Director, GCS Strategy & Operations

Position Overview

The Director GCS Strategy & Operations reports to the Head Global Commercial Strategy (GCS) and serves as a strategic partner to the GCS Leadership Team anticipating and prioritizing issues and opportunities across the portfolio ensuring initiatives are executed in a timely and effective manner and providing operational leadership that enhances organizational efficiency goal clarity and alignment between the Global Commercial community and key internal and external (e.g. Publicis) cross-functional stakeholders. The role also drives selectively identified strategic and special projects on behalf of the leadership team.

This leader will play a pivotal role in elevating the quality coherence and efficiency of Pfizers GCS organization.

Role Responsibilities

1. Strategic Advisor

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the GCS Leadership Team providing strategic insights analysis and recommendations to inform key business decisions and initiatives.

• Foster cross-functional alignment and collaboration across GCS verticals and teams to ensure organizational goals and priorities are effectively communicated understood and executed.

• Provide input to general strategic thinking and approaches to GCS initiatives; represent the Head GCS as needed in cross-organization meetings especially when schedules are difficult.

• Conceptualize and drive key strategic initiatives to foster a more efficient and effective organization while ensuring seamless integration between GCS and other CMO verticals.

• Drive an AI-mindset and foster approaches to AI-fluency and AI-driven effectiveness and efficiency in processes and key initiatives across GCS.

2. Brand Strategy Refresh & Operating Plan Process

• Drive the annual Operating Plan (OP) process and deliverables for GCS working closely with the GCS-LT and Finance Lead to set direction own execution and ensure quality across the LTs contributions.

• Evolve and manage the Brand Strategy Refresh (BSR) process ensuring alignment of objectives milestones and deliverables across GM brand teams & LT US/ICO and cross-functional teams (e.g. GAV Medical CMO).

• Lead the GCS Agency Model continuously improving ways of working with AORs and Global Commercial brands to drive accountability quality of output speed and cost efficiencies in service of brand strategic objectives.

• Working closely with Strategy & Portfolio Marketing Lead drive selectively identified cross-portfolio marketing initiatives that span the brands and therapeutic areas.

3. Business Operations

• Drive day-to-day operational support for the Head GCS and key CMO interactions (e.g. presentations communications briefing documents) and ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

• Help address and coordinate resolution of requests from various Pfizer stakeholders (e.g. ELT US Commercial and International LT Investor Relations Board members).

• Manage and oversee end-to-end planning of GCS meetings (e.g. GCS-LT meetings YBM offsites townhalls) including agenda setting pre-reads attendees meeting cadence and action tracking.

• Budget Management Partner with GCS Finance Ops LT members and franchise teams on LE and OP submissions. Exercise accountability and oversight for operations execution and budgets ensuring adherence to financial spend targets and driving efficiency in resource allocation.

4. Culture Building and Stakeholder Management:

• Act as a primary liaison between the Leadership team and key stakeholders facilitating effective communication and collaboration to ensure alignment with GCS organizational goals and objectives.

• Develop and manage communication channels and events such as huddles town halls and LT meetings to engage stakeholders and foster transparency and collaboration. Activate the GCS community and drive Pfizers purpose and values through partnerships and an annual communications plan including huddles blogs recognition etc.

• Partner with PX to drive insights from GCS Pulse results and identify areas for fostering a culture of engagement and growth (e.g. leadership of GCS Mentor program).

5. Global Governance Management:

• Synthesize and summarize portfolio performance across in-line assets for GCS leadership consolidating inputs from Global Governance Teams (GGTs) to enable consistent informed decision-making across the GCS system of work.

• Drive alignment on the WoW between Global and US/ICO Regions.

6. Agency Model Ways of Working Operations/Improvement:

• Act as liaison to existing CMO workstreams to drive key project implementation E2E Content Strategy MLR /DAM GEN AI.

• Partner with Publicis and represent Global Commercial in key workstreams in the agency model and ensure feedback is provided and solutions tailored.

• Provide leadership and coordination of the Global Commercial Advisory Council.

• Ensure Global Commercial teams clarity on the model and how best to leverage deliver playbooks and Implementation Guides as needed

• Facilitate clear communications on update of work to GCS CMO and Regional Leadership.

7. Compliance and Values Alignment:

• Ensure all GCS activities and initiatives are conducted in compliance with company policies procedures and industry regulations.

• Uphold and role model Pfizer Values & Behaviors acting as an ambassador to build Pfizers reputation and support business engagement initiatives as required.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelors degree in Life Sciences Business Marketing or related field required
• MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred

Basic Qualifications

• At minimum 8 years of relevant work experience preferably with a broad knowledge of the marketing pharmaceutical industry and healthcare environment and experience in commercial marketing analytics and or consulting roles is preferred
• 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.
• A bachelors degree is required. Advanced degree preferred
• Demonstrated ability to adopt AI and drive innovative thinking with new and evolving tools and capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (e.g. MBA Pharm.D. Ph.D. or other related graduate-level degree)
• Strong influencing skills and impact without authority
• Experience in creative development and direct agency/vendor management
• Ability to plan organize focus and execute with urgency
• Strong ability to bring multiple stakeholders together and align on shared vision often within ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills to internal & external partners; strong verbal and written communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex situations in a matrix organizational structure
• Demonstrated business acumen and strategic thinking abilities
• Thrives under pressure; takes accountability and meets deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously effectively manage multiple important priorities and flexibility to adapt to changing priorities
• Leadership experience managing cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Discretion and trustworthiness in dealing with confidential situations
• Culture role model who leans in using our actionable attitudes

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment and making complex decisions quickly
• Ability to leverage AI models synthesize and analyze complex data and understand trends and mathematical calculations
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed for congresses leadership meetings and stakeholder interactions

Non-standard Work Schedule Travel or Environment Requirements

• Pending Pfizer policies travel is required: Domestic or International travel of up to 25%

Last Day to Apply: June 16 2026
Work Location :Hybrid selected colleague must be onsite 2.5x weekly.

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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