Senior Director, Portfolio and Operations R&D CC and AI COE

Role Summary

Senior Director, Portfolio and Operations R&D CC and AI COE. Strategic leadership role within Pfizer Digital responsible for driving portfolio governance, operational excellence, and business operations across the organization, with oversight of the R&D Creation Center and AI Center of Excellence, Digital-wide Operations Planning, and Digital Capital Budget support.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Governance & Strategy: Provide strategic oversight of portfolio governance and prioritization to ensure initiatives align with enterprise objectives and deliver maximum value.
• Operational Excellence: Drive operational planning and continuous improvement to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and support organizational goals.
• Financial Management: Oversee financial stewardship for portfolio and operations, including capital budget management, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Communications & Stakeholder Engagement: Lead transparent communication strategies and facilitate leadership engagement to ensure alignment and informed decision-making across the organization.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Offer cross-functional leadership, fostering collaboration and capability development to enable successful portfolio delivery and operational execution. Lead team of portfolio managers and change management colleagues.
• Team Culture: Cultivate an inclusive, high-performance team culture that promotes innovation, accountability, and engagement across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline required, advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other relevant project management experience
• Exceptional interpersonal and engagement skills with the ability to establish relationships, influence decisions, and drive to business outcomes.
• Outstanding communicator, skilled storyteller, excellent at developing highly visual and effective content, and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to develop talent and build effective teams. Passionate about growing, coaching, and mentoring others.
• Experience managing large complex dynamic budgets.
• Strategic and creative thought partner with ability to lead in strong co-creation and collaboration with Digital and business partners across Pfizer.
• Experienced leading in large global distributed matrixed environments. Skilled at utilizing resources outside of direct authority and championing and executing cross-functional horizontal initiatives.
• Strong skills in analysis, critical thinking, planning, consensus building, facilitation, negotiation, and the ability to readily learn a new business area.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail oriented, able to analyze large volumes of data and quickly derive and communicate key data points and insights.

Skills

• Portfolio governance and prioritization
• Operational planning and continuous improvement
• Financial forecasting and reporting
• Stakeholder engagement and change management
• Cross-functional leadership in a distributed matrixed environment
• Data-driven decision making and scenario planning

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

Additional Requirements

• Travel expectations will vary but you will need to be capable of travel within the region and globally.
• Work Location Assignment: Flexible.