Pfizer
United States - California - San Diego
+ 15 other locations
We are seeking a Senior Director, Business Technology Strategy to serve as the primary liaison between Pfizer’s business divisions and Digital, strategically aligning divisional technology needs to our eight Digital Core Platforms and digital standards. This leader will oversee a team of Director-level Technical Specialists and ensure that divisional programs and projects reinforce — rather than diverge from — the enterprise platform strategy.
The role is accountable for connecting business-division priorities with Pfizer’s platform and architecture standards, ensuring divisional programs and projects reuse shared capabilities and adhere to digital standards. Working closely with senior business and Digital leaders, this leader sets divisional technology direction, resolves cross-division trade-offs, and ensures the right technical specialists are aligned to the most important divisional outcomes.
This position requires a senior leader with strong business partnership, communication, and organizational skills who can operate at the intersection of business strategy, technology strategy, platform alignment, and governance. The Senior Director will create clarity from complexity, chair the Architecture Review Board, develop senior technical talent, and establish practical direction that helps Pfizer’s divisions deliver faster, safer, and more reusable digital capabilities at global scale.
Don't Lose Your Curiosity: Fosters a culture of curiosity and continuous learning across the divisions and technical specialist team; sponsors experimentation and cross-division learning; brings emerging technologies and outside-in perspectives into divisional technology direction
Set an example for your team: Consistently demonstrate a clear vision, positive energy, and exemplary leadership that motivate the technical specialist team and divisional stakeholders to strive for their highest potential
Own the Outcome: Sets clear accountability standards focused on business impact and platform alignment; takes end-to-end ownership of divisional technology outcomes; drives quality and delivery commitments in the AI era
Connect Across Disciplines: Connects work across divisions, specialists, platforms, and business domains; inspires holistic solutions and reuse; translates specialized knowledge into accessible explanations; thinks like a business insider
Communicate with Precision: Communicates with exceptional clarity and structure; frames trade-offs and priorities crisply; tailors the message from senior business leaders to engineers; drives clarity and alignment as a core value across the divisions
Think in Systems: Shapes systems design and architecture practices across the divisions; connects divisional programs into a coherent whole; anticipates dependencies and risks; influences cross-team architecture decisions through the Architecture Review Board; creates clarity from complexity
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.
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Additional Posting Locations: Tampa, FL, Collegeville, PA, Groton, CT, La Jolla, CA, Bothell, WA, Canada, Greece, Ireland, Switzerland and Walton Oaks (UK). On site strongly preferred. Remote locations will only be considered for internal candidates who are already designated remote.
Last Date to Apply for Job: 9/28/2026
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $230,900.00 to $384,800.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 25.0% 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 life’s 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 | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). 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.
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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