Manager, Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead

Pfizer • Tampa, PA

1d • $99,200 - $165,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Use Your Power for Purpose Digital is helping Pfizer Global Supply win the digital race in pharma and create breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Digital provides innovative digital solutions that unleash the power of our people by allowing them to focus their time and attention on value-add tasks. Our solutions accelerate key PGS initiatives and help PGS sites realize benefits of continuous improvement more rapidly. The Manufacturing Technology and Solutions team enables a world-class manufacturing and supply chain organization by increasing visibility and efficiency across diverse systems and processes, and delivering predictive analytics and insights. The team supports Pfizer’s Core Manufacturing & Engineering Solutions, while enabling a secure, seamless flow of contextualized data from the device & control levels, all the way to the top of the Enterprise. Our goal is to create persona driven, connected experiences across our shop floors to predict and optimize operations, while providing intelligence, and real-time insights to operators. Key functional areas: Strategy & Operation Excellence Global Supply Engineering & Sustainment Manufacturing Operations Solutions E2E Network Solutions What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: The Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead supports the deployment of MES across PGS Manufacturing sites by coordinating and executing value-based scoping of sites, supporting the development of the long-term MES deployment roadmap. The Manager will coordinate pre-deployment activities, ensuring alignment with global Digital standards and templates. This role supports the definition and execution of MES deployment acceleration initiatives, contributing to long term strategic goals of lowering cost per EBR implementation and speed to value. The manager will collaborate closely with site teams and cross-functional partners to enable a successful deployment.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering or Technology based subjects(s)
• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR as associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant domain experience in manufacturing and/or quality operations.
• Experience in all stages of solution and application lifecycle from value analysis, business case development, and solution deployment through to value realization and system retirement is a significant advantage.
• Ability to work across multiple concurrent activities and successfully adapt to changing priorities as required.
• An understanding of system cGMP requirements and demonstrable knowledge of computer system design and maintenance lifecycle in cGMP environments.

Nice To Haves

• 1-3 years of experience in a Global Solution environment focused on the build and deployment of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Experience working with Rockwell Pharmasuite or Siemens OpCenter Execution Pharma
• Experience with Agile Software Delivery as a Product Owner.
• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Support Value-Focused MES Deployment Planning: Partner with senior team members to scope high-value business areas and contribute to defining deployment strategies that support digital and PGS priorities.
• Develop Site-Level Roadmaps Aligned to Global Priorities: Translate the global MES vision into tailored site-specific roadmaps, ensuring alignment with long-term manufacturing and digital transformation objectives.
• Coordinate Pre-Deployment Readiness for Activities: Drive all pre-deployment preparation activities — including stakeholder alignment, gap analysis, integration scoping, and process mapping, ensuring the site is fully prepared for MES execution.
• Facilitate Cross-Functional Stakeholder Engagement Build trusted partnerships with site operations, quality, engineering, and automation teams to ensure shared ownership of the MES strategy, scope, and launch approach.
• Manage Handover to Deployment Teams : Facilitate a structured transition of the site to the MES deployment team, ensuring a clear scope, defined success criteria, and readiness across people, processes, and systems.
• Track Progress against Milestones: Monitor and communicate progress against roadmap deliverables and escalate risks or blockers as needed.
• Embed Deployment Accelerators Contribute to and implement repeatable launch accelerators – such as playbooks, reusable templates, standard MES functionality and integration channels, new deployment models and AI to drive greater standardization and contribute to program acceleration goals.
• Manage Site-Level Budget Inputs Support financial planning for site launch and readiness by estimating deployment costs, resource planning and flagging potential variances to senior team members.

Benefits

• this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.
• We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments.
• Benefits offered include a 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, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

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