ROLE SUMMARY

The Resource Management & Insights Lead provides strategic and operational resource management support to functional line(s) within the Pfizer Research & Development division ensuring resource requirements for the clinical development portfolios are properly planned and understood to facilitate informed decision-making and allocation of resources based on business priorities. This role partners with functional line leadership to enable and enhance operational performance through effective forecasting, planning and management of organizational resources. The successful candidate will be able to understand the underlying data but also draw out insights and develop executive level presentations that draw out actionable items.

How You Will Achieve It

• Develop ideas and lead/co-lead complex projects across business units.
• Continuously improve the resource management capabilities through the delivery of robust business tools, processes and data.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and apply technical interpretation to meet business needs independently.
• Collaborate with and mentor colleagues on best practices in systems and information management.
• Build trust and credibility with stakeholders and peers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead or support multiple aspects of resource and clinical development cost management including data transformation, analysis, and reporting.
• Utilizes business-specific portfolio and project information to facilitate portfolio and resource planning reviews and deliver the Annual Operating Plan.
• Interacts with senior leaders to review their functional lines’ strategic resource plan by producing business performance dashboards and key metrics utilizing advanced visualizations and appropriate communications that effectively illustrate data trends and patterns
• Partners with senior leaders and Resourcing Business Partners to ensure organizational resources are optimized and appropriately aligned to business priorities across the business functional areas.
• Partner with key stakeholders in understanding dynamics of clinical development portfolio, changes in studies and programs and tradeoffs across TA’s and categories
• Proactively surfaces potential resource and cost related issues to key stakeholders and recommends go forward actions / sourcing solutions.
• Ensures potential resource capacity issues (shortfalls) are surfaced and discussed in a timely fashion.
• Derive demand forecasts using the Planisware enterprise portfolio project management system; create variance and trend analyses.
• Manages resource and cost assessments related to internal Pfizer portfolio optimization opportunities (e.g., project accelerations, PSI buy-ups, etc.) for supported Functional Lines
• In partnership with Finance, perform comparison analysis of resource demand forecast with financial forecasts of costs (” Latest Estimate”) and reconcile business drivers for explaining differences.
• Supports the development, maintenance and analysis of clinical trial cost and resource metrics to increase accuracy in assumptions in planning.
• Reinforces the value of the Resource Management tools and processes with stakeholders
• Partners with Finance to coordinate development of the annual operating budget for global organization. Partners with Finance to support budget build activities, as needed.
• Partners with subject matter experts in business lines on the design, development, and maintenance of resource estimating assumptions (algorithms), drivers, and templates for use in generating algorithmically derived demand forecasts using the PLW enterprise portfolio project management system.
• Innovate new strategies and tools such as dashboards, metrics and KPI’s.
• Leads or supports high-impact cross functional special projects that improve our business in the short and long term.

Performance of Responsibilities

• Leadership Skills & Thought Partnering: Consistently and reliably demonstrates strong leader behaviors and values. Role models Pfizer’s Leader Behaviors with absolute personal integrity and credibility. Serves as thought leader in the resource management and performance area.
• Network & Alliance Building: Demonstrated ability to be a trusted partner across lines and through tiers of the organization. Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Continuous Improvement: Works with other team members to develop aculture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Functional & Technical Skills: Extensive knowledge of relevant business systems, processes and information that is applied to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Planning/Organizing Skills: Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects to meet timelines; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Communication Skills: Ability to communicate complex business information and analyses to a variety of audiences in both verbal and written format.
• Problem Solving Skills: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Qualifications

Must-Have:

• Master’s degree plus 6 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree plus Minimum 8+ years of experience in business operations, resource management, finance and/or project management discipline
• Experience in use of project, resource and budget management application systems in a business environment.
• Knowledge and experience with external best-practices and perspectives to support new approaches and strategies. Demonstrated ability to effectively implement tools and techniques in the project and resource management discipline.
• Strong influencing and team skills, including proven experience in leading and/or contributing to successful projects.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible and prioritize multiple demands.
• Ability to understand and value different customer needs and supply tailored services where necessary; demonstrated customer service mentality and focus to successfully manage a customer-facing role.
• Proven ability to negotiate, influence and problem solve. Strong portfolio and resource planning acumen; analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities. Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience in the collection, analyzing, interpreting and reporting of business, financial or resource data
• Experience using project and/or resource management systems and reporting tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Planisware, Business Objects, Spotfire, etc.)
• Strong communications skills (written and verbal) and experience with preparing and delivering/presenting key messages to senior leaders.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple and diverse business support work assignments under pressure.
• Strong team player with the ability to engage functional experts across organizations
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret relevant business, resource information and data to support decision-making processes
• Demonstrated ability to deliver consistently high quality work with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one extraction/manipulation technique / tool

Nice to Have:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or an understanding of the pharmaceutical drug development process and operating model a plus.
• Demonstrated understanding of the both the Early and Late-stage drug development process portfolio management and resource planning

Work Location Assignment: On premise

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $109,400.00 to $182,300.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% 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.

• The annual base salary for this position in Tampa, FL ranges from $98,400.00 to $164,000.00.

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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