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The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pfizer is a science-driven and patient-focused company dedicated to breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. The Sr Director, Web Platforms Engineering will lead the development and operations of web platforms, driving digital transformation and ensuring alignment with Pfizer's business objectives. This role involves strategic vision, collaboration with partners, and oversight of multiple platforms and services. Responsibilities • Develop, own, and implement a comprehensive technology strategy across multiple platforms aligned with Pfizer's overall business objectives • Collaborate closely with all relevant partners, including Forward Impact Engineering the CMO, Brand Marketers • Provide leadership and guidance to a senior team each with their own diverse focus areas and objectives • Own the technical relationship with Forward Impact Engineering ensuring a clean, agile path for the transition of platforms and solutions into C4 • Own the management and optimization of multiple platforms, including Custom Web Apps, Microservices, Static and Dynamic hosting, AWS & low code builders, ensuring these platforms are effectively integrated and aligned with our commercial goals • Lead the delivery teams supporting a portfolio of services across platforms providing orchestration, data and AI capabilities atscale in adherence with Pfizer compliance and security standards • Own the strategy and delivery of the core infrastructure supporting all platforms with a particular focus on our external estate • Manage the Web Platforms Engineering budget including cloud spend, vendor contracts and resource allocation • Leading an offensive security team to analyze technical solutions, processes, and platforms for vulnerabilities, and simulate real-world attacks on the C4 digital estate • Navigate and resolve complex technical and business challenges including regulatory compliance, global scalability and emerging technology integration • Develop, implement & maintain a strategy to attract & retain key technical talent across the BPC organisation • Nurture and maintain our engineering community culture across the organisation by leading a team dedicated to improving developer productivity and experience Skills • Experience as an information technology professional in various roles, including leading large scale global digital capabilities • Experience in managing senior technical talent • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12+ years of experience or master's degree and 10 years of experience or a PHD and 7+ years of experience • Progressive experience with increasing responsibility designing, delivering, and maintaining numerous large-scale, global systems & platforms for large-scale global organizations across multiple hardware and software platforms.
Including leading teams of contract or colleague resources • Experience operating in a large multi skilled software development or operations team • Demonstrable experience operating in a DevOps environment • Demonstrable experience with Software Development Lifecycle management, including production system maintenance and operation • Demonstrable experience with software delivery concepts including Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Continuous Delivery, Microservices, API-first • Demonstrable leadership experience with: Custom web application development, AWS services, infrastructure operations and Cloud development, Complex Data Integrations/patterns, Data Modeling, Analytics & Reporting, PHP & Laravel • Experience with modern testing practices including TDD, BDD, API Mocking.
AWS Infrastructure scaling and optimization best practices • Fantastic interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to establish relationships, influence outcomes, and deliver effective presentations to a variety of audiences • Excellent skills in analysis, critical thinking and planning, oral and written communication, consensus building, facilitation, negotiation, and the ability to readily learn a new business area • Demonstrated experience in handling financial resources and staff to meet goals across multiple projects • Sourcing model definition and effective execution • Global Technology Leadership experience • Ability to work with others in a constructive and collaborative manner & influence others outside of the immediate span of control • Ability to lead in a complex, matrix environment with distributed resources • Pharmaceutical Industry Experience • Demonstrated experience with vendor negotiations • 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 Benefits • Participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus bolthires of 22.5% of the base salary • Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program • 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions • Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution • Paid vacation • Holiday and personal days • Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave • Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage Company Overview • Pfizer is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines and vaccines.
It was founded in 1849, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Apply tot his job