ROLE SUMMARY

The Analytics Strategy & Innovation Lead is a senior leadership role within the Pipeline & Analytics Excellence, Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) organization, responsible for shaping the future of how analytics is delivered, applied, and embedded across the commercial enterprise. This role leads a global team focused on two core pillars: Driving Strategic Initiatives and Innovation within analytics.

On the strategy side, the leader drives the orchestration and enablement of high-impact analytics initiatives aligned with GCA’s priorities. This includes managing complex, cross-functional programs; building scalable frameworks and governance models; and fostering collaborations that elevate analytics maturity and ensure consistent value delivery across markets. The role is accountable for the “business of analytics,” ensuring GCA operates as a cohesive, insight-driven function in its delivery.

On the innovation front, the leader pushes the boundaries of analytics by championing emerging technologies, exploring novel use cases, and shaping the development of reusable assets and accelerators that modernize analytics delivery. This includes fostering a culture of experimentation, agility, and continuous improvement across the analytics community.

This leader sets and executes a bold, multiyear vision that embeds analytics into the core of decision-making, operational execution, and customer engagement. As a leader of leaders, the Analytics Strategy & Innovation Lead influences commercial enterprise decisions, serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, and ensures analytics delivers long-term, measurable business value across diverse geographies and commercial functions.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Global Analytics Strategy & Innovation Leadership

Shape and lead the global analytics strategy and innovation agenda, ensuring alignment with commercial enterprise objectives, therapeutic area priorities, and regional market needs

Focus analytics efforts to amplify and generate measurable commercial value, driving impact across revenue growth, market access, and customer engagement

Serve as a strategic advisor to senior Commercial and CMO leaders, guiding decisions that elevate the role of analytics in shaping commercial enterprise strategy and execution

Champion analytics as a foundational business capability, embedding it into the core of commercial analytics planning, prioritization, and performance management

Establish a bold, forward-looking vision for analytics innovation, fostering commercial enterprise-wide alignment and sustained momentum across geographies and functions

AI Implementation & Scaling

Architect the global implementation of advanced analytics and agentic AI solutions, embedding them into commercial analytics workflows and decision-making at scale

Drive process transformation by reimagining how work is done—automating insight generation, enabling real-time decision support, and elevating strategic focus

Establish governance and operating models to ensure responsible AI adoption, regulatory compliance, and sustained business impact

Change Management & Enablement

Lead change management efforts across the commercial enterprise to drive adoption and embrace of new analytics tools, capabilities, and ways of working

Build executive education and capability uplift programs to enhance data literacy and empower business leaders to act on insights

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability across the analytics community

Global Program & Portfolio Leadership

Oversee a portfolio of high-impact analytics initiatives spanning customer-facing teams, omnichannel marketing, segmentation and targeting, real-world data integration, and AI—including agentic AI

Ensure cross-functional alignment with Commercial, Access, Digital, Technology, and Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) teams to maximize the impact of analytics investments

Develop scalable frameworks, governance models, and reusable assets that modernize analytics delivery and accelerate time-to-insight

Innovation & Future-Readiness

Drive experimentation with emerging technologies, data sources, and methods to unlock new use cases and business value

Lead the development of accelerators, platforms, and tools that enable agile, insight-driven decision-making

Position the organization as a global leader in analytics strategy and innovation through thought leadership, external engagement, and internal capability building

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Quantitative Master’s or PhD degree from an accredited college or university is preferred in one of the following or related fields: Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Economics, Statistics, Math, Physics, Computer Science or Data Science or Business (MBA)

12+ years’ with BA/BS or 10+ years with MBA/MS. Experience in business analytics function, country strategy and/or strategic consulting, and with life science industry experience

8+ years in a people management role preferred (or equivalent) with proven accountability, and demonstrated excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, influencing, and problem-solving capabilities

Deep experience in translating data into storytelling and determining the best way to leverage it to solve complex challenges

Executive presence and demonstrated ability to effectively influence senior leaders and colleagues at all levels of the organization

Exceptional interpersonal skills and mastery of working in a matrix environment, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, and oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and drive business impact

Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to innovate and execute with speed and high quality

Track record of strong networking and working collaboratively across functions and geographies

Role model for the PFE Values (Courage, Excellence, Equity and Joy)

Lead cross-functional and cross-business projects and initiatives, identifying risks and removing roadblocks to enable the teams to achieve successful delivery

Strong writing, presentation and influencing skills

Demonstrate ability to thrive under pressure, to take accountability and to meet deadlines

Discretion and trustworthiness in dealing with confidential information

Ability to manage and coach direct reports and agile teams

Preferred location for this role: Pfizer Global Headquarters, New York City

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.
 

Other Job Details:

Work location: Flexible; 2-3 days onsite/week

Last Day to Apply: August 11, 2025

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $219,800.00 to $366,400.00. 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.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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EEO & 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, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.  This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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