Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. At the core of this mission is Research and Development, where we strive to transform advanced science and cutting-edge technologies into the most impactful therapies and vaccines. Whether you are involved in discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, or supporting clinical trials, your role is crucial. You will leverage innovative design and process development capabilities to accelerate the delivery of best-in-class medicines to patients globally. Designing new medicines at Pfizer requires teams that utilize a diverse set of skills, behaviors, and approaches. Creativity, scientific excellence, tenacity, passion, hard work, organization, teamwork, courage, open-mindedness, and curiosity – are just some of the traits successful Drug Discovery Scientists display at Pfizer. We are looking for an ambitious, highly technical, Software Applications Manager, eager to see their work lead to the discovery of important new medicines and scientific breakthroughs, to join our Analytical Technologies and Compound Management (ATCM) team. As an Application & Data Support Senior Principal Scientist and Lab Head you will provide oversight to the application portfolio within Compound Management and lead a technical team that contributes to all aspects of the software development lifecycle: from requirements, design, development, maintenance to testing, deployment and daily support. You will partner with Compound Management lab heads, Laboratory Automation specialists, Digital technologists, Hit-to-Lead and Lead Optimization scientific teams and stakeholders to ensure the suite of highly specialized & custom software systems that drive the workflows in Compound Management meet the needs of the Pfizer Discovery Portfolio by providing timely & quality access to the Pfizer compound collection. You will set the strategy for the application portfolio within Compound Management and have critical input on the acquisition of laboratory automation systems, robotics and software solutions that will integrate into that portfolio. You will lead projects teams, collaborating with internal Digital teams and external software & hardware vendors to drive innovation that meets the strategic & future needs of Compound Management. You will represent the Application & Data Support team in internal/external presentations and publications. What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: