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MBA Marketing Summer Associate

Pfizer is hiring an MBA Marketing Summer Associate in New York, United States. It pays $89k-$148k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Pfizer.

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  • Level rates this marketing role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • The posting mentions visa sponsorship.
  • The posting mentions market research, brand management and pharmaceutical marketing among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as an internship.
  • Pfizer has 625 other open roles on Level.

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Contribute to pharmaceutical marketing strategies, brand positioning, and market research projects as a summer associate.

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Why Patients Need You

At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety, and value in the discovery, development, and manufacture of health care products. Our global portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world's best-known consumer health care products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments, and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments, and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 170 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.

What You Will Achieve

Pfizer's Marketing team operates across various therapeutic areas, focusing on innovative and impactful strategies. They are tasked with effectively positioning Pfizer's products in the competitive pharmaceutical market. This involves developing disease-area strategies, planning for new products, preparing and executing brand launches, and continuously refining brand positioning, messaging, and promotions. Marketers conduct thorough market and product research pre-launch to assess a product's value proposition for patients, prescribers, and payers, ensuring optimal market positioning. Post-launch, they adapt product positioning to maximize patient value.

Jumpstart your marketing career with Pfizer's Marketing Summer Associate role, a gateway to our dynamic two-year Marketing Rotational Program. Immerse yourself in a marketing team, tackle real-world commercial projects, and explore the pharmaceutical industry's multifaceted areas. Connect and learn from your peers, brand managers, and senior leaders throughout the summer. Benefit from personalized guidance with a senior leader advisor, mentor, and buddy system. Stand out as a high performer and secure a full-time spot in the Rotational Program, where you'll gain diverse experience across business units and marketing functions. This program is your fast track to building a solid foundation in pharmaceutical marketing and becoming a future leader at Pfizer.

Pharmaceutical marketing, while complex and continuously evolving, is essential for healthcare advancement. It bridges information gaps, accelerates patient care, and supports research and development, making its impact felt across the entire healthcare landscape.

What Does the Program Entail?
  • A 10-week immersive, practical marketing project with well-defined objectives

  • Information sessions and networking with senior leaders and colleagues

  • Team building, philanthropic and professional networking events

  • Mid and end-of-summer performance reviews

  • Final project presentation sessions

Types of Projects:
  • US Marketing: Brand Strategy, Tactical Asset Creation & Execution, Promotional Material Development

  • Global Marketing: Global Brand Strategy, Product Launch, Above-Brand Strategy, Commercial Development

  • Chief Marketing Office: Commercial Analytics & AI, Global Media, Growth & Performance Marketing, Customer Engagement Platforms & Technology

​Qualifications

Must Have

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • Enrolled in a Full-Time MBA program

  • 1st year MBA student graduating in Spring 2028

  • At least 3 years of full-time work experience

  • Demonstrated interest in pharmaceutical and/or healthcare​

  • Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization

  • Demonstrated leadership qualities and high level of Emotional Intelligence

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

​Nice to Have

  • MBA emphasis in Marketing, Healthcare Management, Consulting and/or Strategy

  • Previous consulting, pharmaceutical, or healthcare experience

Other Job Details
  • Last Date to Apply: November 30, 2026 11:59pm ET

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

  • Work Location Assignment: MBA Summer Associates work out of Pfizer’s New York Headquarters in Hudson Yards, Manhattan and will be expected to come into the office 4 days a week to connect and innovate with their team face-to-face.

  • This opportunity is meant for the Summer of 2027.

  • The annual base salary for this position ranges from $88,500 to $147,500. Benefits offered include paid holidays.

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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, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email disabilityrecruitment@pfizer.com. This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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