MBA Strategy & Consulting Summer Associate

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.

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.

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