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Global Development Lead, Internal Medicine

5+ years
$242,000 – $403,400
10 Nov. 5, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Hiring: Global Development Lead – Internal Medicine

📍 Locations:

  • United States: Illinois (Lake Forest), California (La Jolla, South San Francisco), Washington (Bothell), New York (Pearl River, New York City), Pennsylvania (Collegeville), Florida (Tampa), Massachusetts (Cambridge), Connecticut (Groton)

  • Canada: Quebec (Montreal)

💼 Job Type: Full-time
🆔 Job ID: 4944767
📅 Posted: 2 Days Ago
🌐 Work Arrangement: Hybrid – On-site ~2.5 days/week


About Pfizer

Pfizer is in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that improve patient lives. Pfizer Research & Development drives the pipeline of life-changing medicines worldwide, delivering innovation across therapeutic areas.


Role Summary

The Global Development Lead (GDL) represents the clinical function on the Global Medicine Team, serving as the single clinical point of accountability for assigned Internal Medicine assets. The GDL leads cross-functional clinical development teams, including clinical operations, statistics, safety, commercial, and patient access, to design, execute, and interpret studies supporting global regulatory submissions.

This role requires subject matter expertise in the therapeutic area and clinical drug development, with responsibilities spanning clinical development planning, trial design, regulatory submissions, and external stakeholder engagement.


Key Responsibilities

Clinical Development Leadership

  • Lead cross-functional Clinical Development Teams for assigned asset(s).

  • Create, maintain, and gain endorsement for Clinical Development Plans and protocol design documents.

  • Provide therapy area/indication expertise in study design, CRF development, signal interpretation, and adverse event contextualization.

  • Collaborate with trial clinicians and external partners to ensure operational feasibility and optimized execution.

Regulatory and Submission Support

  • Lead and contribute to regulatory submissions including Clinical Overviews, SCEs, SCSs, DSURs, PBRERs, and product label development.

  • Provide input for target product profiles, Investigator Brochures, and pediatric investigation plans.

  • Review and approve submission-level safety narrative plans and IIR proposals.

Trial Execution & Data Oversight

  • Partner with statistical and programming teams on trial-level analysis plans, TLFs, and database releases.

  • Support appropriate interpretation and communication of clinical trial data.

  • Provide specialized medical monitoring support for trials as needed.

External Stakeholder Engagement

  • Engage with advisory boards, steering committees, DMCs, adjudication committees, patients, and patient advocates to drive strategic insight and clinical development.

Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, influence, and mentor clinical teams in a complex, matrixed environment.

  • Foster team building, accountability, and effective conflict management.

  • Demonstrate change agility and drive results across cross-functional teams.


Basic Qualifications

  • Education: MD or DO

  • Experience:

    • Specialist in cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, internal medicine, or obesity medicine.

    • Drug development experience across all phases; experience with cardiovascular outcome trials or large global programs preferred.

    • 5+ years of relevant experience in academia or biopharmaceutical industry.

  • Competencies:

    • Clinical and scientific credibility in drug development.

    • Strong leadership, influencing, and team management skills.

    • Project management expertise and ability to operate in a complex matrixed environment.

    • Excellent verbal and written communication.


Other Requirements

  • Travel: Up to 30%

  • Relocation: Support available

  • Salary: $242,000 – $403,400 (varies by location; Tampa, FL: $217,800 – $363,000)

  • Eligible for Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan (25% bonus target) and share-based long-term incentives.

  • Comprehensive benefits including retirement, healthcare, parental leave, and paid time off.


Equal Opportunity

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity employment and complies with all applicable laws regarding non-discrimination, employment eligibility, and accessibility. Candidates must have permanent U.S. work authorization.


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