Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development

Pfizer

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Pfizer’s GH&B portfolio. This leader drives high impact strategic assessments, identifies and evaluates external partnerships, and brings forward clear, actionable recommendations that inform enterprise decision-making.‑impact strategic assessments, identifies and evaluates external partnerships, and brings forward clear, actionable recommendations that inform enterprise decision‑making. You’ll lead a team that will work across commercial and operational functions on focused, point in time strategic assessments and external engagement to inform growth and portfolio evolution. This role is designed for speed and depth—tackling discrete strategic questions, segment assessments, and business development opportunities that require senior judgment and tight integration across functions. The leader oversees a team that acts as a catalyst for insight generation, strategic optionality, and external value creation, ensuring Pfizer’s choices are informed, future focused, and aligned to enterprise priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degrees (PhD, PharmD, MBA, etc.) preferred
• 12+ years of broad pharmaceutical experience in commercial development/product development/marketing/operations/strategy
• Proven ability to deliver results in complex, matrixed, and fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high performing, resilient teams. ‑performing, resilient teams.
• Strong influencing skills with a track record of driving enterprise impact through collaboration and clear decision-making.
• Evidence of diverse leadership capabilities, including coaching, talent development, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to guide teams toward meaningful business outcomes.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete data
• Brings external perspective and enterprise thinking into internal decision forum

Nice To Haves

• Background in strategy, business development, consulting, or corporate development
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to move from insight to recommendation
• Proven experience engaging external partners and senior internal stakeholders
• High credibility as a thought partner at the Senior Director level
• 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

• Establish and lead a new strategic & business development capability within the GH&B Portfolio Team, building a function that accelerates enterprise-wide strategic insight generation and strengthens Pfizer’s ability to identify and shape high value external opportunities.
• Foster a culture of high performance, agility, and strategic rigor, developing team capability and strengthening cross functional collaboration to enhance Pfizer’s enterprise strategic muscle.
• Serve as a key member of the GH&B Portfolio Leadership Team, influencing strategic direction, setting portfolio priorities, and shaping long-term growth pathways that drive enterprise value.
• Direct end-to-end strategic assessments of market segments, capabilities, and competitive dynamics, producing insights that directly inform enterprise decision-making and guide resource allocation.
• Oversee identification, evaluation, and engagement of external companies and partners, shaping early stage opportunities and strengthening the pipeline of strategically relevant external options.
• Develop clear strategic narratives, insights, and recommendations to inform leadership decision-making.
• Provide strategic and commercial leadership in external opportunity evaluation, ensuring rigorous assessment of strategic fit, value potential, and enterprise implications to support BD advancement and prioritization.
• Partner with Portfolio Management to align external opportunities with internal portfolio optimization goals, strengthening balanced investment decisions and maximizing portfolio impact.
• Lead multiple high intensity, timebound strategic projects, ensuring high quality outputs delivered with speed, clarity, and senior-level judgment that accelerate strategy execution.
• Apply strong judgment and simplification to complex issues, enabling leaders to navigate ambiguity, focus on the highest impact drivers, and reduce time to decision.
• Models future oriented, holistic strategy development, ensuring recommendations are both visionary and grounded in execution realities to support successful implementation.

Benefits

• participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 25.0% 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