Product & MVP Lead

Pfizer Inc; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a digital product leader to own MVP vision, drive build pace, and ensure user adoption during MVP stages.

You will align with scrum masters, product and engineering teams, convert user feedback into backlog decisions, and prepare for stage gates to scale from MVP to product.

The role requires proven product management experience, strong technical credibility, and the ability to influence diverse partners.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in digital product management and transformation.
• End-to-end accountability for digital products across multiple markets.
• Has shipped digital products and can write defend specifications and trade-offs.
• Credible with engineers and architects: understands timelines and dependencies.
• Able to influence delivery teams and senior sponsors without owning engineering resources.
• Highly structured with controlled scope, timelines and decision records.

Responsibilities

• Set vision for build and write target product profiles, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with scrum masters, product teams and engineering to sequence and deliver work.
• Engage users and translate feedback into backlog decisions; ensure the spec reflects priority features.
• Own MVP adoption and ensure failures test hypotheses, not avoidable product flaws.
• Present product and user evidence at stage-gate discussions to transition MVP to scale.
• Provide build estimates with cost, capacity, time and delivery risks as a counterweight to proposals.
• Lead end-to-end programme management for each funded MVP, managing milestones and risks.

Skills

Product mgmt

End-to-end ownership

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder alignment

User feedback

Technical credibility

Education

Advanced degree

Job description

Purpose

Turn the build decision from the Investment Committee into a MVP that is real enough to judge, and make sure that when an initiative fails it fails on its hypothesis rather than on an avoidable product weakness. This role owns the vision of what gets built, at what pace, and whether intended users adopt it during the MVP stages.

Key accountabilities

• Sets the vision for the build, if it scales. Write the target product profile, product requirements and acceptance criteria for every initiative funded by the pillar.
• Work directly with scrum masters, product teams and engineering teams in the Build pillar so approved work is sequenced, built correctly and delivered at pace.
• Work with users as closely as with engineers: take each increment back to the target market, convert feedback into backlog decisions and ensure the specification reflects the features that matter.
• Own product adoption during MVP stage. A portfolio failure should come from a disproven hypothesis, not a solution users could not or would not use because of preventable product choices.
• Bring product, user and technical evidence to the stage gate discussion for transitioning a MVP into a product to scale.
• Provide build estimates for externally sourced opportunities, including internal cost, capacity, time and principal delivery risks, as the counterweight to rent-or-partner proposals.
• Own end-to-end programme and project management for each funded MVP: establish the integrated plan, milestones, dependencies and decision points; manage scope, risks and change; escalated? delivery constraints; and close or transition work cleanly at each gate.

Decision rights

Owns the product specification, acceptance criteria and backlog prioritisation within an approved initiative. Determines whether product and user evidence is sufficient to present at a stage gate; the Investment Committee decides whether the initiative progresses.

Required experience and capabilities

• Proven relevant experience in digital product management, product development, technology-enabled transformation or a related field; (further experience required for candidates without an advanced degree).
• Demonstrated end-to-end accountability for digital products from discovery and business case through build, launch, and adoption, preferably across multiple markets.
• Has shipped digital products. Able to write and defend specifications, make trade-offs and change direction when evidence requires it.
• Credible with engineers and architects: understands technical capability, development timelines, dependencies and what is realistic to promise.
• Equally credible with commercial leaders, initiative sponsors and users. The role requires translation in both directions and the authority to hold each side to agreed outcomes.
• Highly structured, with rigorous control of scope, timeline, product quality and decision records.
• Able to estimate build cost and effort sufficiently for a meaningful rent-versus-build comparison.
• Experienced in influencing delivery teams and senior sponsors without owning the engineering resource.

The closing deadline for applications is end of day November 10th.

Purpose

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives ... At Pfizer we are apatient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

DisAbility Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!