in supporting active discussions and decisions throughout the process.
• Apply scientific understanding to contribute toward data curation, synthesis, and input to IEP materials, small group or 1:1 meetings, and full IEP workshops.
• Manage logistics for IEP process, following IEP project plan to schedule and host IEP meetings, prepare pre-read and workshop content, capture notes, and synthesize feedback into read-outs and deliverables following each IEP process step, including production of final IEP output.
• Post final outputs/deliverables to IEP repository.
• Monitor progress of approved, funded IEP tactics by assigned functional owners.
• Track and report relevant data and information updates to IEP Director to ascertain appropriate timing for IEP review & refresh cycles.
• Establish familiarity with digital evidence catalog to identify connections between existing studies/analyses with relevance to new IEPs.
• Maintain working knowledge of existing IEPs to proactively identify/recommend synergies or commonalities between IEPs, especially for franchise or common disease area assets.
• Provide recommendations to IEP Success Team on opportunities for improved process efficiencies, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, training, or other aspects of the IEP program operations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with RWE Platform and other functional area colleagues involved in the IEP process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in one of the disciplines related to drug development or business management required.
• 7+ years' experience working within life sciences, for a life sciences consultancy, and/or working in a project or portfolio management capacity supporting life sciences research needs.
• Track record of successful internal and/or external program management operating with highly matrixed teams within health, medical, clinical research/study operations, life sciences consultancy, or related/enabling organizations.
• Strategic mindset, including the ability to prioritize tasks, identify the most relevant parameters driving a business decision and to focus the work accordingly.
• Demonstrated capability to synthesize large amounts of data and information into meaningful content.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills delivered in a professional, articulate manner to a variety of stakeholders, including senior-level leaders.
• Strong project, time management, and organizational skills.
• Thrives under pressure; takes accountability and meets deadlines; ability to lead parallel projects and tactical tasks.
• Brings drug development lifecycle and scientific competence for basic interpretation and understanding of assets clinical attributes, market landscape dynamics, patient & provider insights.

Nice-to-haves

• Formal training or certification in project management methodologies (PMP, six sigma, Agile) preferred.
• Direct experience supporting development of IEPs, either in a consultant capacity or within another life sciences organization, or supporting similarly complex processes across a cross-functional set of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated successful execution and management of multiple, simultaneous projects supporting life sciences research.
• Strong technical experience in a discipline associated with drug development/commercialization.
• Drug Development lifecycle knowledge, with basic understanding of functions such as Discovery / Pre-Clinical, Early Phase Research, Clinical Trials / Development, Regulatory, Commercial and Business Development preferred.
• Experience utilizing project management software programs such as MS Project, Planisware, Jira, etc.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
• Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• Paid vacation
• Holiday and personal days
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage