Director, PX, GWE, Workplace Site Lead

Role Summary

The Workplace Site Lead provides leadership, partnership, management and operational expertise to ensure approximately 2.5M sq ft of Groton, CT facilities support the advancement of the R&D pipeline. The site includes specialty labs, small molecule clinical manufacturing, GxP and non-regulated laboratories, vivarium, central utility plant and office space. The role ensures safe and compliant operations to meet timelines and evolving priorities of a first-in-class research organization, delivering commitments while enabling a productive work environment for colleagues and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary onsite GWE point of contact for site leadership, coordinating responses, solutions, and opportunity resolutions through effective partnership within the Regional Lead’s GWE scope.
• Lead/oversee daily operations, provide technical and operational expertise for teams to resolve challenges and set goals, ensuring KPI and SLA performance of outsourced supplier programs meets contractual obligations and RD needs.
• Submit an annual site OpEx budget (+$117M) to the Regional Lead for review and manage to forecast targets.
• Oversee/partner with engineering resources to deliver capital projects on time, on budget, and compliant with design criteria and quality requirements (FDA, GxP, AAALAC, etc.).
• Submit an annual capital budget (+$80M) and coordinate complex technical projects to meet targets, delivering against schedule, compliance, and quality commitments.
• Optimize energy consumption and utility costs, driving cost savings and uptime reliability.
• Manage Pfizer and service provider resources to ensure laboratories, logistics, and site services enable researchers to meet objectives without interruptions or quality concerns.
• Manage real estate and leases to optimize utilization and obligations.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related discipline
• Required: Minimum of ten years of experience
• Required: Prior people management experience; role will manage up to 6 direct reports and up to 16 total team members
• Required: Experience managing stakeholder interests and delivering outcomes on a large multi-facility campus
• Required: Experience providing or managing services via outcome-based contracts
• Required: Experience in a team environment delivering critical customer service
• Required: Experience overseeing building maintenance, central utility plant operations and risk management in a pharmaceutical/research setting
• Required: Experience overseeing capital projects in a regulated pharmaceutical/research setting
• Required: Experience with Environmental Health & Safety regulations in a pharmaceutical/research setting
• Preferred: MBA or Master’s in related discipline
• Preferred: Ability to partner with R&D leadership to align with pipeline priorities
• Preferred: Knowledge of design criteria for regulated and unregulated labs, process systems, central utility plant, and vivarium spaces
• Preferred: Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and control systems for technical buildings
• Preferred: Knowledge of FDA, GxP, AAALAC and building codes
• Preferred: Project management methods, procedures and controls
• Preferred: Leadership, communication and negotiation skills
• Preferred: Familiarity with outcome-based contracts, KPIs, and SLAs

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related discipline

Skills

• Experience designing and installing regulated and non-regulated laboratories, central utility plants, manufacturing processes, vivarium, and office spaces
• Ability to present and discuss findings with management, colleagues, consultants and non-company officials
• Ability to prepare technical reports, evaluations and cost estimates
• Analytical and critical thinking abilities
• Understanding of contract administration, business principles and business law
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Additional Requirements

• Day shift with occasional after-hours or weekend response for onsite facility incidents or planned shutdowns
• Respond to site events for business continuity and emergency support
• Periodic travel may be required for GWE business requirements
• Work inside vivarium, regulated labs, process spaces, mechanical/electrical rooms, maintenance shops, shipping/receiving and service corridors with appropriate PPE
• Safety, compliance and validation knowledge expected in office, lab and manufacturing environments