Director, MED Product Group Lead – Medical Evidence Generation

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Technology touches everything we do. Pfizers digital strategy focuses on implementing impactful and innovative technology solutions across all functions from research to manufacturing. Whether you are digitizing drug discovery accelerating product development transforming how we engage with physicians and partners supporting our patients with new technologies or making our work easier and faster you will be making a difference to countless lives.

Pfizers purposebreakthroughs that change patients livesis rooted in being a science-driven and patient-focused company. Digital data and technology are central to driving innovation at Pfizer.

The Director MED Product Group Lead Medical Evidence Generation leads the digital Medical/Regulatory/Safety team responsible for all product/technologies/solutions that enable and support the business processes for real-world data (RWD) capabilities and integrated evidence generation (IEG) (ex:IEP/RWE/EPI). As part of the R&D Creation Centers Medical/Regulatory/Safety Digital LT this role is responsible for setting strategic direction oversees product management and drives AI-powered innovation for Pfizers Medical Evidence Generation (MEG) and RWD and analytics platforms and systems. You will guide a global team delivering scalable intelligent patient-centric and GxP compliant solutions which ensure the MED business can enable a strategic cross-functional approach to planning and producing evidence across the entire drug development lifecycle. As a senior leader you will shape the strategy for MEG platforms products and systems integrating advanced technologies such as generative AI real-time data pipelines and predictive analytics to move from separate siloed evidence plans for clinical regulatory market access and medical affairs IEG consolidates these into a unified framework that addresses the needs of all stakeholdersregulators payers clinicians and patientsearly and collaboration with Digital and MED business peers you will deliver technical servicesincluding architecture quality analytics and data managementto design build and implement innovative cost-effective and sustainable solutions which both delight and exceed business expectations. This leader is accountable for a team supporting a quickly evolving and maturing business and evolving project and enhancement delivery for a small yet quickly evolving portfolio of systems including IEP-Avira KIMS RISE and other AI technologies.

The ideal candidate brings experience at the intersection of R&D business knowledge patient safety and digital technologies a passion for impact at scale extensive experience scaling and creating delivery model efficiencies a commitment to developing talent and the curiosity and courage to innovate AI in an evolving digital and healthcare landscape.

What You Will Achieve

In this role you will:

Vision and Strategy

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of digital product managers focused on medical evidence and RWD initiatives

• Defines and owns the vision and strategy for digital capabilities that enable Integrated Evidence Generation (IEG) at Pfizer emphasizing a data & product-centric model that supports Pfizers IEG strategy through cutting-edge digital technologies.

• Anticipates technology trends prioritizing investments in AI and automation that enable scalable efficient acceleration and delivery of innovation to the MED business specifically RWD generation and cross-functional approach to IEG .

• Collaborates across Digital and business areas to architect and scale innovations that strengthen Pfizers RWE generation and IEG strategy and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Strategic Leadership

• Establishes matures and governs a strategic product and digital operating model ensuring clear ownership accountability and continuous evolution to meet business needs.

• Operationalizes emerging technologies through robust governance frameworks aligning with Pfizer R&D regulatory compliance and patient-centric objectives.

• Designs and leads a strategic vendor framework to manage partnerships with critical vendors (e.g. Deloitte Salesforce) ensuring quality delivery and scalability.

• Leads AI delivery to embed machine learning and automation into IEG strategy while building process mining capabilities to identify inefficiencies and drive continuous improvement in the digital delivery model.

Program Delivery Leadership

• Owns global digital program delivery ensuring efficient scaling of solutions and streamlined delivery processes across IEG and RWE platforms/products/solutions.

• Drives delivery of global enterprise and SaaS solutions with a focus on accelerating the time to deliver an a strategic cross-functional approach to planning and producing medical evidence across the entire drug development lifecycle.

• Oversees delivery management and engineering leadership for IEG and RWE and processing platforms/products/solutions with Digital portfolio (10 applications and financials ($10M-$50M) ensuring predictable high-quality outcomes.

• Demonstrates command of modern delivery methodologies (Agile DevSecOps) and enforces practices that reduce cycle times and improve delivery efficiency.

• Accountable for financial stewardship including accurate forecasting cost optimization and strategic sourcing to scale delivery without compromising quality.

• Accountable for representing the IEG and RWE Digital portfolio in support of BOH inspections and corporate audits. This includes but not limited to answering inspection/audit queries to being questioned by an inspector and audit

• Accountable for ensuring the IEG and RWE portfolio of platforms/products/tools meets or exceeds the GxP compliance required by both internal and external guidelines policies and procedures.

Team Leadership

• Creates an environment that champions a product mindset continuous improvement and AI innovation while delivering complex solutions at scale.

• Mentors and coaches team members to build technical capabilities and a product mindset fostering a culture of accountability collaboration and agility.

• Cultivates expertise in solutions engineering digital product management program/project management driving reskilling and talent growth across Digital and Pfizer.

• Develops solutions to highly complex problems ensuring decisions align with enterprise priorities and clinical development objectives.

Strategic Relationships

• Builds strong partnerships with MED IEG and RWE business leaders acting as a trusted advisor for digital strategies that allow a strategic cross-functional approach to planning and producing evidence across the entire drug development lifecycle. Instead of creating separate siloed evidence plans for clinical regulatory market access and medical affairs IEG consolidates these into a unified framework that addresses the needs of all stakeholdersregulators payers clinicians and patientsearly and holistically.

• Aligns digital product roadmaps with evolving MEG needs translating complex capabilities into specific actionable business value.

• Fosters collaboration between IEG and RWE and digital innovation teams to embed clinical priorities into technology roadmaps ensuring shared ownership and scalable delivery.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• BA/BS with at least 8 years of experience or MBA/MS with at least 7 years of experience or PhD with at least 5 years of experience.

• Life sciences experience preferred or equivalent experience leading platforms and large-scale systems

• Experience in digital product management and 5 years in a leadership capacity with increasing scope of responsibility

• Proven experience working and building relationships with senior business Executives and leadership teams developing and delivering strategy and operating plans with demonstrated competency in strategic thinking leadership and relationship management

• Demonstrated ability and experience in technology solutions delivery in a pharmaceutical or regulated environment with demonstrated capabilities managing large scale enterprise software requirements definition designs and implementations in global 24-by-7 environments

• Ability to understand large-scale system implementations in different technology focus areas

• Proven experience leading product management teams or functions with accountability for strategy execution and cross-functional alignment

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships influence outcomes and deliver effective presentations to a variety of audiences

• Adaptable and demonstrates flexibility in the face of shifting targets thrives in new situations

• Strategic thinker understands the overall context business implications and is able to think through a problem both conceptually and logically for better solutions

Certifications/ Training

• Project Management Professions (PMP) Certification.

• Agile Certification

• Data Science

• Cloud

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Masters degree

• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience

• Strong multi-discipline experience with a preference for experience in technology strategy and management management consulting and engineering

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams

• Experience in managing large-scale digital transformation projects

• Ability to navigate and influence in a complex matrixed organization

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.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

N/A

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Limited expectations for travel; candidates must be capable of travel within the region to other regions.

• Digital is a 7x24x365 endeavor.

• This role may require physical or virtual participation on a weekend holiday or after normal business hours.

Work Location Assignment:Hybrid

Last day to apply: Jan 9th 2026

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.