Director, GH&B AI-Ready Data Foundation & Governance

1H0 Hospira, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Director for GH&B AI-Ready Data Foundation & Governance to own the Snowflake-based data warehouse and data governance across manufacturing, commercial, supply and pricing data. You will drive ontologies, data quality, and AI-enabled analytics, working with GH&B and enterprise teams as a hands-on individual contributor.

You will manage production reliability for data apps, enforce enterprise standards, and lead contingent resources to deliver trusted data products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years or higher, or Master/PhD with corresponding experience.
• Experience in data architecture, management, engineering, or governance in pharma/healthcare.
• Proven track record building enterprise data warehouses or AI-ready platforms like Snowflake.
• Strong SQL and Python with production coding experience.
• Experience with unstructured data extraction and metadata strategies for AI.
• Hands-on data cataloging, lineage and governance tooling (e.g., Collibra).
• Ability to enforce data governance standards in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the GH&B AI Ready Data Warehouse (Snowflake) and its data model for AI/ML use cases.
• Establish ontologies and semantic relationships across GH&B data domains.
• Own end-to-end data governance and quality monitoring with enterprise standards.
• Ensure production reliability for data apps like Athena, NEO, and dashboards.
• Monitor data quality and drift, coordinate with AI/ML and analytics teams.
• Implement version control and testing for warehouse, ontology, dashboards, and models.
• Manage role-based access and protect sensitive data with Legal/Privacy input.
• Maintain docs and runbooks; partner with enterprise tech to align architecture.
• Direct contingent contractor resources and ensure delivery of data products.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

SQL

Python

AI/ML concepts

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Production support

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years

Master’s degree + 7+ years

Ph.D. + 5+ years

Tools

Snowflake

Collibra

AI-ready data platforms

Job description

Use Your Power for Purpose

Director, GH&B AI-Ready Data Foundation & Governance

This Director, GH&B AI-Ready Data Foundation & Governance owns the data foundation that powers Pfizer's Global Hospital & Biosimilars (GH&B) business. This role is directly accountable for the GH&B AI Ready Data Warehouse (built on Snowflake), establishing the ontologies and relationships that connect GH&B's commercial, manufacturing, supply and pricing data, and enforcing data governance standards across the business, serving as the single accountable owner of GH&B data quality. The role also ensures the ongoing maintenance, reliability and functionality of GH&B's production data applications and platforms, including Athena, NEO, the GH&B Navigator dashboard, and the shortage and flu prediction models. Sitting within GH&B, this role owns the data, architecture and design decisions unique to the business, while partnering closely with Pfizer's GH&B Digital Data Architect and GH&B Digital Product Manager, who supports the broader organization's data needs and keeps GH&B's approach aligned with enterprise direction. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities; the role influences through architectural ownership.

What You Will Achieve Independently, and directing contingent contractor resources:

• Own the GH&B AI Ready Data Warehouse (Snowflake), accountable for its data model and readiness to support AI and machine learning use cases across the business, and operate the AI and analytics layer built on it
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining ontologies and semantic relationships across GH&B data domains (manufacturing, commercial, supply, pricing) so data is consistently defined, connected, and reusable by people and AI agents alike
• Owns end-to-end data governance for GH&B, ensures alignment to Pfizer enterprise data standards, access controls, quality rules, and stewardship accountability, and implement automated data quality monitoring and alerting so violations are caught before reaching business users
• Owns production reliability for GH&B's data applications and platforms including Athena, NEO, the GH&B Navigator dashboard, the shortage prediction model, and the flu prediction model defining uptime and freshness expectations, and leading incident response and root-cause analysis when issues arise
• Monitor the quality of the data feeding production AI/ML models, detect drift as underlying data patterns shift, and partner with the Advanced Data Analytics & AI Solutions team, which owns model performance and the retraining/refresh cadence
• Establish version control and a testing/release process for changes to the warehouse, ontology, dashboards, and models, so updates don't silently break downstream consumers
• Administer role-based access to GH&B's data platforms to protect sensitive commercial and hospital-market data, partnering with Legal/Privacy where hospital-adjacent data raises questions
• Maintain current technical documentation and runbooks for the warehouse, ontology, and production platforms, reducing key-person risk while the role operates as an individual contributor
• Partner closely with GH&B Digital and enterprise Digital & Technology to align GH&B's data architecture, standards, and platform decisions with enterprise direction, while retaining ownership of GH&B-specific design decisions
• Direct contingent contractor resources building and maintaining GH&B's AI and analytics models and production applications, flexing capacity with demand
• Serve as the single accountable owner of GH&B data quality, lineage and trustworthiness across GH&B data products and dashboards used by business decision-makers
• Partner with GH&B stakeholders to prioritize the data and governance roadmap against business need
• Evaluate new data and ontology requests, assess feasibility and risk, and route them to the correct build or governance path

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 8+ years of experience; OR a Master’s degree with more than 7+ years of experience; OR a Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in data architecture, data management, data engineering, or data governance Pharmaceutical, biosimilars, or hospital-market industry experience
• Demonstrated experience building and operating enterprise data warehouses or AI-ready data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) supporting business-critical reporting and analytics
• High proficiency in SQL and Python and regular coding in production contexts; comfortable reviewing and correcting code
• Experience architecting for unstructured data (documents, text, transcripts, images): extraction, chunking, enrichment and metadata strategies for AI consumption, such as contracts and tender documents
• Hands‑on experience with Collibra for data cataloguing, lineage and data governance workflows
• Experience establishing data ontologies, taxonomies, or semantic/knowledge‑graph models connecting multiple data domains
• Experience setting and enforcing data governance standards (quality, access, stewardship) in a matrixed organization
• Experience directing contingent contractor or vendor engineering resources
• Applied working knowledge of AI and machine learning concepts, including what 'AI-ready' data architecture requires
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and operating effectively without direct authority
• Experience owning the maintenance and production support of business‑critical applications, dashboards, or platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical data concepts for non‑technical business stakeholders

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Advanced degree (MS/MBA) in a relevant field; recognized data management credential (e.g., DAMA CDMP)
• Hands‑on Snowflake experience, including data modeling, performance tuning, and access/security administration
• Experience with ontology or knowledge‑graph tooling (e.g., RDF/OWL, Protégé, graph databases), enterprise data catalog/governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview), and standing up data functions in a newly formed team or business unit
• Experience with Pfizer's Unified Data Hub (UDH) and Finance United Data Hub (FUDH)
• 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.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Must be able to travel to Pfizer offices, vendor offices and other team meeting locations when required. Must be available for regular meetings with EU and US based stakeholders.

Other Job Details

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Relocation Assistance: NO

Last Date to Apply: 11/10/2026

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $162,900.00 to $271,500.00.

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).

Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States. This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility. Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer. U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.

Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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