Director - Analytics Strategy and Innovation

Pfizer • New York, NY

4d • $176,600 - $294,300 • Hybrid

About The Position

Pfizer is seeking a transformation lead to drive high-visibility strategic initiatives across Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) and the Chief Marketing Office (CMO). Reporting to the Analytic Strategy and Innovation (ASI) Lead, this person typically owns one to two initiatives at a time, guiding each from business case and planning through delivery, deployment, and adoption. The role partners with product owners, who own products and backlogs, while the Director owns program execution, business translation, and adoption planning.

The Director works with GCA leaders, brand and CMO teams, Integrated Insights & Strategy, Data Science, Data Engineering, Analytic Excellence, and platform and vendor partners to turn business priorities into delivered programs. The role requires strong program leadership, the ability to translate across business, analytics, and technology teams, and experience putting analytics or AI capabilities into practical use in a commercial organization. The position has direct exposure to GCA and CMO leadership and emphasizes delivery, ownership, clear communication, sound judgment, and inclusive collaboration.

This position is hybrid and based in the United States. The annual base salary range is $176,600 to $294,300, with eligibility for a Global Performance Plan bonus target of 20% of base salary and a share-based long-term incentive program. Pfizer offers comprehensive benefits, and relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and eligibility. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.; work visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience; or master's degree and at least 7 years of experience; or PhD and at least 5 years of experience.
• Relevant experience and demonstrated career progression leading programs or initiatives in commercial analytics, analytics or AI transformation, or related settings.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives end to end, with accountability for planning, issue resolution, executive communication, and delivery outcomes.
• Experience developing business cases and roadmaps, prioritizing with KPI/OKR methodology, and managing trade-offs across a portfolio of projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through significant change in a dynamic, results-driven environment.
• Ability to work with business, analytics, data science, and technology teams and translate between them.
• Strong ability to influence without authority, with written, verbal, and presentation skills suited to all organizational levels.
• Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the appropriate audience.
• Ownership, customer service, collaboration, and integrity.
• Ability to manage conflicting ideas, create an environment where all voices are heard, and make difficult decisions.
• Ability to work outside one's area of expertise, perform business discovery, simplify problems, and propose solutions.
• Healthcare or life sciences industry experience and understanding of commercial processes.
• Breadth of leadership experience, including developing and coaching others and guiding colleagues' work to achieve business impact.
• Permanent work authorization in the United States; U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Experience delivering analytics or AI capabilities into a commercial organization from strategy through implementation and adoption, including platform integration, migration, or deployment.
• Project leader or engagement manager experience in management consulting, ideally serving pharmaceutical or life sciences clients, or equivalent experience in an internal strategy and transformation function, with a track record of implementation and transformation work.
• Experience working alongside product owners or delivery teams with shared accountability for outcomes.
• Experience managing vendor- or partner-delivered programs, such as consulting, managed services, or data and technology partnerships.
• Experience in market research or insights transformation, including AI-enabled primary market research.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical commercial analytics capabilities such as forecasting, market research, customer analytics, and performance measurement.
• Program management or Agile training or certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Lead one to two complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives at a time from business case and problem definition through execution, deployment, and adoption.
• Develop and own business cases by defining problems, quantifying opportunities, framing options, and recommending approaches that balance impact, cost, resourcing, timing, likelihood of success, and risk.
• Build and own integrated program plans, translating objectives into milestones, deliverables, decision points, and accountabilities across matrixed teams and external partners.
• Partner with product owners on scope, sequencing, and release planning, and bring data and planning expertise to prioritization trade-offs.
• Translate between commercial leaders, analytics and data science teams, and technology and platform partners so requirements, constraints, and decisions are understood.
• Identify and resolve risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, and escalate decisions to leadership when necessary.
• Lead executive communications, including roadmaps, business cases, progress updates, trade-offs, and recommendations, and conduct periodic reviews with executive sponsors.
• Drive the development and implementation of initiative OKRs aligned with GCA and CMO priorities, and track outcomes after deployment.
• Create and execute change-management and adoption plans from pilot through deployment in partnership with change-management and training resources.
• Manage business-critical workload, delivery, and performance metrics across the ASI portfolio and build analytic products to track them.
• Support the ASI Lead with group strategy and strategic assessments as needed.
• Identify innovation opportunities and areas of waste, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions.
• Use foresight and judgment in complex decisions and bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
• Maintain regular communication with teammates, partners, and leadership.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in commercial analytics, AI, program management, and product management, and recommend improvements.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid vacation, holiday, and personal days.
• Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Eligibility for a Global Performance Plan with a 20% target bonus.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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