Director Source Code Platforms & Developer Experience

Use Your Power for Purpose

Technology impacts everything we do. Pfizers digital and data first strategy focuses on implementing impactful and innovative technology solutions across all functions from research to manufacturing. Whether you are digitizing drug discovery and development identifying solutions or making our work easier and faster you will be making a difference to countless lives. As the Director your role will be pivotal in implementing innovative technology solutions that streamline our processes enhance our capabilities and ultimately contribute to the well-being of patients worldwide.

What You Will Achieve

This role primarily leads Pfizers enterprise source code management strategy ensuring secure high-quality and efficient software delivery. This role is responsible for platforms such as GitHub SonarQube and related services and is a champion for Developer Experience (DX) across Pfizer Digital. The role will drive initiatives that improve developer productivity satisfaction and onboarding and will deliver and analyse the quarterly DX survey. The role also oversees policy governance and enforcement support and continuous improvement working closely with key partners from other Digital teams (Security Infrastructure and cloud hosting etc). This role will report to Sr. Director Digital & DevOps Products and will work closely to optimise toolchains foster innovation in code management and developer workflows. The scope is global supporting teams across Pfizer Digital.

• Develop and implement the source code management strategy in alignment with Pfizers policies and DevOps vision.
• Develop a roadmap for Pfizer Source code Management and consistently deliver against this.
• Help drive adoption of secure coding and continuous inspection practices across all development teams.
• Lead strategic initiatives for SCM such as the proposed Enterprise Managed Users for Github
• Ensure governance and compliance with all Pfizer SCM policies including access management repository visibility credential handling and onboarding requirements.
• Maintain governance frameworks for repositories teams and automation accounts.
• Manage exceptions and document deviations from standard policies.
• Champion initiatives to improve developer productivity and satisfaction including onboarding training and support.
• Manage the Developer experience platform and work with Various digital teams to share quarterly survey results that support teams drive improvements.
• Partner across digital to ensure secure handling of source code secrets and credentials; enforce scanning and remediation policies.
• In partnership with Security oversee Operations and adoption of SonarQube and other code quality tools ensuring repositories are connected and metrics are tracked.
• Lead sensitive data handling initiatives including PII and credential scanning push protection and pre-commit hooks.
• Support audits incident response and continuous improvement in security posture.
• Promote automation of support onboarding repository management and compliance reporting.
• Introduce emerging technologies (e.g. AI-assisted code review GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development and testing.
• Monitor industry trends and integrate innovative solutions into Pfizers DevSecOps ecosystem.
• Partner with product owners security teams and senior leadership to align code management strategy with business objectives.
• Oversee support channels (Teams email ticketing) and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Manage relationships with platform and delivery vendors including contract negotiation and performance oversight.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• 10 years in software engineering or DevOps with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in source code management tools (GitHub GitLab) dependency security (Dependabot) and code quality platforms (SonarQube).
• Demonstrated experience in improving Developer Experience (DX) including onboarding training workflow optimisation and developer support.
• Strong understanding of Pfizer SCM policies developer experience principles CI/CD pipelines and secure software development lifecycle.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to interpret quarterly DX survey results and drive actionable improvements.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams globally and collaborate with engineering product and support teams to enhance developer satisfaction.

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

• Experience in managing application support and maintenance change management configuration management problem management incident management and lifecycle management

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Masters degree.
• Experience in large-scale DevOps transformation and developer experience programs.
• Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in DevOps and DX including use of Generative AI automation tools and developer productivity platforms

• Experience in financial stewardship for budgets and resources allocated to application support and management

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop solutions to complex or unique problems

• Strong leadership skills to hold senior managers accountable for skill development and diversity

• Experience using common AI tools including generative technologies

• Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices including risk management and ethical use