Director - Analytics Strategy and Innovation

140 Pfizer Inc; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Hybrid work location

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Pfizer Inc in New York seeks a Director of Analytic Strategy and Innovation to lead high-visibility analytics and AI programs across Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) and the Chief Marketing Office (CMO). Reporting to the ASI Lead, you will own multiple strategic initiatives from business case to adoption, partnering with IIS, Data Science, Data Engineering and platform partners.

You will translate between business, analytics and technology teams, steer executive communications, and champion

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 8 years; or master's with 7+ years; or PhD with 5+ years.
• Experience leading commercial analytics, analytics or AI transformation programs.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives end to end with planning, resolution and delivery outcomes.
• Experience developing business cases and roadmaps, KPI/OKR prioritization, and managing trade-offs across a portfolio.
• Ability to influence without authority and communicate across all levels.
• Healthcare or life sciences industry experience with understanding of commercial processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives end to end, partnering with IIS, Data Science, Data Engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Lead one to two complex initiatives from business case through execution, deployment and adoption.
• Develop and own the business case, quantify the opportunity and frame options.
• Build integrated program plans with milestones and accountabilities across teams.
• Partner with product owner on scope and release planning; bring data planning to prioritization trades.
• Translate requirements between commercial leaders, analytics and technology teams.
• Identify and resolve risks, dependencies and delivery challenges; escalate when needed.
• Lead executive communications, roadmaps, progress reviews and recommendations.
• Drive OKRs development for initiatives and track outcomes post-deployment.
• Create and execute change management and adoption plans with relevant resources.
• Manage metrics across the ASI portfolio for the ASI Lead and analytic products.

Skills

Program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Change management

Executive communication

Business translation

Analytics strategy

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Master's degree + 7 years

PhD + 5+ years

Job description

Would you like to be part of Pfizer’s commercial AI and analytics transformation? We are looking for a Director of Analytic Strategy and Innovation to lead high-visibility strategic initiatives within a portfolio of complex analytics and AI programs across Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) and the Chief Marketing Office (CMO). Reporting to the Analytic Strategy and Innovation (ASI) Lead, this person is a transformation lead. You will typically own one to two strategic initiatives at a time, taking each from business case through planning, delivery, deployment and adoption. You will work alongside a product owner on each initiative: the product owner owns the product and its backlog; you own the program, business translation, and execution of the adoption plan. You will partner with GCA leaders, brand and CMO teams, Integrated Insights & Strategy (IIS), Data Science, Data Engineering, Analytic Excellence, and platform and vendor partners to turn business priorities into programs that land. The ideal candidate pairs a program leadership track record with the ability to translate between business, analytics and technology teams, and has delivered analytics or AI capabilities into real use in a commercial organization. Your center of gravity is delivery: you can shape a business case, but you are judged on programs that land. You will have direct exposure to GCA and CMO leadership. We are looking for someone who takes ownership, brings structure to ambiguity, and protects people’s time. You communicate scope and responsibilities clearly, escalates early, knows when to decide and when to bring a decision to leadership, and has the intellectual curiosity to constantly learn, unlearn, and re-learn.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead strategic initiatives end to end, partnering with IIS, Data Science, Data Engineering, Analytic Excellence, and partner teams across Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance.
• Lead one to two complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives at a time, from business case and problem definition through execution, deployment and adoption.
• Develop and own the business case: define the problem, quantify the opportunity, frame options, and recommend an approach that balances impact, cost, resourcing, timeline, likelihood of success and risk.
• Build and own integrated program plans, translating objectives into milestones, deliverables, decision points and accountabilities across matrixed teams and external partners.
• Partner with the product owner on scope, sequencing and release planning so program commitments are met; bring data and planning expertise to prioritization trade-offs.
• Act as the business translator between commercial leaders, analytics and data science teams, and technology and platform partners, so requirements, constraints and decisions are understood on all sides.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, and elevate decisions to leadership when necessary.
• Lead executive communications for your initiatives, including roadmaps, business cases, progress, trade-offs and recommendations, and conduct periodic reviews with executive sponsors.
• Drive the development and implementation of OKRs for your initiatives, consistent with GCA and CMO priorities, and track outcomes after deployment.
• Create and execute change management and adoption plans, from pilot through deployment, in partnership with change management and training resources.
• Manage business-critical metrics on workload, delivery and performance across the ASI portfolio for the ASI Lead, and build the analytic products that track them.
• Support the ASI Lead on group strategyand strategic assessments as needed.
• Promote innovation and challenge the status quo: identify new opportunities and areas of waste, and propose solutions.
• Demonstrate foresight and judgment in complex decisions and bring clarity to ambiguous situations for cross-functional teams.
• Lead regular communication with teammates, partners and leadership.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies and best practices in commercial analytics, AI, program and product management, and recommend improvements.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 7 years of experience; OR a PhD with 5+ years of experience.
• Relevant experience with demonstrated career progression, leading programs or initiatives in commercial analytics, analytics or AI transformation, or related settings.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives end to end, with accountability for planning, issue resolution, executive communication and delivery outcomes.
• Experience developing business cases and roadmaps, prioritizing using KPI/OKR methodology, and managing trade-offs across a portfolio of projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through significant change in a dynamic, results-driven environment.
• Ability to work with business, analytics, data science and technology teams and translate between them.
• Mastery of influencing without authority, with written, verbal and presentation skills that work across all organizational levels.
• The ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience.
• Solid sense of ownership, customer service, collaboration and integrity.
• Ability to manage conflicting ideas, create an environment where all voices are heard, and own the hard calls.
• Ability to work outside own area of expertise, perform business discovery, simplify problems and propose solutions.
• Healthcare or life sciences industry experience, with understanding of commercial processes.
• Breadth of leadership experience, including the ability to develop and coach others and guide the work of colleagues to achieve business impact.

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Experience delivering analytics or AI capabilities into a commercial organization, from strategy through implementation and adoption, including platform integration, migration or deployment.
• Project leader or engagement manager experience in management consulting, ideally serving pharmaceutical or life sciences clients, or equivalent experience in an internal strategy and transformation function, with a track record of implementation and transformation work.
• Experience working alongside product owners or delivery teams with shared accountability for outcomes.
• Experience managing vendor- or partner-delivered programs (consulting, managed service or data and technology partners).
• Experience in market research or insights transformation, including AI-enabled primary market research.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical commercial analytics capabilities such as forecasting, market research, customer analytics and performance measurement.
• Program management or Agile training (PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe) or similar.
• 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.

Relocation support available

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $176,600.00 to $294,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% 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).

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