Leads terminal sterilization manufacturing operations, managing process technicians, equipment, facilities, projects, resources, and team performance. Ensures compliance with SOPs, cGMP, and regulatory requirements while driving process improvements, Lean implementation, equipment qualification, training, and best-practice sharing. Partners with leadership, develops SMART objectives, solves complex operational problems, and supports performance management for employees and contingent staff.
Use Your Power for Purpose
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
Manufacturing
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
- Manage projects and set objectives, leading people, technology, and financial resources.
- Identify and develop innovative process or product improvements, taking calculated risks to achieve results.
- Solve complex problems, leveraging experience from various areas as needed.
- Manage the performance of direct and indirect reports, supporting team objectives and providing input to senior management.
- Partner with leadership to achieve objectives and manage teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to SOPs and cGMP requirements.
- Develop and manage a team of process technicians, optimizing facilities and equipment, and leading the implementation of Lean Tools.
- Support the development of SMART Objectives, participate in best practice sharing programs, and manage the performance and training of shift colleagues and contingent staff.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- High school diploma (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience or B pharm with 5 years or associate's degree with 6+ years of experience or BA/BS with 2+ years of experience or MBA/MS with any years of relevant experience
- Strong people management experience in a regulated manufacturing operations environment
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- A working knowledge of Upstream/Downstream Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing operations
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and goal-driven environment
- Strong decision-making capability
- Experience with equipment periodic qualification and Documentation skills.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience
- Experience with Lean Tools and their implementation
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to recognize development needs and create opportunities for colleagues
- Experience in maintaining regulatory compliance through established programs
- Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such
as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
Manufacturing
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