Director, AI & Data Analytics Portfolio & PMO Lead

ROLE SUMMARY

Be Part of the Breakthroughs that change Patients Lives

All over the world, Pfizer colleagues work together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere. Our colleagues have the opportunity to grow and develop a career that offers both individual and company success; be part of an ownership culture that values diversity and where all colleagues are energized and engaged and have the ability to impact health and lives of millions of people. Pfizer, a global leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, is continuously seeking top talent who are inspired by our purpose to innovate, to bring therapies that significantly improve lives.

The Portfolio & PMO Lead will lead define and manage several global processes in support of the Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics organization, including but not limited to Portfolio Governance & Resource Management, Solution Governance, organizational ways of working, agile tool implementation (e.g. Jira)

This role will provide strategic direction, oversight, training, and expertise to drive the development/improvement of standard and consistent processes. The team will partner within the department and other Digital teams to optimize and drive a portfolio management capability enabling visibility of project demand, prioritization, capacity planning, cost allocation, leadership reporting, and alignment with company strategies.

This role will serve as the primary liaison to the enterprise Digital Portfolio team to support overall requirements and streamline our organization’s interactions, allowing delivery teams to focus on enabling the business. Likewise, the role will serve as an internal central point of contact, with a pulse on the entire $200M+ portfolio, supplying leadership with relevant information on demand and providing prioritization recommendations. The leader in this role should be attuned to the needs of the Digital organization and partner teams. A successful candidate will have the leadership, vision, and interpersonal skills required to create a collaborative framework through courageous and effective influence among direct and indirect team members.

In parallel, this role will define Key Operational metrics, Customer Satisfaction and standardized reporting for leadership to be able to make strategic decisions about the organization. Responsibilities also include organizational and change management oversight as they relate to our portfolio of projects, governance and reporting.

This role will report to the AI and Data Analytics Portfolio Strategy, AI PMO and Operations lead.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement and lead standardized Portfolio and Project Management processes and platforms to manage $200M+ in complex demand across the organization
• Serve as the primary contact for all processes related to portfolio, including understanding of all tools and anticipating and proactively responding to change
• Leverage business acumen, professional relationships, and leadership experience to influence decisions ensuring portfolio alignment to and accountability for Pfizer purpose, values, operating principles, and results
• Lead strategic initiatives and special projects in partnership with the leadership team
• Demonstrate strong leadership in an increasingly complex, innovative, and fast-moving environment
• Demonstrate a mindset of continuous improvement
• Be a thought leader in process improvement to better meet business needs
• Setup manage and maintain the tooling and processes required for the entire organization allowing transparent views of all work in process
• Additional responsibilities specific to each discipline as highlighted below

PMO Management:

• Lead the development and implementation of AI and data-driven processes to optimize project delivery
• Establish and uphold organizational standards for project delivery methods including Agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches
• Provide visionary leadership in architecting and configuring Jira to fully support diverse delivery methodology needs; serve as trusted subject matter expert and provide ongoing mentoring to teams on enhance productivity and visibility to work
• Coach teams on following established delivery frameworks, ways of working, and processes to ensure consistency

Portfolio Management:

• Partner with Solution Delivery teams to streamline project intake, prioritization, governance and reporting processes
• Collaborate with Enterprise Portfolio Team to represent our organization in all key deliverables
• Lead Change Management processes to educate and inform the organization on standardized process
• Lead and devel