Director, AIDA R&D Program Planning and Execution

ROLE SUMMARY

At Pfizer we make medicines and vaccines that change patients' lives with a global reach of over 780 million patients.  Pfizer Digital is the organization charged with winning the digital race in the pharmaceutical industry.  We apply our expertise in technology, data, innovation and our business to support Pfizer in this mission.

Pfizer’s commitment to creating breakthroughs that change patients’ lives is deeply embedded in our culture as a science-driven and patient-focused company. Central to this commitment is our use of digital technologies, AI, data, and analytics, which drive innovation across our organization.

The Pfizer AI and Data (AIDA) R&D team creates comprehensive AI and data solutions that address some of the most critical business needs of Pfizer’s research and development teams.  Through use of these AI and data solutions this team accelerates Pfizer’s R&D strategies. 

The Director, AIDA R&D Program Planning and Execution will implement portfolio management, finance management and communications best practices to optimize the team’s resources, ensure delivery excellence across the R&D AIDA portfolio and create connection across the team.

This role will serve as the primary liaison to the AIDA portfolio team ensuring alignment and transparency across AIDA’s portfolio. Likewise, the role will serve as an internal central point of contact, providing transparency to portfolio health.

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. 

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 Senior Director AI & Data Product Delivery & Operations.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement and lead standardized Portfolio and Project Management processes and platforms to manage complex demand across the AIDA Research and Development teams

• Scope includes pipeline management, project lifecycle management through to project close-out and operational support

• Serve as the primary contact for all processes related to portfolio, as defined by central portfolio team, 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

• Work closely with the leadership to understand all capital commitments as they relate to the entire project portfolio

• Lead strategic initiatives and special projects in partnership with the leadership team

• Demonstrate strong leadership in an increasingly complex, innovative, and fast-moving environment

• Be a thought leader in continuous process improvement

• Motivate indirect reports through mentorship and coaching on topics such as process improvement, appropriate risk taking, and presentation skills

• Develop plans for managing diverse talent in and out of immediate span of control and ensure that leadership bench strength is taken into consideration.

Additional responsibilities specific to each discipline as highlighted below

Portfolio Management:

• Design and implement effective agile portfolio management across AIDA R&D portfolio ensuring resources are optimized for, and responsive to, changing business needs

• Ensure transparency to portfolio health including delivery health and financial health

• Ensure resource allocation is driven by relative prioritization of work across the portfolio

• Ensure appropriate representation in governance forum, grooming of inbound requests, and preparation for estimation and delivery

• Partner with delivery teams to streamline project intake, prioritization, governance and reporting processes

• Collaborate with Central Portfolio Team to represent our organization in all key deliverables

• Lead and develop creation of strategic roadmaps to define the proper path to standardization of the space

Capacity Management:

• Manage resourcing and capacity across teams

• Ensure resources are aligned to top priority projects, understand asset/project resource projection, and identify opportuni