Director, Studio Operations & Initiatives

Pfizer Inc.; Stone Cross; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer Inc. is seeking a Director, Operations and Key Initiatives Lead to run studio operations and own cross-studio work. You will manage onboarding, resourcing, budgets and vendor coordination to keep product and engineering teams focused on delivering breakthroughs.

This role partners with senior leaders, translates requests into actionable studio responses, and shapes the external narrative. It requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and experience guiding complex, regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Business, Operations, Technology, or related field.
• Experience leading operations and cross-functional initiatives in digital/product environments.
• Judgement when interacting with senior leaders: what to elevate, what to close quietly, what to refuse.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with executives and delivery teams.
• Experience running team operations and coordinating people, vendors, budgets, and timelines.
• Comfort with ambiguity and operating in changing organisations.
• Leadership of a small operations function while doing hands-on initiative work.
• Experience in healthcare/pharma or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with product organisations (roadmaps, pods, dual-track discovery/delivery).
• Management consulting experience in a top firm is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own studio and team operations: operating rhythm, onboarding and offboarding, resourcing and hiring logistics, FTE and contractor administration, vendor management, tooling, and budget tracking.
• Lead studio-level cross-pilllar initiatives including operating model and enterprise programmes.
• Translate DLT/Digital requests into the smallest viable studio response; shield product and engineering from admin load.
• Own the studio's external narrative with leadership; plans, status, risks, and decision papers.
• Build and run a light operating cadence; keep ceremonies useful and discard those that waste time.
• Line-manage the Sr. Manager, Product & Studio Operations; set the standard for admin and logistics.
• Coordinate dependencies with governance, finance, and HR to prevent delivery stalls.
• Spot portfolio-level conflicts and surface them early with a recommended call.
• Model studio culture in enterprise settings: pace, candour, and respect for craft.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Decision making

Stakeholder management

Change management

Ambiguity tolerance

People leadership

Pharma industry knowledge

Management consulting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent

Job description

Pfizer Inc. is seeking a Director, Operations and Key Initiatives Lead to run studio operations and own cross-studio work. You will manage onboarding, resourcing, budgets and vendor coordination to keep product and engineering teams focused on delivering breakthroughs.

This role partners with senior leaders, translates requests into actionable studio responses, and shapes the external narrative. It requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and experience guiding complex, regulated