Sr. Manager, Change Lead – Patient Services Platforms

Pfizer; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Paid vacation, holidays, and personal

Health benefits

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Change Lead to drive change management for patient services technology and to join the leadership team. The role focuses on adoption, minimizing disruption, and delivering expected business outcomes for enterprise programs.

The hybrid role requires coordinating with IT, HR, Communications, and Training teams, with extensive stakeholder engagement and readiness assessments. Location is NYHQ; travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 6 years of experience or equivalent
• Experience leading change on large-scale, cross-functional initiatives
• Proven stakeholder management, communications planning, and training design/delivery
• Strong project management and organizational skills with cross-functional teams
• Exceptional written and verbal communication; experience presenting to senior leaders

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute change management strategies and plans, including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and resistance management
• Conduct change impact assessments and stakeholder analyses to identify risks and readiness gaps
• Partner with project and program leads to integrate change activities into overall project plans
• Ensure change approaches align to enterprise change management methodology, tools, and templates
• Define and align change strategy with sponsors and business leads
• Collaborate with IT, HR, Communications, and Training on readiness planning and execution
• Engage field-facing colleagues on change requirements and impacts
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, quality standards, and data privacy guidelines
• Troubleshoot adoption challenges and risks, and monitor readiness data
• Support modernization of digital tools to improve engagement

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communications planning

Training design & delivery

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership coaching

Organizational development

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years experience

Master’s degree with 5+ years experience

PhD with 1+ years experience

Job description

Use Your Power for Purpose

The Change Lead is responsible for driving change management for patient services technology and will be a key member of the leadership team. They identify and ensure user adoption challenges and transformation opportunities through the patient services process. The role collaborates cross-functionally to drive adoption, minimize disruption, and deliver expected business outcomes.

What You Will Achieve

General responsibilities

• Develop and execute change management strategies and plans, including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and resistance management, for LSC transformation

• Conduct change impact assessments and stakeholder analyses to identify risks and readiness gaps for large programs

• Partner with project and program leads to integrate change activities into overall project plans and timelines

• Ensure change approaches align to enterprise change management methodology, tools, and templates

Program operations

• Partner with project sponsors and business leads to define and align change strategy and develop a ways-of-working framework that supports a seamless transition for impacted colleagues

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including IT, HR, Communications, and Training teams, on change readiness planning and execution

• Engage applicable field-facing and business colleagues, as needed, on change requirements and impacts

• Ensure that all change activities comply with applicable internal policies, quality standards, and data privacy guidelines

• Troubleshoot adoption challenges and other change-related issues, such as resistance, capability gaps, and process breakdowns

• Conduct reviews and reporting of change readiness and adoption data, identifying improvement opportunities and flagging risks to appropriate stakeholders

• Support modernization of digital tools and platforms to improve colleague and stakeholder engagement experience

Stakeholder and leadership engagement

• Coach senior leaders and people managers on their role as change sponsors and champions

• Provide regular guidance to project teams and stakeholders to ensure change milestones are met or exceeded

• Support and lead development of change plans and approvals; manage and monitor change activities to ensure alignment with program timelines and requirements

Communications and training

• Develop and manage communication plans, ensuring consistent, timely messaging across all levels of the organization

• Collaborate with internal partners, key stakeholders, and Pfizer Digital teams to create and refresh change-related content and materials

• Contribute to strategy and creative content for training resources intended to explain program benefits and new processes

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Applicant must have a bachelor’s degree with at least 6 years of experience; OR a master’s degree with at least 5 years of experience; OR a PhD with 1+ years of experience

• Experience in change management, organizational development, program management, or related areas required

• Proven track record leading change on large-scale, cross-functional initiatives

• Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder management, communications planning, and training design and delivery

• Demonstrated success in a highly fast-paced setting

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with cross-functional teams of diverse colleagues

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and prior experience presenting to senior leaders

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: October 30, 2026

• Location: NYHQ

• Ability to travel based on business needs

• NOT eligible for Relocation Package

• This position is hybrid and requires working from site, 2 to 3 days per week

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $124,400.00 to $207,400.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% 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.

• 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

• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

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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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