Senior Director, AI-Ready Data Strategy & Architecture

Pfizer

Dublin

Hybrid

EUR 187,000 - 311,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Senior Director to lead PGS and Enterprise Solutions Data Strategy & Architecture. This global role owns the target-state data architecture, canonical data model and governance standards, partnering with business data owners to deliver AI-ready data products at scale.

The role requires seasoned leadership and a pragmatic, standards-driven approach within a federated model. The position is hybrid with travel as needed, offering a comprehensive compensation package aligned to

Qualifications

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 across business and technology organizations.
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

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 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 environment, including data integrity by design and readiness for emerging regulatory expectations on AI and data.
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 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.
Pfizer leadership context and collaboration with global teams.