Hybrid Manager, Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead

at Pfizer

• Job title: Manager, Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $99,200 - $165,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Collegeville, United States

About the role

• Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead managing MES deployment across PGS Manufacturing sites at Pfizer. Collaborating with teams to ensure alignment with digital strategies and operational goals.

Responsibilities

• The Manufacturing Operations Solutions Strategy Lead supports the deployment of MES across PGS Manufacturing sites by coordinating and executing value-based scoping of sites, supporting the development of the long-term MES deployment roadmap.
• The Manager will coordinate pre-deployment activities, ensuring alignment with global Digital standards and templates.
• This role supports the definition and execution of MES deployment acceleration initiatives, contributing to long term strategic goals of lowering cost per EBR implementation and speed to value.
• The manager will collaborate closely with site teams and cross-functional partners to enable a successful deployment.
• Partner with senior team members to scope high-value business areas and contribute to defining deployment strategies that support digital and PGS priorities.
• Translate the global MES vision into tailored site-specific roadmaps, ensuring alignment with long-term manufacturing and digital transformation objectives.
• Drive all pre-deployment preparation activities — including stakeholder alignment, gap analysis, integration scoping, and process mapping, ensuring the site is fully prepared for MES execution.
• Build trusted partnerships with site operations, quality, engineering, and automation teams to ensure shared ownership of the MES strategy, scope, and launch approach.
• Facilitate a structured transition of the site to the MES deployment team, ensuring a clear scope, defined success criteria, and readiness across people, processes, and systems.
• Monitor and communicate progress against roadmap deliverables and escalate risks or blockers as needed.
• Contribute to and implement repeatable launch accelerators – such as playbooks, reusable templates, standard MES functionality and integration channels, new deployment models and AI to drive greater standardization and contribute to program acceleration goals.
• Support financial planning for site launch and readiness by estimating deployment costs, resource planning and flagging potential variances to senior team members.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering or Technology based subjects(s).
• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant domain experience in manufacturing and/or quality operations.
• Experience in all stages of solution and application lifecycle from value analysis, business case development, and solution deployment through to value realization and system retirement is a significant advantage.
• Ability to work across multiple concurrent activities and successfully adapt to changing priorities as required.
• An understanding of system cGMP requirements and demonstrable knowledge of computer system design and maintenance lifecycle in cGMP environments.

Benefits

• Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
• 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.
• Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program.