ROLE SUMMARY
Our Global Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team provides comprehensive blueprints for cybersecurity excellence by embedding governance, risk management, and compliance into every layer. The team is responsible for ensuring risk-based decision-making is used and that security, privacy, and regulatory compliance is integrated seamlessly with Pfizer’s organization.
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Associate, AI, Data, and Infrastructure to drive GRC initiatives related to infrastructure risk, data governance, and AI risk and controls. The Associate will collaborate extensively with Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Engineering, AI, Security, Privacy, Quality, and other critical partners to operationalize governance requirements and ensure effective risk management. The ideal candidate brings hands‑on experience, strong technical literacy, and the ability to translate complex infrastructure and AI concepts into clear, actionable control and compliance requirements within a regulated environment.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support GRC oversight activities for data platforms (e.g., data lakes/warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, data catalogs, analytics environments), including identifying risks, validating controls, and recommending remediation actions.
- Assist in the implementation of AI governance controls across enterprise AI/ML tools and services, ensuring adherence to regulatory expectations, ethical AI principles, and internal policy requirements.
- Execute and coordinate technology risk assessments for infrastructure, data, and AI environments.
- Serve as a GRC liaison to Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Security, Engineering, AI, Privacy, Quality, Legal, and Internal Audit teams.
- Maintain inventories of infrastructure assets, data sources, AI workflows, and associated configurations.
- Lead testing and validation activities for updates to infrastructure services, data pipelines, or AI tools, ensuring changes meet compliance and risk requirements.
- Monitor system alerts, data pipeline notifications, and AI model performance signals, independently triaging and resolving issues, and escalating more complex risks appropriately.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, data/analytics, or related field.
- Experience in information technology, cybersecurity, or related industry.
- Experience supporting cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or similar).
Foundational understanding of: - Infrastructure and cloud concepts (IAM, networking, encryption, logging/monitoring, backups, change management)
- Data security concepts (classification, access governance, secure data movement)
- Basic AI/ML or GenAI concepts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document controls and risks clearly.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience in an agile work environment possessing qualities such as a collaborative mindset, adaptability to change, and a proactive problem-solving approach.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, AWS/Azure fundamentals, or similar.
- Familiarity with data tooling (e.g., data catalogs, lineage tools, warehouse platforms) and evidence types.
- Experience in large, complex, or regulated environments.
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.
Information & Business TechSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, data/analytics, or related field
- Experience in information technology, cybersecurity, or related industry
- Experience supporting cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or similar)
- Foundational understanding of infrastructure and cloud concepts (IAM, networking, encryption, logging/monitoring, backups, change management)
- Foundational understanding of data security concepts (classification, access governance, secure data movement)
- Basic AI/ML or GenAI concepts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document controls and risks clearly
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience in an agile work environment and collaborative mindset
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, AWS/Azure fundamentals, or similar
- Familiarity with data tooling (e.g., data catalogs, lineage tools, warehouse platforms) and evidence types
- Experience in large, complex, or regulated environments
What the Team is Saying
Pfizer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple U.S. medical plan options include telehealth, comprehensive mental‑health support, fertility/family‑building benefits, transgender‑inclusive coverage, and certain Pfizer medications at no cost. A Wellbeing Wallet and wellness resources broaden the health and wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching is paired with an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, alongside company‑paid life and disability insurance. One‑on‑one financial planning support is provided through Fidelity.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off spans vacation, holidays, and personal days, with additional caregiver and medical leave. U.S. parental leave commonly includes 12 weeks paid with options for additional unpaid bonding time and a return‑to‑work transition.
Pfizer Insights
What We Do
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Why Work With Us
We are the inventors, the problem solvers, the big thinkers — those who surmount any hurdle to deliver breakthrough medicines to the people who are counting on them the most.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
