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About the Role

This role leads Pfizer’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and supports the implementation of the company’s enterprise resilience strategy. It involves developing and implementing tools and resources to identify operational vulnerabilities, strengthen preparedness, and enhance the company's ability to execute response, business continuity, and disaster recovery strategies. The role also supports product integrity investigations and colleague and site security matters, reporting to the Senior Director, Physical Risk Mitigation, Global Security.

Responsibilities

Lead Pfizer’s global Business Continuity Management program within the enterprise resilience framework.
Maintain and continuously improve Pfizer’s BCM framework, including methodology, tools, guidance, reporting, and governance processes.
Provide direct implementation support and subject matter expertise to sites and functions.
Provide cross-functional leadership and coordination across Pfizer’s enterprise resilience pillars.
Conduct and review horizon scanning across Pfizer’s enterprise resilience pillars to identify emerging risks.
Lead an operational resilience process that includes regular operational risk reviews.
Participate as a member of Pfizer’s Corporate Crisis Management Team.
Plan, lead, and implement enterprise-wide resilience training and exercises at all levels of the organization.
Assess organizational BCM/Resilience capacity and program effectiveness through established assurance activities.
Engage with business leaders and external industry groups to ensure Pfizer’s Resilience and BCM methodology remains current.
Promote awareness and adoption of effective resilience and business continuity practices across the company.
Build and lead global Resilience/BCM teams, networks and communities of practice.
Coordinate resources, including non-direct reports, contract resources, divisional stakeholders, governance forums, network leads, and community of practice members.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business or technical discipline.
Minimum of 8 years of practical experience implementing resilience programs with large multinational organizations or management consulting firms (7 years with a Master’s degree).
Strong business acumen related to the pharmaceutical industry.
Proven track record of management experience ideally across the organization from research & development to manufacturing and supply chain management.
Experience leading global BCM, enterprise resilience, crisis management, disaster recovery, or related risk programs in a large, complex organization.
Working knowledge of BIAs, risk assessments, recovery strategies, continuity planning, crisis response, exercises, and plan testing.
Experience coordinating across resilience areas such as BCM, crisis management, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, loss prevention, and operational risk.
Ability to assess risks, dependencies, and vulnerabilities and translate findings into mitigation actions to senior leaders and business stakeholders.
Experience supporting incident response, crisis coordination, recovery planning, and restoration of critical operations.
Ability to design and facilitate exercises, workshops, training, and preparedness activities for leaders and business teams.
Strong program management skills, including managing priorities, coordinating resources, and influencing in a global matrix organization.
Ability to build practitioner networks, governance forums, and communities of practice that support consistent resilience practices.
Effective oral, written and interpersonal communications skills.
Ability to influence stakeholders to gain commitment.
Ability to gather and analyze information to recommend solutions.
Ability to adjust and respond to changing business priorities.
Master’s degree in relevant technical discipline or MBA is a plus.
Experience utilizing resilience management software platforms.
Knowledge of industry standards such as ISO 22301, DRI, BCI, or ASIS frameworks.
Relevant professional certification or pursuit of certification in business continuity, resilience, emergency management, or risk management.
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.
Must thrive in a collaborative, matrixed environment and handle heavy workloads independently.
Requires creative problem-solving for urgent crisis/emergency issues at any time.
Must be able to travel domestically and internationally by any mode on short notice, including nights and weekends.
Requires regular availability after normal business hours for meetings, travel, and crisis/emergency issues; and requires 24/7 availability and responsiveness.
Indirect supervision of a Senior Associate, Business Resilience Programs; Oversight of a global community of BCM practitioners.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.
This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Skills

Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Enterprise Resilience
Crisis Management
Disaster Recovery
Loss Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Operational Risk
Risk Assessment
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Program Management
Communication
Influencing
Problem-Solving
Training and Facilitation
Horizon Scanning
Resilience Management Software Platforms
ISO 22301
DRI
BCI
ASIS Frameworks

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Director
Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

$162,900.00 - $271,500.00
Bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary
Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program

Benefits

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
Relocation assistance may be available

About the Company

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Equal Opportunity

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.