Director, Strategy & Consulting, Corporate & Pfizer R&D

ROLE SUMMARY

Reporting to the VP, Strategy & Consulting, Corporate + PRD, this role will work with Pfizer Executive Leadership (incl. CEO and ELT), a wide range of Corporate Functions, and with Pfizer Research and Development (PRD) to shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies to advance and grow Pfizer’s overall business as well as enhance the productivity and efficiency of our end-to-end PRD engine.  The scope of the role includes support for and requests from the CEO, the Pfizer Board of Directors, the ELT, enterprise-level initiatives related to a broad range of Corporate Functions (e.g., Corporate Affairs, Digital, Finance, People Experience), as well as strategic support for Pfizer’s Chief Scientific Officer and his Leadership Team.

The role will support the following areas: 1) Facilitate the development and refresh of the Corporate Strategic Plan (CSP), 2) Manage large cross-functional projects related to key strategic issues/priorities at the Pfizer enterprise level, 3) Work on high-impact strategy initiatives in support of key PRD priorities, and 4) Provide insight into the impact of external market, competitive and R&D-related considerations that could impact Pfizer’s end-to-end business performance or strategic direction.

While this position reports into the Strategy & Consulting team organizationally, this person will partner closely with the Corporate and PRD leadership teams in order to stay connected to key business challenges and opportunities, and ensure that there is alignment with strategic priorities, or adjust priorities when necessary.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate the completion of components of an annual corporate strategic plan, as well as a strategy action plan that manages the execution of the strategies.

• Analyze and draw insights related to Pfizer’s overall financial performance, including revenue growth, profitability, cash flow and Total Shareholder Return (TSR).  Leverage these insights to inform overall corporate strategy as well as specific actions to bolster future business performance and outlook.

• Engage with Corporate and PRD functional leads to understand business needs and represent current status of opportunity evaluations. Identify key strategic imperatives and capabilities required to achieve these imperatives.

• Lead or actively participate in a portfolio of projects that provide insight and direction for key strategic levers such as evolution of clinical trial paradigms, expanding into new business segments, market shaping and development, customer needs assessment, competitive advantage, market and/or product prioritization, enterprise digital strategies, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) strategies, Research and TA strategies, and novel clinical trial paradigms.

• Develop external relationships that provide perspective of the diverse eco-system outside of Pfizer as it relates to the areas of the business you support.

• Collaborate with other colleagues and teams within the Strategy & Consulting organization to identify opportunities across commercial categories for alignment or best-practice sharing.

• Actively participate in the Strategy & Consulting team, supporting Pfizer strategy through the perspective and experience of the organizations you support.

• Direct and provide day-to-day oversight to project teams of colleagues with varying levels of experience, coaching and developing them to build capability and performance.

• Create an engaging and productive work environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate and excel.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS – required, life sciences degree helpful. Advanced degree in a related field preferred.

• Minimum 8 years relevant healthcare experience; relevant experience includes working in or with commercial functions involving strategy development and/or strategic initiatives (e.g., marketing, commercial development, market access & pricing, etc.)  OR 6 years relevant healthcare experience w/ advanced degree.

• 3+ years of biopharmaceutical consulting experience strongly preferred

• Prior experience of working within and knowledge of Corporate and/or R&D is preferred.

• Understands trends and market dynamics in US and Global healthcare and biopharmaceuticals, aware of competitor strategies, and understands the drug development process.

• Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organization without direct authority (Executive Leadership Team members, department leaders, and functional counterparts). Must be able to influence executive commercial and research & development leaders.

• Demonstrated strong strategic t