Senior Director, PGS and Enterprise Solutions Data Strategy & Architecture Lead

Pfizer • New York City, PA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) is prioritizing trusted, AI-ready data for its operations, including medicine manufacturing, testing, and delivery. The newly formed PGS & Enterprise Solutions Data Products & Platforms team aims to make data self-service, accessible, timely, and contextually understandable for both humans and machines. This team is responsible for data strategy, standards, contextualization, semantics, operations, and the data platform for PGS and Enterprise Solutions, collaborating closely with business data owners, solution teams, and the site network. The Senior Director, PGS and Enterprise Solutions Data Strategy & Architecture Lead will establish the foundational technical data architecture, canonical data model, and governance policies for AI-ready Data Products & Platforms across PGS and Enterprise Solutions. This role involves partnering with business data strategy leaders and owners to translate business and AI strategies into the technical data architecture, defining 'data products,' establishing governance rules, and overseeing data and integration standards across the delivery network.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management or a related field and 12+ years of experience in data architecture, data management or data engineering, including 7+ years leading teams and setting standards at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise data architecture, data models, and data standards in a large, federated organization.
• Applied knowledge of AI technologies, concepts and trends with a deep understanding of what being ‘AI-ready’ demands of Data Strategy and execution.
• Track record of partnering with business and solution teams to understand business strategies and translating them into architectural standards and roadmaps.
• Broad understanding of Digital Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain and SAP ERP concepts and data models.
• Experience establishing data governance in a regulated (GxP or comparable) environment, including data integrity requirements.
• Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders (VP level and above) across business and technology organizations.
• 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.
• Permanent work authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MS/MBA/PhD) in a relevant field.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality or supply chain domain knowledge.
• Working knowledge of ISA-95/ISA-88, data product / data operating models, and data contract practices.
• Understanding of SAP ERP data models and data platforms.
• Recognised architecture or data management credentials (e.g. TOGAF, DAMA CDMP).
• Experience operating a stewardship or paired business/technical ownership model.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with PGS and ES business data owners and solution teams to define and own the target-state technical data architecture and multi-year roadmap for PGS & Enterprise Solutions.
• Own the canonical data model and domain ontologies as governed, executable artefacts – built on open standards (ISA-95/ISA-88, the international standards for enterprise-control system integration and batch control) – in partnership with the Data Contextualisation & Semantics function.
• Lead the definition of data contracts, schema standards and the data product definition in close partnership with business data owners; establish the certification criteria by which data products are accepted as trusted.
• Hold data & integration standards sign-off across the federated model: including work that is funded by solution programs and executed to this function’s oversight and standards.
• Build, develop and retain a high-performing team of architects and stewards; foster a culture of pragmatic, delivery-oriented architecture.
• Build and lead Domain Technical Data Stewardship: develop and direct named technical stewards per domain, each paired with the corresponding PGS business data owner.
• Own data governance policy for a GxP (Good Practice quality regulations) environment, including data integrity by design and readiness for emerging regulatory expectations on AI and data (e.g. EU GMP Annex 22).
• Chair architecture review of major data initiatives across the portfolio; guide build-vs-conform decisions and prevent parallel or duplicative data builds.
• Partner with enterprise-central capabilities – Enterprise Data Fabric, Loom, AI Center of Excellence, ERP teams, Cyber & OT (Operational Technology) Security, Identity & Access – to ensure PGS & ES data architecture conforms to and influences enterprise direction.
• Serve as a senior voice with PGS leadership and the PGS Data, Analytics & AI Transformation organisation on data strategy, standards and stewardship.

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