Vice President, Head of Oncology Program Management

SUMMARY

The Head of Oncology Program Management leads the development and execution of a world-class program management organization responsible for driving the end-to-end delivery of Pfizer’s Oncology portfolio—from early research and lead development through clinical development, commercialization, and eventual loss of exclusivity. Overseeing a team of senior Program Management Team Leaders and approximately 50 Global Program Managers across global sites, this leader ensures the effective cross functional integration of strategy, operations, and execution. In close partnership with Early and Late Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Commercial, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Global Access, and other senior stakeholders, the Head of PM is accountable for achieving key portfolio milestones including FIH, SOCA, POC, pivotal study starts, regulatory submissions, and approvals. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to continuously enhance drug development processes, standards, and execution excellence, ensuring that oncology medicines progress efficiently and successfully through the pipeline. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervision, Talent Development  

• Deliver quality supervision, performance management, and personal development for GPMs.  

• Provide mentorship and leadership development for the PM Group leads (people leaders) 

• Ensure GPMs have strong leadership, project management skills and competencies to successfully drive delivery of assets from LD to LOE. 

• Recruit, retain, and develop top talented qualified Program Management staff. 

• Coach GPMs to drive decision making that maximizes business value culminating in high quality strategic and operational delivery within budget constraints. 

• Accountable for the performance of GPMs. 

Compliance 

• Ensure compliance with all Asset PM colleagues with Pfizer policies and standards and local laws and regulations. 

• Establish and clearly communicate the standards for quality of the Asset PM deliverables. 

• Determine PM P2L training curriculum, endorsements, and ensure compliance.

Project Management Excellence and Vision 

• Develop PM department vision; align and motivate staff around PM and broader enterprise vision. 

• Central point of accountability and SME for key PM areas of expertise, providing leadership, mentoring, and process improvements.  Examples include but not limited to: Risk Management, Submissions, Business Development, Alliance Management, Early Development, End to End Development roadmap, Team Health. 

• Develop, evolve, and implement PM competency and capability model. 

• Develop and evolve PM roles, accountabilities and working practices to drive consistent high quality. 

• Develop onboarding program and materials for new hires/integrations. 

• Network across PM groups within Pfizer and the industry to share best practices and innovate industry leading PM practices. 

Partner Line and Stakeholder Management 

• Establish and maintain effectiv