Job Description

At Pfizer, our purpose is breakthroughs that change patients’ lives and our colleagues make this happen. All over the world, our colleagues work together to touch millions of lives. 

Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Teams deliver rapid outcomes by experimenting, learning fast, and proving what works.

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Lead is a senior leader who drives innovation across Pfizer Global Supply (PGS)—leading a dedicated team of pods that transform prioritized opportunities into rapid prototypes and MVPs. This role blends strategic vision, business engagement, with technical execution , enabling Pfizer to move faster, reduce complexity, and deliver measurable value. Working closely with senior business leaders, Portfolio Leads, Creation Centers and CoEs, the Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement VP ensures that bold ideas become real, scalable solutions.

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Lead directs a high-performing team that transforms bold ideas into prototypes and minimum viable products. These solutions are validated, proven in-market, and transitioned into scalable enterprise capabilities in partnership with creation centers, and centers of excellence.

Role Summary

The Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team Lead is accountable for advancing how PGS operates by moving ideas rapidly from concept to validated solution. This role sits at the intersection of business priorities, technical design, and product delivery, ensuring that the most important opportunities are turned into scalable outcomes. The leader will manage relationships across PGS and Digital, translate priorities into action, and ensure solutions are designed with both technical rigor and customer delight in mind.

An ideal candidate will excel at:

• Strategic Partnering: Shape innovation with senior leaders and align execution to PGS priorities.
• Technical Leadership: Guide teams across AI, data, and platforms to deliver secure, scalable prototypes and MVPs.
• Product Thinking: Drive a fast, user-centered approach that results in solutions ready to scale.
• AI Fluency: Harness AI to accelerate experimentation and extend Pfizer’s capabilities.
• Entrepreneurial Drive: Thrive in ambiguity, lead rapid iteration, and balance acceptable risk with impact.
• Change Leadership: Shift mindsets, build adoption, and embed new ways of working across complex teams.
• Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expertise: Deep understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain management.

Role Responsibilities:

Enable PGS with a digital ecosystem powered by AI that drives impactful work, paperless operations, and excellence in supply.

Set the Innovation Agenda

• Define the digital innovation strategy for PGS and align it with Pfizer’s enterprise priorities.
• Identify high-impact opportunities where technology can unlock new value and set the tone for bold experimentation and rapid iteration.
• Ensure prototypes and MVPs are designed with scalability in mind and positioned to shape Pfizer’s future operating model.

Partner Deeply with the Business

• Serve as the primary innovation lead for the PGS domain, managing relationships with senior stakeholders and ensuring business priorities are translated into action.
• Co-create product roadmaps with business leaders that embed real needs and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Maintain momentum through tight alignment with Creation Centers, Portfolio Leads, and product teams to ensure smooth handoff from prototype to scale.
• Collaborate across PGS functions and OpUs to co-create digital solutions that safeguard quality, automate planning and optimize manufacturing.

Accelerate Execution and Value Capture

• Lead agile pod teams to turn opportunities into measurable results with speed and precision.
• Guide iterative development, ensuring every solution is technically sound, commercially relevant, and designed around user experience.
• Capture and share insights from prototypes with Portfolio Leads to shape prioritization, investment, and enterprise learning.

Inspire the Team and Manage the Budget

• Manage the Forward Impact Engineering and Engagement Team’s budget, resource strategy, and portfolio of work.
• Make disciplined decisions on hiring, reskilling, and capability building to create a high-performing team skilled in agility, experimentation, and delivery excellence.
• Hold leaders accountable for talent development, inclusivity, and succession planning across the domain.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12+ years of experience.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate client needs into effective digital strategies.
• Experienced people leader with a track record of influencing and leading successful cross-functional transformation efforts with colleagues at all levels of the organization, including senior and executive leadership.
• Proven success implementing AI solutions through rapid prototyping to drive business outcomes.
• Demonstrated business acumen and history of accountability and performance delivery, leading teams to meet or exceed objectives.
• Proactive problem solver with strong analytical skills, emphasizing data-driven decision-making.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to operate and quickly respond to emerging needs.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate client needs into effective digital strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to influence key partners and stakeholders.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite tools.
• Extensive experience with computer use, able to work at a rapid pace in a virtual environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters/MBA with 13 years’ experience or other advanced degree or equivalent experience, a plus.
• Deep understanding of the digital healthcare landscape, including emerging trends and technologies.

Non-standard Work Schedule, Travel Or Environment Requirements

Must be able to travel to Pfizer offices, vendor offices and other team meeting locations when required. Project work can sometimes be demanding and require work during off-hours.

Additional Postings Locations: Other Pfizer locations may be considered

Last Date to Apply for Job: 2/4/2026

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $274,000.00 to $426,800.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 30.0% 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. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

• The annual base salary for this position in Tampa, FL ranges from $230,500.00 to $384,100.00.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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