Group Product Manager, Targets and Mechanisms Solutions (Director)

Targets and Mechanisms Solutions sits within DP&TS and delivers the digital capabilities behind target identification mechanism understanding and translational decision-making across integrative biology vaccines and cross-Research Unit software. The portfolio includes iFOX Hermes and Athena.

Were looking for a Group Product Manager to take DP&TS and Digitals strategy and turn it into a real multi-year roadmap and set of business priorities for this function. Youll own the outcomes across Integrative Biology Vaccines and the Research Units work directly with business leaders on what they need delivered and build the governance and investment rhythms that keep the portfolio moving as one thing instead of a pile of disconnected initiatives.

Youll own portfolio strategy investment decisions and delivery commitments. That means deciding what the portfolio takes on how budget and people get allocated and standing behind what gets promised to business leaders. Youll lead through a team of leaders (program managers product managers and lead business analysts) who each own delivery for their own initiatives. You wont be running execution yourself and you wont own technical design. Thats on the principal engineers.

Youll report to the Senior Director Targets and Mechanisms Solutions and manage the program managers product managers and lead business analysts on the team. Principal engineers are your closest partners. Your job is keeping priorities requirements and delivery plans lined up with whats actually getting built.

This role needs someone whos actually run product and program operations inside a complex matrixed org someone comfortable building structure where there isnt much yet tightening execution discipline and developing people. Youll also need to work closely enough with principal engineers to catch misalignment between business priorities and technical execution before it turns into a real problem.

What a typical day looks like

Mostly operational: check-ins with program managers and business analysts roadmap and status reviews escalation triage syncing with principal engineers and pulling together the governance materials senior stakeholders need. Youre the one who notices when priorities are drifting from what the business actually needs and pulls things back in line.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Direction & Business Unit Accountability

• Turn DP&TS and Digitals strategy into long-term direction multi-year roadmaps and business priorities for the portfolio.
• Own portfolio-level outcomes across Integrative Biology vaccines and cross-RU software and be accountable to business and DP&TS leadership for results.
• Set investment priorities and allocate budget and resources across initiatives including iFOX Hermes and Athena based on business impact.

Program Product & Business Analysis Oversight

• Lead and develop the program managers product managers and lead business analysts who own delivery on individual initiatives.
• Build consistent practices for intake prioritization dependency tracking and delivery reporting.
• Coach the team on execution discipline and communication so the portfolio becomes predictable not reactive.

Portfolio Operations & Governance

• Own portfolio operations across Integrative Biology vaccines and cross-RU.
• Run governance forums roadmap reviews and escalation processes.
• Keep plans resource assumptions timelines and dependencies organized enough that leadership isnt hunting for basic information to make decisions.

Partnership with Engineering Leadership

• Partner closely with principal engineers who own technical design and direction.
• Keep business priorities requirements and engineering plans in sync through the product lifecycle.
• When issues come up clarify priorities clear administrative blockers and escalate what needs senior attention.

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Direction

• Build real working relationships with Integrative Biology vaccines and RU stakeholders plus DP&TS teams Digital colleagues and vendors.
• Keep execution pointed at long-term DP&TS and Research goals.
• Give stakeholders honest tradeoffs based on what the portfolio can actually deliver not just what would be nice.

Process Improvement & Delivery Discipline

• Drive improvements to how the team plans tracks and communicates.
• Define the metrics that tell you whether the portfolio is actually healthy and use them.
• Make sure delivery holds up against the security privacy and compliance expectations for R&D software.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in Information Systems Business Computer Science Data Science Bioinformatics Life Sciences Engineering or a related field.

Basic qualifications:

• 8 years in program management product management portfolio operations business analysis leadership or digital solution delivery ideally supporting scientific data or enterprise software portfolios.
• 3 years leading people managers or team leads (program managers product managers lead business analysts) across multiple initiatives including accountability for budget or investment decisions.
• A track record of building operating rhythms governance forums portfolio reporting intake processes prioritization practices and roadmap coordination across multiple initiatives.
• Experience setting multi-year strategy for a product or program portfolio and translating business-unit strategy into function-level direction.
• Experience with requirements management stakeholder alignment delivery planning risk and dependency tracking executive communications and cross-functional issue resolution.
• A proven ability to partner with senior technical leaders including principal engineers or architects while keeping business product program analysis and engineering accountabilities distinct.
• Solid grounding in agile delivery product operating models SDLC practices data and analytics concepts and secure compliant delivery in enterprise environments.
• Strong leadership facilitation communication coaching and stakeholder management skills and the ability to create clarity in ambiguous situations.
• A track record of influencing peers developing others and guiding the work of colleagues to real business impact.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical R&D life sciences translational research integrative biology vaccines or research unit operations.
• Experience leading teams supporting scientific software target identification mechanism exploration omics data biological data integration analytics or AI-enabled research capabilities.
• Experience building or maturing product management program governance portfolio prioritization or business analysis standards inside a matrixed organization.
• Familiarity with GxP HIPAA data privacy information security records management or other regulatory expectations for R&D software and data.
• Experience owning budget or investment decisions for a portfolio or business unit and presenting strategy and tradeoffs to executive leadership.
• Advanced degree PMP agile certification product management certification business analysis certification or equivalent experience.

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

Travel up to 10% may be required for business activities.

Work Location Assignment:Hybrid

Last Date to Apply for Job: 9/2/2026

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $176600.00 to $294300.00.* In addition this position is eligible for participation in Pfizers 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 lifes 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 (). 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. * The annual base salary for this position in Tampa FL ranges from $158800.00 to $264600.00. 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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