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The Role
Lead production teams in pharmaceutical manufacturing to meet quality, safety, and productivity goals. Manage people, technology, and budgets; ensure GMP and SOP compliance; drive process improvements; lead equipment investigations and corrective actions; mentor staff and support cross-functional initiatives.
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)
Other job details
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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 people, technology, and financial resources to achieve desired outcomes.
- Actively share knowledge and encourage a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Identify and develop innovative concepts for process or product improvements, taking calculated risks to achieve results.
- Recognize and address development needs, creating opportunities for colleagues' growth.
- Manage the performance of direct and indirect reports, providing mentorship and support to achieve the business objectives.
- Ensure adherence to Standard Operating Procedures, batch records, Current Good Manufacturing Practices, and plant protocols.
- Lead investigations into equipment failures, implement corrective and preventive actions, and maintain clear communication to prevent reoccurrence.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- High school diploma (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience or associate's degree with 6+ years of experience or BA/BS with 2+ years of experience or MBA/MS with any years of relevant experience
- Proven record of problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated application of process improvement tools
- Strong people management experience
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or a related field
- Ability to manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Intermediate English (written and spoken)
- Experience with regulatory compliance and quality assurance
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
- Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams
- Ability to mentor and develop direct reports
- Ability to foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement
- 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
Other job details
- Last day to apply: June 30th, 2026
- Work Location Assignment: On Premise
EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.
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
- High school diploma (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience or associate's degree with 6+ years of experience or BA/BS with 2+ years of experience or MBA/MS with any years of relevant experience
- Proven record of problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated application of process improvement tools
- Strong people management experience
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or a related field
- Ability to manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Intermediate English (written and spoken)
- Experience with regulatory compliance and quality assurance
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
- Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams
- Ability to mentor and develop direct reports
- Ability to foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement
- Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot
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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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The Company
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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