Global Delivery Team Lead

Pfizer; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Global Tier-0 Team Lead in the APAC Center (India) to manage day-to-day delivery, quality, and capacity for ~8 Operations Specialists based in Mumbai/Bangalore. The role focuses on delivering Tier‑0 services within SLAs and building a resilient, cross‑trained team.

You will drive SOP creation, automation, and continuous process standardization while maintaining governance, audits, and reporting.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years in service delivery, shared services, or global business services operations.
• Experience leading teams of ~8 people, preferably in virtual/remote delivery.
• Strong capacity planning, SLA/OLA management, and reporting skills.
• Track record in process standardization, optimization, and automation.
• Strong SOP development, audit, and compliance discipline.
• Familiar with instruction documents, reference libraries, and Q&A matrices.
• Good data literacy to translate dashboards into staffing decisions.
• Experience with outsourced or third‑party delivery relationships is a plus.
• Nice to have knowledge of pharmaceutical/commercial operations and MCM/iXM where relevant.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day delivery for the Global Tier‑0 team (~8 Operations Specialists, India‑based), ensuring services meet SLAs/OLAs.
• Interface with Pfizer Service/Process Owners to convert requirements into SOPs, reference libraries, and Q&A matrices.
• Own consolidated capacity planning and demand management; forecast staffing needs and flag risks.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, and automation of Tier‑0 workflows; explore Tier‑AI automation when viable.
• Maintain SOP/audit documentation, process compliance, and asset management across services.
• Develop and maintain SLA/OLA adherence reporting and quality metrics.
• Provide day‑to‑day leadership, coaching, and performance management; implement cross‑training to mitigate knowledge risk.
• Serve as escalation point for Tier‑0 boundary issues; triage and route to Tier‑1/2 as needed.
• Support onboarding and structured knowledge transfer for new colleagues.
• Partner with APAC Center Lead on workforce planning and integration with the broader APAC Center model.

Skills

Capacity planning

SLA/OLA management

Process standardization

Automation

SOP development

Data literacy

Team leadership

Virtual/remote delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Role Summary

The Global Tier-0 Team Lead is accountable for the day-to-day performance, quality, and capacity management of the Global Tier-0 team – a standardized, script- and SOP-based service delivery function based in the APAC Center (India). The role ensures Tier-0 work is executed accurately, at scale, and within agreed SLAs, using predefined rules, reference libraries, and Q&A matrices rather than market-specific judgment. The Team Lead is also responsible for driving continuous process standardization and automation, and for building a resilient, cross-trained team supporting Tier-0 services globally.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery for the Global Tier-0 team (~8 Operations Specialists, India-based), ensuring all Tier-0 services are executed accurately, on time, and in line with agreed SLAs/OLAs.
• Act as the primary interface with Pfizer Service/Process Owners to understand task requirements and translate them into SOPs, reference libraries, and Q&A matrices – keeping work resolvable within Tier-0 scope without market-specific judgment.
• Own consolidated capacity planning and demand management for the team; monitor volume trends, forecast staffing needs, and flag capacity or concentration risk early.
• Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, and automation of Tier-0 workflows; identify candidates for migration to Tier-AI (full automation) as volume and process stability allow.
• Maintain SOP/audit documentation, process compliance, and asset management across the team's services.
• Develop and maintain SLA/OLA adherence reporting and quality metrics for the team.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management for the Operations Specialist team; build cross-training plans to reduce key-person and knowledge-concentration risk.
• Serve as the escalation point for inputs or issues that fall outside Tier-0 scope (e.g., requiring market judgment, stakeholder negotiation, or non-standard interpretation); triage and route to the appropriate Tier-1/Tier-2 owner.
• Support onboarding and structured knowledge transfer for new colleagues joining the team.
• Partner with the APAC Center Lead on workforce planning and integration with the broader APAC Center operating model.

Qualifications & Experience

8-12 years of relevant experience in Service delivery, Shared services, or Global business services operations. Experience managing or leading teams of approximately 8 colleagues, ideally in a virtual/remote delivery environment. Strong capacity planning, SLA/OLA management, and reporting skills. Track record of driving process standardization, optimization, and automation initiatives. Strong SOP development, audit, and process-compliance discipline. Comfortable operating against instruction documents, reference libraries, and Q&A matrices rather than ambiguous, judgment-heavy inputs. Good data literacy – able to translate volume/SLA dashboards into staffing and process decisions. Experience managing outsourced or third-party delivery relationships is a plus. Good to have: pharmaceutical/commercial operations industry knowledge; familiarity with multichannel marketing systems (MCM/iXM) where relevant to current scope. Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Key internal interactions

• APAC Center Lead; GOSC Team Leads/Delivery Leads in the LATAM and EU Centers; Pfizer Service/Process Owners; PX (India).

Key external interactions

• None – Tier-0 is designed for zero external stakeholder interaction.

Resources Managed Direct Reports

~8 Operations Specialists (India-based; Mumbai / Bangalore)

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