IRT Technical Lead - Impala 2.0

Pfizer • New York City, CT

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Our manufacturing logistics and supply team ensures that customers and patients receive the medicines they need precisely when they need them. By embracing challenges, imagining new possibilities, and taking decisive action, you will help accelerate the delivery of medicines to the world. Your role is crucial in making sure that the supply chain operates smoothly, overcoming obstacles, and continuously innovating to meet the demands of healthcare. Join us in our mission to bring essential medicines to those who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Requirements

• BA/BS with work experience in the biopharma industry required.
• Minimum 6+ years of experience with IRT systems or relevant healthcare industry experience.
• Understanding the nature of clinical data, with regard to the concepts of IRT study configuration, resupply settings, blinding, privacy protection, and data quality/integrity standards
• Knowledge and experience working in a GMP / GCP environment and with regulatory audit teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Possesses strong English language written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working with a global team, partners and customers in a change agile environment
• System Development experience including providing business requirement and problem statements, participation in design sessions, UAT script writing and execution, and appropriate timeline management
• Strong understanding of system user experience scenarios to ensure comprehensive test cases
• Experience in JIRA, qTest, and Confluence
• Skilled in Microsoft Office suite including advanced skills with Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, OneNote and SharePoint

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree
• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Good Bio-Pharma business acumen
• Experience with root cause analysis, using tools such as FMEA, 5-Why, Cause & Effect Matrix and/or Fish Bone diagram.
• Expertly skilled in a variety of database query or reporting tools such as SQL and Spotfire
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity.
• Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use
• 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

• Lead business testing workstream for defect correction and enhancement releases; including identification of risks to current studies, developing and contributing to execution of the testing plan.
• Lead impact assessments of system updates, enhancements and defect corrections on iView2 reports.
• Participate in enhancement, sprint and release scoping discussions to support system enhancements to meet clinical trial and business needs.
• Partner with applicable system Product Owners, Product Area Leads and Digital technical team to ensure business continuity during planned releases and unplanned outages.
• Serve as IT Business Continuity process owner.
• Partner closely with other IGOT Technical leads on Impala 2.0 system issue escalations, support strategies and issue resolution
• Provide technical and customer facing insights during design review meetings, Digital consultations, audits and regulatory inspections.
• Lead the resolution of technical issues and oversee or participate in quality investigations related to Impala 2.0 in collaboration with other technical/Digital resources.
• Maintain and monitor Impala 2.0 data standards, quality, compliance, security and usage of IRT related entities that reside in the Innovative Technology data dictionary and contribute to the overall data strategy for Global Clinical Supply.
• Evaluate data requests related to IRT and propose/implement potential solutions.

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
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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