MBA Strategy & Consulting Summer Associate

About this role

Why   Pfizer?  

At Pfizer,   you’ll   find an inclusive environment, challenging   projects   and the opportunity to own your career. Seize the ability to think differently and collaborate with innovative minds to influence some of the most critical issues facing healthcare worldwide .    Foster your career and join a team that is striving for breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.  

Who We Are 

The Strategy & Consulting (S&C) team is an internal Pfizer team that works with Pfizer senior leadership to lead the development of holistic business strategies, across Corporate, Commercial and R&D. Our work on high impact business challenges and opportunities enables Pfizer’s purpose-driven growth agenda and our mission to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives  

Your Responsibilities 

The Strategy & Consulting Summer Associate   is responsible for   working on projects or specific pieces of work to shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies .   

Each Strategy & Consulting Summer Associate will report into a project area “Vertical.”  The Verticals are described below.  

• U.S.   Commercial :   Encompasses   Pfizer’s commercial efforts   across Therapeutic Areas (Oncology,   Internal Medicine, Vacc ines, Antivirals,   Inflammation & Immunology,   and our   Hospital   portfolio )  

• Global   Commercial Platforms:   Encompasses   3 global commercial platforms   – Marketing ,   Medical Affairs , and Market Access .   

• International   Commer ci al Division:   Consists of the commercial organizations and corresponding P&L s   in all   ex   U.S.   markets .  

• Corporate and   Pfizer   R esearch   &   D evelopment :   Encompasses a wide range of Corporate Functions and   high priority   strategy projects for   Research and Development .  

While this position reports into the Strategy & Consulting   (S&C)   team organizationally, this person will stay connected to key business challenges and opportunities as articulated by the   Business Unit ( BU )   leadership teams, ensuring that there is alignment with strategic priorities, and/or recommending adjustments to priorities when necessary. The scope of the role will include contributions to BU strategic planning, contributions to projects related to key strategic issues, and insight and assessment of market signals that could   impact   business performance or strategic direction.  

The   S&C   Summer Associate will need to be highly proactive, work collaboratively with other groups, have strong attention to detail along with written, verbal and listening skills, presentation skills, teaming, facilitation, mental agility, and relationship building skills.   

What   this   looks like   on a daily basis :  

• Contribute to the development of business strategies at a global, and where appropriate, a local level, by managing workstreams across a portfolio of projects that provide insight and direction on key strategic levers, such as market development, customer needs assessment, competitive advantage, market and/or product prioritization.  

• Contribute to the completion of annual strategic plans, as well as aligned strategic action plans.  

• Develop and   maintain   an understanding of market dynamics   in order to   identify   market trends and appropriately assess opportunities and guide strategic direction. Provide perspective on the potential impact of external market signals that could   impact   future business performance.  

• Understand   the priorities of the   internal BU business partners   and/or corporate   functional   leads to   understand   business needs and   represent   the   current status   of opportunity evaluations.  

• Actively   participate   in the assigned S&C team learning opportunities through   hands on   project experiences, role-specific professional development   trainings , and sharing sessions.  

Qualifications Successful candidates for this role typically bring the following skills and   experiences :

Must-Have

•   Minimum   BS/BA with 3 years of relevant experience

• Enrolled   in a   Full-Time MBA   program,   1st year student   graduating in Spring  2028

• Relevant healthcare experience includes experience working in/with   commercial,   corporate   or R&D biopharma functions   involving strategy development and/or strategic initiatives   (e.g., marketing, commercial development, market access & pricing, business development, R&D strategy / portfolio management, etc.)  

• Basic understanding of trends and market dynamics   in US and Global healthcare and biopharmaceuticals, basic understanding of competitor strategies, and basic understanding of the drug development process.  

• Demonstrated strong strategic thinking skills,   as   evidenced   by the ability to tee up the right questions,   identify   alternative scenarios, articulate resulting implications, and develop recommendations for decision-making or action.  

• Ability to understand and translate market and competitive dynamics into strategic implications  for   the business   units.  

• Basic understanding of finance and P&L implications  of any strategy  

• Ability to work with complex information and distill into a framework   that helps   facilitate   decision making, while   maintaining   attention to detail and accuracy.  

• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills 

• Demonstrated   high learning agility , “team player” mentality, and positive attitude and poise under pressure.   

• Strong command of English language , spoken and written.    

Nice-to-Have  

• Degree in life sciences   

• Healthcare/biopharma management consulting experience  

Other Job Details

• Must be   immediately   authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent or indefinitely renewable basis without employer’s sponsorship.  Pfizer will   be una ble to provide any employment visa or green card sponsorship for this position. Pfizer is an Equal Opportunity and E-V erify employer.    

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