Category Lead, Oncology, Primary Care, Rare Disease & Internal Medicine (North Africa)

Role summary

The Category Lead for Oncology, Primary Care, Rare Disease & Internal Medicine (North Africa) is a strategic member of the North Africa Leadership Team. The role is accountable for the end-to-end strategy, performance and long-term value of the assigned portfolio across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

The role translates enterprise and regional priorities into differentiated portfolio and market strategies that balance near-term delivery with sustainable growth and patient impact. It sets priorities across therapeutic areas, brands, markets, launches, customer segments and investments.

Core accountabilities

Category strategy and multi-portfolio leadership

• Own and translate the North Africa strategy for Oncology, Primary Care, Rare Disease and Internal Medicine into portfolio, brand, market and customer priorities.
• Lead end-to-end portfolio planning across established brands, growth initiatives, new indications, pipeline assets and future launches.
• Develop differentiated strategies for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, and establish category governance and performance reviews across the four markets.

Business and P&L leadership

• Own category business performance, including revenue, market share, profitability, investment priorities and resource deployment.
• Lead annual operating and long-range planning, supported by assumptions, scenarios, forecasts and risk assessments.
• Build a culture of data-driven decision-making, disciplined forecasting and accountability for outcomes.

Portfolio growth and new launches

• Develop growth and lifecycle management strategies across therapeutic areas, prioritizing growth platforms and new indications.
• Lead integrated launch strategy and readiness for new assets, indications and presentations, including post-launch performance monitoring.

Patient journey and market access

• Build a deep understanding of patient journeys, diagnostics and referral pathways across all therapeutic areas.
• Partner with Access & Value, Medical, Policy & Public Affairs and Regulatory to develop the enabling environment for sustainable patient access.

Go-to-market and cross-functional leadership

• Translate portfolio strategy into customer and go-to-market strategies, partnering with market and Sales leadership on executable local plans.
• Lead category teams across the four markets and connect North Africa priorities to regional and global category strategies.

Organization and people leadership

• Build a high-performing and inclusive North Africa category organization, and attract, coach, develop and retain commercial talent.
• Maintain talent and succession plans for critical category capabilities.

Decision rights

• Set strategic direction and portfolio priorities within approved enterprise, regional and cluster governance.
• Approve category and brand strategies, launch plans and agreed success measures.
• Determine prioritization among growth, lifecycle, launch, patient-journey and market-shaping opportunities.
• Recommend operating-plan assumptions and the allocation of approved marketing investments across brands, therapeutic areas and markets.

Capabilities and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Business or a related field; an MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of pharmaceutical or healthcare experience, including significant commercial leadership responsibility.
• Proven success leading complex pharmaceutical portfolios, launches and cross-functional business priorities.
• Experience across multiple markets or a complex cluster environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including P&L management, operating planning, forecasting and investment prioritization.
• Fluent English required; French and/or Arabic highly desirable for the four-country North Africa remit.
• Uncompromising standards of ethics, compliance, governance and responsible stakeholder engagement.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.