Director, Competitive Readiness & Strategic Operations

Pfizer • New York City, NY

5d • $162,900 - $271,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Competitive Readiness & Strategic Operations is the primary owner of competitive strategy across Pfizer’s global obesity franchise. The role translates competitive intelligence into prioritized strategic insights for Pfizer’s obesity portfolio, working with commercial product leads, regions, and cross-functional partners to interpret market changes and support sustained portfolio differentiation. Its emphasis is on disciplined interpretation and strategic implications—not simply synthesizing or disseminating information—including implications for category strategy, portfolio choices, and asset-level decisions.

As a key member of the Obesity Global Commercial Development team, the director operates with a high degree of independence and generates timely second- and third-order insights. The role partners with the Strategy & Operations Lead to build and manage a commercial development strategic roadmap, convene the right people and information, and address challenging strategic questions in a fast-moving market. It requires the ability to engage across R&D, clinical development, business development, and commercial strategy, shifting between asset-level detail and portfolio-level perspective.

The position scans the external market with Competitive Intelligence, interprets developments across regulatory, reimbursement, clinical guideline, pricing, and policy environments, and translates emerging information into strategic implications. It pressure-tests asset and portfolio strategies, surfaces gaps and opportunities, prepares executive-ready materials, and helps plan strategy-focused offsites and a roadmap for resolving key questions. The role is hybrid and is posted in multiple locations. The stated U.S. annual base salary range is $162,900 to $271,500, with eligibility for a 20% target bonus and a share-based long-term incentive program. Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, public health, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in marketing strategy, medical, product strategy, competitive intelligence, consulting, banking, or related roles within pharmaceutical or biotech organizations.
• Excellent analytical and research skills, including the ability to process and synthesize large volumes of information under tight timelines.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex information into clear strategic implications at both asset and portfolio levels.
• Strong leadership skills and experience influencing strategy and decisions in matrixed, fast-moving environments.
• Excellent communication skills and experience engaging senior leaders through concise, insight-driven narratives.
• High degree of independence and strong prioritization skills, particularly in an ambiguous, rapidly changing market.
• Deep understanding of pharmaceutical development, including fluency with clinical data and trial interpretation and the ability to translate data and label into commercial strategy.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, and oversee and guide colleagues’ work.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States by any employer; U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available.
• Permanent work authorization in the United States is required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree such as a PhD, MD, or MBA.
• Experience in a chief of staff, strategy and operations, or similar enterprise-partner role.
• Industry experience in obesity, cardiometabolic disease, or adjacent therapeutic areas; this is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own competitive strategy across Pfizer’s global obesity franchise and translate competitive intelligence into prioritized strategic insights.
• Scan the external market in partnership with Pfizer Competitive Intelligence, using sources such as data readouts, press releases, investor briefings, and other monitored sources.
• Build the cross-functional obesity team’s understanding of market developments, including regulatory landscapes, reimbursement dynamics, clinical guidelines, pricing dynamics, and policy trends.
• Synthesize emerging insights into prioritized product- and portfolio-level themes and implications, distinguishing meaningful signals from noise.
• Pressure-test existing asset and portfolio strategies against evolving competitive dynamics and surface gaps and opportunities to cross-functional leads and franchise leadership.
• Continuously reassess strategic implications as new information becomes available.
• Develop concise, executive-ready materials communicating prioritized competitive insights, key questions, and strategic implications.
• Partner with the Strategy & Operations Lead to plan and run offsites that resolve strategic questions and conclude with decisions and named owners.
• Develop a roadmap for addressing key strategic questions and prepare presentations that bring senior leadership along through the process.
• Identify opportunities to improve cross-functional visibility and decision-making speed based on competitive insights and market events.
• Influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, and oversee and guide colleagues’ work to achieve meaningful outcomes and business impact.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Eligibility for Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of base salary.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
• Comprehensive benefits and programs intended to support colleagues’ health and life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director