Senior Manager, AI Product Owner

<h2><b>Use Your Power for Purpose</b></h2><p>At Pfizer, technology drives everything we do. You will play a pivotal role in implementing impactful and innovative technology solutions across all functions, from research to manufacturing. Whether you are digitizing drug discovery and development, identifying innovative solutions, or streamlining our processes, you will be making a significant impact on countless lives.</p><p></p><h2><b>What You Will Achieve</b></h2><ul><li><p><b>Vision and Strategy: </b>Define and communicate the vision and strategy for AI products in alignment with business objectives and customer needs. Establish personas and conduct in-depth analysis of their goals and needs.</p></li><li><p><b>Product Roadmap: </b>Develop and continuously refine the product roadmap to reflect changing business priorities. Translate business goals and user needs into product features and requirements.</p></li><li><p><b>Collaboration: </b>Work closely with digital stakeholders, technical teams, and persona groups to ensure alignment and effective communication. Lead a matrixed team of developers, data engineers, and UX/UI designers.</p></li><li><p><b>User Experience: </b>Maintain a relentless focus on the user experience. Lead conversations with UX designers to build intuitive, actionable visualizations for complex data and insights. Test prototypes with user groups to ensure suitability.</p></li><li><p><b>Agile Development: </b>Lead the team through Agile product development cycles, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups. Ensure that development teams have a clear understanding of product requirements and priorities.</p></li><li><p><b>Product Lifecycle: </b>Support all aspects of the product’s agile lifecycle, including maintaining appropriate documentation, continuous user support, code analysis/reviews, testing, and system validation activities.</p></li><li><p><b>Product Adoption: </b>Advocate for product adoption by formulating mechanisms to measure user adoption and business value delivered. Monitor these metrics and use learnings to adjust the product roadmap, design, and development as required.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Key Skills</b></p><ul><li><p><b>Technical Proficiency: </b>Strong understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, data literacy, and proficiency in user experience design.</p></li><li><p><b>Strategic Vision: </b>Ability to define and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with business objectives.</p></li><li><p><b>Leadership: </b>Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects. Ability to inspire and motivate team members.</p></li><li><p><b>Communication: </b>Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.</p></li><li><p><b>Change Management: </b>Ability to manage change effectively and navigate the complexities of developing AI applications.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>​</b><b>Here Is What You Need </b>(Minimum Requirements)</p><ul><li><p>BSc in Engineering, Computer Science, or Data Science is required. Master's or advanced degree is preferred.</p></li><li><p>7+ years of experience in developing enterprise software solutions.</p></li><li><p><span>Any experience in managing and providing technical oversight to software development teams would be considered an advantage.</span></p></li><li><p>Strong working knowledge of Machine/ Deep Learning, NLP/NLU, Traditional AI, Generative/ Agentic AI concepts, architectures, and best practices.</p></li><li><p>Experience with agile software development life cycle methodology and tools.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.</p></li><li><p>Excellent problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset.</p></li></ul><p>  <br/>Work Location <span>Assignment: Hybrid</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span><u>Purpose</u> </span></p><p><span><b>Breakthroughs that change patients' lives</b>... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.  </span></p><p></p><p><span><u>Digital Transformation Strategy </u></span></p><p><span>One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.</span></p><p></p><p><span><u>Flexibility </u> </span></p><p><span>We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the <span><span><span>conversation!  </span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span><u>Equal Employment Opportunit