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Tampa, Florida

Global Development Lead, Internal Medicine (Sr. Director)

Internal MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$215k-$358k

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Role Summary

The Global Development Lead (GDL) represents Clinical on the Global Medicine Team and is the single clinical point of accountability for clinical development for assigned asset(s) in Internal Medicine, Research & Development, Pfizer. The individual will lead the cross-functional Clinical Development Team including but not limited to clinical, clinical pharmacology, statistics, safety, commercial, patient access, and operations colleagues in the design, execution and interpretation of studies in support of worldwide regulatory submissions.

The individual will be accountable for creating and gaining endorsement for the Clinical Development Plan and associated protocol design documents. The GDL is a key partner for other clinical and clinical operations colleagues through the lifestyle of all studies for the assigned asset(s).

The GDL may also act as a key partner to external companies in support of Pfizer’s Partner of Choice model. The individual is expected to be an internal subject matter expert in their therapeutic area and in clinical drug development.

They may assume responsibility for other clinical leadership opportunities in support of the Obesity portfolio. This may include responsibilities for trial design, execution and reporting of clinical trials for other late-stage assets in the portfolio. In addition, this leader:

May Provide Specialized Monitoring Support If Required

Lead efforts on regulatory submissions and contribute to submission deliverables including the SCE, SCS and clinical overview.

In support of assigned projects, provide input for target product profile(s), and regulatory activities including product labels, core data sheets, Investigator Brochures, Development Safety Update Reports, and Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports.

Responsibilities

Partners effectively with the Prod Team Lead to negotiate tradeoffs, milestones and ensure delivery of the clinical program in line with agreed timelines and budget.

Responsible for comprehensive clinical development plan to secure approval and reimbursement globally (including China and Japan) along with creating the pediatric investigation plan / pediatric study plan and associated protocol design documents working closely with individual trial clinicians to ensure trial feasibility and optimized operational execution.

Provides product/program specific input for target product profile(s).

Willingness to bring innovative thinking and bold decision making across clinical development programs and individual studies.

Develops specific clinical development enabling strategies including digital/ innovation and patient engagement approaches.

Partners with Trial clinicians on governance reviews (incl Sci/Ops) for assigned clinical studies. Provides category clinical development strategy input and insights to trial clinicians for assigned clinical studies.

Provides therapy area/indication expertise in support of clinical review of clinical data – including CRF design, assistance in signal interpretation, contextualizing adverse events as required.

Provides specialized medical monitoring support for individual trial team, if required

Key partner in trial-level statistical analysis plan, table-listings-figures, database release in partnership with statistics and programing

Develops submission level deliverables (IAP, IARP and submission TLFs). Responsible for submission deliverables including SCE and SCS

  • Support appropriate interpretation and communication of clinical trial data.
  • Review and approve submission level safety narrative plan.
  • Supports product label development and maintenance.

Engage key external stakeholders e. g., Ad boards, Steering Committees, DMC, Adjudication Committees, patients and patient advocates and other external stakeholders, to drive strategic insight generation to support clinical development strategy and PDD development.

  • Provides regulatory submission support (DSUR, PBRER) submission disclosure deliverables and product defense.
  • Ensures compliance with internal SOPs and external regulatory standards.
  • Review IIR proposals

Basic Qualifications

BS with 12 yrs or PhD with 7 yrs, relevant clinical/industry experience.

Experience

  • Experience leading cardiometabolic late-stage development programs, including type 2 diabetes.
  • Relevant experience and track record of success in academia and/or the biopharmaceutical industry in clinical research and development
  • Extensive knowledge of clinical development, global and regional regulation, ICH/GCP, adverse event management
  • Demonstrated clinical/medical, administrative, and project management capabilities, as well as effective verbal and written communication skills in relating to individuals both inside and outside Pfizer.
  • Demonstrated experience managing and training large teams in clinical development.
  • Demonstrated experience in designing and launching large teams preferred.

Competency Requirements

Medical / Scientific credibility/Excellence - Track record of achievement in pharmaceutical development, able to coordinate and execute clinical development or lifecycle strategy. Demonstrated understanding of the complexities and recent developments in the principal disease areas; confident discussing scientific / mechanistic aspects of drug development, also comfortable in discussing commercial and regulatory issues

Management experience - Able to work in a highly complex matrixed environment and able to influence cross-functional teams.

  • Leadership - Persuasive and effective leader of staff
  • Influencing - Able to manage and motivate internal teams on clinical trials.

Conflict Management - Able to act as mentor / coach to others to improve conflict management skills; steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; prepared to take responsibility for a decision made and support this, even though it may be unpopular.

Team Building - Shares wins and success; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; creates a feeling of belonging to the team.

Accountability - Take personal responsibility for results, pushing self and others to exceed goals and deliver results.

Change agile - Able to demonstrate perspective and poise in the face of uncertainty and effectively get things done amidst organizational change.

Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

NON-Standard Work Schedule, Travel or Environment Requirements

Up to 30% travel may be required.

Relocation Support Available

Work Location Assignment: This is a hybrid role requiring you to live within commuting distance and work on-site an average of 2.5 days per week.

#LI-PFE

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $214,900.00 to $358,100.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.

We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments.

Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire.

The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States. * The annual base salary for this position in Tampa, FL ranges from $193,400.00 to $322,400.00. This role is posted in multiple locations.

If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.

These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.

Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.

Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.

If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, dis

Requirements

Candidates must possess a BS with 12 years or a PhD with 7 years of relevant clinical or industry experience, specifically in late-stage cardiometabolic development. Strong leadership, project management, and communication skills are required to navigate complex matrixed environments and influence cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
10+ years of experience

Key Skills

Team leadershipCross-functional collaborationStrategic planningData interpretationRegulatory affairs

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Global Development Lead, Internal Medicine (Sr. Director) at Pfizer a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,148 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 44% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$287k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $277k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$287k midpoint, that is roughly $11k–$20k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
88% this job
Sign-on bonus
67%
CME allowance
63%
Relocation assistance
53% this job
Loan repayment
37%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Internal Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,148 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Tampa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$384k≈ 1.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,957/mo≈ 11% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Pfizer

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
New York, New York
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

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 (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision)
Relocation assistance
Bonus target 22.5% of base salary
Share-based long term incentive program