Vice President – Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team, Pfizer Global Supply (PGS)

Role Summary

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Lead is accountable for advancing how PGS operates by moving ideas rapidly from concept to validated solution. This role sits at the intersection of business priorities, technical design, and product delivery, ensuring that the most important opportunities are turned into scalable outcomes. The leader will manage relationships across PGS and Digital, translate priorities into action, and ensure solutions are designed with both technical rigor and customer delight in mind.

Responsibilities

• Enable PGS with a digital ecosystem powered by AI that drives impactful work, paperless operations, and excellence in supply.
• Define the digital innovation strategy for PGS and align it with Pfizer’s enterprise priorities.
• Identify high-impact opportunities where technology can unlock new value and set the tone for bold experimentation and rapid iteration.
• Ensure prototypes and MVPs are designed with scalability in mind and positioned to shape Pfizer’s future operating model.
• Serve as the primary innovation lead for the PGS domain, managing relationships with senior stakeholders and ensuring business priorities are translated into action.
• Co-create product roadmaps with business leaders that embed real needs and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Maintain momentum through tight alignment with Creation Centers, Portfolio Leads, and product teams to ensure smooth handoff from prototype to scale.
• Collaborate across PGS functions and OpUs to co-create digital solutions that safeguard quality, automate planning and optimize manufacturing.
• Lead agile pod teams to turn opportunities into measurable results with speed and precision.
• Guide iterative development, ensuring every solution is technically sound, commercially relevant, and designed around user experience.
• Capture and share insights from prototypes with Portfolio Leads to shape prioritization, investment, and enterprise learning.
• Manage the Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team’s budget, resource strategy, and portfolio of work.
• Make disciplined decisions on hiring, reskilling, and capability building to create a high-performing team skilled in agility, experimentation, and delivery excellence.
• Hold leaders accountable for talent development, inclusivity, and succession planning across the domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12+ years of experience.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate client needs into effective digital strategies.
• Experienced people leader with a track record of influencing and leading successful cross-functional transformation efforts with colleagues at all levels of the organization, including senior and executive leadership.
• Proven success implementing AI solutions through rapid prototyping to drive business outcomes.
• Demonstrated business acumen and history of accountability and performance delivery, leading teams to meet or exceed objectives.
• Proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills, emphasizing data-driven decision-making.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to operate and quickly respond to emerging needs.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate client needs into effective digital strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to influence key partners and stakeholders.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools.
• Extensive experience with computer use, able to work at a rapid pace in a virtual environment.

Skills

• Strategic Partnering
• Technical Leadership
• Product Thinking
• AI Fluency
• Entrepreneurial Drive
• Change Leadership
• Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expertise

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Masters/MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to travel to Pfizer offices, vendor offices and other team meeting locations when required. Project work can sometimes be demanding and require work during off-hours.