Sr. Dir., Business Technology Strategy

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business divisions and Digital, translating divisional priorities into aligned technology direction and platform adoption.
• Strategically align divisional technology needs, programs, and projects to the eight Digital Core Platforms and Pfizer’s digital standards, driving reuse, consistency, and clean integration.
• Ensure key divisional programs and projects are aligned to enterprise platforms and standards from the outset, translating needs into practical technology choices, delivery models, and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee, lead, and develop a team of Director‑level Technical Specialists, setting direction, balancing coverage across divisions, and ensuring consistent quality and alignment to enterprise standards.
• Chair or co‑lead the Architecture Review Board (ARB), upholding digital and architecture standards and ensuring major divisional technology decisions are sound, compliant, and aligned to the enterprise platform strategy.
• Provide clear leadership and structured communication; organize and coordinate work across many divisions, specialists, and stakeholders; build a high‑performing, inclusive team culture of accountability and continuous learning.
• Establish and uphold expectations for digital standards, reliability, security, documentation, and operational excellence across divisional technology, and provide governance and reporting to senior leaders.

Role behaviours

• Foster a culture of curiosity and continuous learning; sponsor experimentation and cross‑division learning; bring emerging technologies and outside‑in perspectives into divisional technology direction.
• Demonstrate clear vision, positive energy, and exemplary leadership that motivates the technical specialist team and divisional stakeholders.
• Set clear accountability standards focused on business impact and platform alignment; take end‑to‑end ownership of divisional technology outcomes.
• Connect work across divisions, specialists, platforms, and business domains; inspire holistic solutions and reuse; translate specialized knowledge into accessible explanations.
• Communicate with exceptional clarity and structure; frame trade‑offs and priorities crisply; tailor messages for senior business leaders and engineers.
• Shape systems design and architecture practices across divisions; anticipate dependencies and risks; influence cross‑team architecture decisions through the ARB.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, with 12+ years of significant leadership experience in technology strategy, business partnership, or large‑scale program delivery. Demonstrated experience aligning business‑division technology needs and programs to enterprise platforms and standards. Proven ability to lead and develop senior technical talent, including Director‑level specialists. Experience partnering with senior business and Digital leaders on technology direction, priorities, trade‑offs, and measurable outcomes. Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, digital standards, cloud platforms, data and integration patterns, AI‑enabled delivery, security, and technology governance.

Preferred qualifications: Advanced degree in technology, engineering, business, or a related discipline. Experience in a highly regulated, global enterprise environment with complex compliance, privacy, security, and risk expectations. Experience leading or chairing an architecture review board, governance forum, or technology standards body. Track record of influencing C‑suite or enterprise leadership teams, building trusted partnerships, and creating clarity in ambiguous, high‑impact situations. Demonstrated strength in business partnership and leading cross‑functional teams with exceptional communication, organization, and stakeholder management.

Leadership capabilities

• Business and technology judgment: Connect business‑division needs, the eight Digital Core Platforms, and digital standards into practical direction that guides investment and execution.
• Leadership and communication: Lead with clarity and confidence; communicate with exceptional precision and structure; organize and coordinate complex work across many teams; frame trade‑offs, build alignment, and drive decisions.
• Technical depth and breadth: Provide hands‑on technical and architectural credibility to guide senior specialists, challenge assumptions, uphold digital standards, and make sound enterprise‑scale choices.
• Talent leadership: Develop senior technical leaders and specialists, build succession plans, strengthen team capability, and create an inclusive culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• AI and modern delivery mindset: Understand how AI, automation, modern engineering, product thinking, and platform reuse can improve speed, quality, and value while maintaining appropriate controls and verification.

Work location

Hybrid assignment. Primary locations include Tampa, FL; Collegeville, PA; Groton, CT; La Jolla, CA; Bothell, WA; Canada; Greece; Ireland; Switzerland; and Walton Oaks (UK). On‑site presence is strongly preferred. Remote locations are considered only for internal candidates already designated remote.

Pay

The annual base salary ranges from $230,900 to $384,800. In Tampa, FL the range is $207,800 to $346,300. The role is eligible for Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 25 % of base salary and participation in a share‑based long‑term incentive program.

Benefits

Pfizer offers comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k) plan with company matching and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health coverage (medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision). Additional programs support healthy lives and life’s moments.