Integrated Evidence Planning & Program Management Director

Pfizer • San Diego, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Pfizer, our mission is to cultivate a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and streamlines effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or collaborating with others, your role in this team is crucial in making our work more efficient and faster. This enables us to deliver breakthroughs that transform patients' lives. Your contribution helps simplify complex tasks, fostering an environment where innovation thrives and where every effort is directed towards achieving significant medical advancements. By inspiring a culture of excellence, we ensure that our collective efforts lead to impactful changes in healthcare, ultimately benefiting patients worldwide. This position will assume a key leadership role within the Integrated Evidence Generation (IEG) organization, serving as Program Director within the IEG Program Management team. This is an individual contributor role responsible for delivering integrated, end‑to-end real‑world data, insights, and evidence across all therapeutic areas to support product development, access, clinical practice, and competitive differentiation. The role primarily develops and oversees process frameworks in support of integrated evidence planning and execution, ensuring evidence-Generation activities: are aligned to enterprise Integrated Evidence Plans (eIEPs), are coordinated, tracked, and delivered across the asset lifecycle. Partnering with Medical Evidence Development Asset Leads and cross-functional stakeholders, the role translates approved evidence strategies into executable plans by maintaining timelines, trackers, and documentation across multiple workstreams. The role manages governance and working forums through meeting facilitation, documentation, and preparation of evidence planning materials in coordination of prioritization of portfolio and resource deployment across Medical Evidence Development. This role will have responsibility to drive: Operational & Process Excellence at Scale: Designs, implements, and scales enterprise‑level project management frameworks and operational best practices. Strategic Evidence Leadership: Owns end‑to-end delivery of enterprise Integrated Evidence planning and project management across the full product lifecycle, shaping portfolio direction and long‑term evidence strategy. Portfolio & Governance Leadership: Leads portfolio review forums, prioritization, and governance processes; drives data‑informed investment decisions and business case development. Enterprise Influence & Matrix Leadership: Influences without authority across complex, matrixed organizations; aligns senior stakeholders and drives timely, high‑impact decisions. Portfolio Analytics & Decision Enablement: Uses integrated reporting and analytics to provide transparency, foresight, and decision support to leadership. Thought Leadership & External Engagement: Contributes to evidence communication strategies, publications, and external forums; represents the organization internally and externally. Talent & Capability Development: Mentors others, fosters continuous improvement, and advances Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP) methodologies and organizational capability. Capability to lead in a matrixed organization, motivating teams, fostering continuous improvement, and supporting talent development as the Evidence Generation organization evolves. Facilitation and Stakeholder Management: Drives timely decisions among category stakeholders and acts as a key player in the successful development and integration of the Evidence Generation to achieve a One Pfizer vision for RWE/RWD generation

Requirements

• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Bachelor's degree with minimal 8 years' experience in one of the disciplines related to drug development or business management.
• Strong financial acumen, experience managing multi-line complex budgets, including tracking of finances and FTEs.
• Excellent communicator who can comfortably present to senior leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, with at least 5+ years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven track record in a project management leadership role with at least 5+ years of experience managing multiple, highly complex projects and portfolio governance
• Proven ability to translate scientific inputs (TPP, CDP, literature, study outputs) into actionable plans and stakeholder-ready materials.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams; experience with project-tracking tools (e.g., MS Project, Planisware, Jira, Smartsheet) preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced scientific or business degree (MS, PhD, PharmD, MD, or MBA).
• Direct prior hands-on experience with Integrated Evidence Plans or evidence-generation planning processes.
• Experience working across global teams and with regulators / HTA collaborators in evidence contexts.
• Understands R&D portfolio pipeline and in-line asset strategic objectives to effectively ensure tactical implementation.
• Clear understanding of resource management at team and portfolio level.
• Hands-on experience in governance management and portfolio reporting.
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and scales enterprise‑level project management frameworks and operational best practices.
• Owns end‑to-end delivery of enterprise Integrated Evidence planning and project management across the full product lifecycle, shaping portfolio direction and long‑term evidence strategy.
• Leads portfolio review forums, prioritization, and governance processes; drives data‑informed investment decisions and business case development.
• Influences without authority across complex, matrixed organizations; aligns senior stakeholders and drives timely, high‑impact decisions.
• Uses integrated reporting and analytics to provide transparency, foresight, and decision support to leadership.
• Contributes to evidence communication strategies, publications, and external forums; represents the organization internally and externally.
• Mentors others, fosters continuous improvement, and advances Integrated Evidence Planning (IEP) methodologies and organizational capability.
• Capability to lead in a matrixed organization, motivating teams, fostering continuous improvement, and supporting talent development as the Evidence Generation organization evolves.
• Drives timely decisions among category stakeholders and acts as a key player in the successful development and integration of the Evidence Generation to achieve a One Pfizer vision for RWE/RWD generation

Benefits

• participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
• 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
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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