Director Learning Divisional Strategy & Execution Partners

Role Summary

The Director, Learning Divisional Strategy and Execution Partner serves as the strategic learning advisor and execution partner for a designated business unit, aligning its skill development needs with Pfizer’s broader L&D strategy and PX roadmap. The role ensures that learning initiatives are integrated into business priorities, enabling workforce capability building and future readiness. This role acts as a trusted advisor to senior business leadership, defining the learning strategy, managing and developing the curricula, ensuring execution and advocating for innovative approaches that drive measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Alignment: Proactively act as strategic advisor to business unit leadership to translate BU objectives into a learning strategy and roadmap
• Strategy & Alignment: Translate business priorities into actionable learning plans aligned with Pfizer’s PX talent strategy
• Strategy & Alignment: Proactively advise on learning principles, including scope, limitations, and measurable outcomes
• Strategy & Alignment: Influence key L&D decisions with data-driven insights
• Program Management: Own and manage the learning programs for the business unit, including technical and leadership skill development
• Program Management: Curate existing content and identify gaps, recommending build, buy, or adapt strategies
• Cross L&D Collaboration: Work with AI & Technical Fluency, Strategy, and Instructional Design team to integrate AI and tech fluency programs into the portfolio to future-proof skills
• Cross L&D Collaboration: Collaborate with Learning Instructional Design, Course Creation team to design blended learning interventions using adult learning theory and BU specific scenarios
• Cross L&D Collaboration: Develop proof of concept learning assets for rapid deployment
• Innovation & Advocacy: Proactively champion AI and tech fluency across the business unit
• Innovation & Advocacy: Monitor emerging technologies and learning trends and advise on integration into strategies
• Innovation & Advocacy: Stay up to date on business unit needs and outside influences, proactively bringing ideas to business partners
• Innovation & Advocacy: Contribute to Pfizer-wide initiatives (e.g., global AI fluency programs)
• Innovation & Advocacy: Participate in cross-functional task forces on BU-specific skills and workforce transformation
• Innovation & Advocacy: Support change management for learning technology adoption
• Innovation & Advocacy: Coach junior L&D team members or project managers on strategic advisory skills
• Innovation & Advocacy: Support content audits and quality assurance for Pfizer-wide learning libraries
• Innovation & Advocacy: Participate in testing new learning technologies

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in an applicable discipline
• Required: 8+ years of relevant experience as a L&D redesign / expert and/or leading global organizations in transforming to adopt new ways of thinking and working
• Required: Experience working in high-performing teams
• Required: Change agent able to influence, provide guidance, strategic assistance and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and leaders
• Required: Exercises foresight and judgment in making complex decisions
• Required: Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to present to senior level executives
• Required: Integrates AI into the flow of daily work
• Preferred: MBA or Master’s degree in a related field
• Preferred: Experience leading transformational initiatives in large-scale life sciences organizations
• Preferred: Experience in Agile software development and knowledge of modern development methodologies
• Preferred: Demonstrated breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including influencing and collaborating with peers, developing and coaching others, and guiding the work of others to achieve meaningful outcomes

Skills

• Strategic advisory and roadmap development
• Curriculum design and program management
• Data-driven decision making for L&D
• Change management and stakeholder management
• AI and technology fluency in learning contexts
• Adult learning theory and blended learning design

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent)
• Preferred: MBA or Master’s degree in a related field

Additional Requirements

• None specified