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The Role
Lead and allocate people, technology, and financial resources for sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing. Ensure cGMP compliance, drive process improvements and innovation, manage large teams and direct reports, oversee regulatory readiness and audits, develop talent pipelines, and deliver operational and financial performance.
Summary Generated by Built In
Use Your Power for Purpose
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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 .
Manufacturing
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
- Lead and allocate people, technology, and financial resources to achieve business goals.
- Actively share knowledge across multiple functions and contribute to the development of knowledge management processes.
- Champion and implement innovative ideas, taking calculated risks to drive innovation.
- Develop solutions to highly complex problems and establish business priorities based on the Division's strategy.
- Assess talent needs, identify and develop a diverse talent pipeline, and hold managers accountable for their management skills.
- Manage direct reports, oversee compliance programs, and spearhead process improvement projects to ensure alignment with division goals.
- Define and implement strategies to achieve results, continuously improve operational performance, and ensure colleague training programs support cGMP requirements.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- B. Pharm. / M. Pharm., Science Graduate with IIT / IIM with 15+ years of experience
- Pharmaceutical sterile formulations processing technology and compliance domain expertise (Minimum 10 years in leadership role of manager and above lead position)
- Expert in process knowledge and operational excellence
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and lead cross-functional teams
- In-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and cGMP requirements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong knowledge of financial metrics for manufacturing organization, safety requirements, regulatory inspections, compliance requirements.
- Team building and engaging capabilities for larger team size of more than 250 employees.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Experience in leading regulatory and customer audits
- Proven track record of driving process improvements and innovation
- Strong financial acumen and experience managing budgets
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence senior management decisions
- Experience in knowledge management and sharing practices
- Ability to assess and develop talent within the organization
- Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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 .
Manufacturing
Skills Required
- B. Pharm., M. Pharm., or Science Graduate with IIT/IIM and 15+ years of experience
- Pharmaceutical sterile formulations processing technology and compliance domain expertise; minimum 10 years in leadership (manager or above)
- Expert in process knowledge and operational excellence
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and lead cross-functional teams
- In-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and cGMP requirements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong knowledge of financial metrics for manufacturing, safety requirements, regulatory inspections, and compliance
- Team building and engagement capabilities for large teams (250+ employees)
- Experience in leading regulatory and customer audits
- Proven track record of driving process improvements and innovation
- Strong financial acumen and experience managing budgets
- Strong leadership with ability to influence senior management decisions
- Experience in knowledge management and sharing practices
- Ability to assess and develop talent within the organization
- Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot; understanding of responsible AI practices
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Pfizer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical with robust mental‑health networks, plus dental and vision options, and coverage for infertility/family‑building and transgender‑affirming care. Recent U.S. summaries name mental‑health partners and outline multiple plan choices.
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Retirement Support — The retirement program provides a 401(k) with company match plus an additional employer Retirement Savings Contribution, along with financial‑planning support and company‑paid life and disability insurance. These elements are highlighted as part of the core U.S. package.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as up to 26 weeks in the U.S. when combining paid non‑medical parental leave with medical recovery where applicable, with exact pay and weeks dependent on circumstances and plan elections. Family‑building support includes egg preservation, adoption, and surrogacy coverage.
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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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