Pfizer · 12 hours ago
Senior Director, Digital Clinical Creation Center Trial Design & Study Start-Up
Bothell, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$215K/yr - $341K/yr
10+ years expPfizer is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to innovative and impactful technology solutions across all functions. The Senior Director will lead the digital clinical team responsible for technologies that enable clinical trial design and study start-up, setting strategic direction and overseeing product management for Pfizer's clinical operations platforms.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
No H1B
Responsibilities
Defines and owns the vision and strategy for digital clinical capabilities that enable clinical trial design and study start-up , emphasizing a product-centric model that supports Pfizer’s development strategy through cutting-edge digital technologies
Anticipates technology trends, prioritizing investments in AI and automation that enable scalable, efficient delivery and accelerate clinical planning and study startup
Collaborates across Digital and business areas to architect and scale innovations that strengthen Pfizer’s clinical development strategy and deliver measurable business outcomes
Establishes, matures, and governs a strategic product and digital operating model, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and continuous evolution to meet business needs
Operationalizes emerging technologies through robust governance frameworks, aligning with regulatory, compliance, and clinical objectives
Designs and leads a strategic vendor framework to manage partnerships with critical vendors (e.g., Veeva, Planisware), ensuring quality delivery and scalability
Leads AI delivery to embed machine learning and automation into the clinical planning and study startup workflows, while building process mining capabilities to identify inefficiencies and drive continuous improvement in the digital delivery model
Owns global digital program delivery, ensuring efficient scaling of solutions and streamlined delivery processes across clinical platforms
Drives delivery of global, enterprise, and SaaS solutions with a focus on accelerating study startup and optimizing clinical planning
Oversees delivery management and engineering leadership for clinical planning and study startup projects, a solutions portfolio (30+ applications), and financials ($20M), ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes
Demonstrates command of modern delivery methodologies (Agile, DevSecOps) and enforces practices that reduce cycle times and improve delivery efficiency
Accountable for financial stewardship, including accurate forecasting, cost optimization, and strategic sourcing to scale delivery without compromising quality
Creates an environment that champions a product mindset, continuous improvement, and AI innovation while delivering complex solutions at scale
Mentors and coaches team members to build technical capabilities and a product mindset, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and agility
Cultivates expertise in solutions engineering, digital product management, program/project management driving reskilling and talent growth across Digital and Pfizer
Develops solutions to highly complex problems, ensuring decisions align with enterprise priorities and clinical development objectives
Builds strong partnerships with clinical development leaders, acting as a trusted advisor for digital strategies that accelerate study startup and planning
Aligns digital product roadmaps with evolving patient and trial needs, translating complex capabilities into specific, actionable business value
Fosters collaboration between clinical operations and digital innovation teams to embed clinical priorities into technology roadmaps, ensuring shared ownership and scalable delivery
Qualification
Required
12+ years life sciences experience preferred or equivalent experience leading platforms and large-scale systems
10+ years of experience in a leadership capacity with increasing scope of responsibility
Demonstrated ability to create and implement high impact strategic plans in a large, matrixed global organization
Demonstrated ability and experience in technology solutions delivery in a pharmaceutical or regulated environment with demonstrated capabilities managing large scale, enterprise software requirements definition, designs and implementations in global 24-by-7 environments
Must have proven experience in being an excellent, engaging leader and manager, with proven capabilities in using talent and succession planning processes to establish plans for managing talent inside and outside the organization and for improving diverse leadership bench strength. Proven ability to mentor technical leaders; recruit and retain top talent and develop colleagues
Proven success as a data-centric, innovative, business-minded technology leader, ideally with: Experience managing large-scale clinical scientific and operational data
Familiarity with data collection, aggregation, transformation, and creation of analytics and submission-ready datasets
Proven experience leading product management teams or functions, with accountability for strategy, execution, and cross-functional alignment
Demonstrated track record of leading large, global technical teams in developing enterprise-scale technology and solution strategies
Must have proven ability to manage communication as a vehicle to ensure alignment of strategies and day-to-day operations to team members and business unit partners in support of commercial digital products, services and experiences
Ability to gain credibility with senior leadership and effectively influence and collaborate
Preferred
13+ years of experience with advanced degree with progressive leadership growth
Experience building and scaling the product management discipline within an organization, including defining frameworks, processes, and talent development strategies
Experience specifically in pharmaceutical clinical development
Benefits
401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
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
Pfizer
Pfizer is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines and vaccines.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$38BKey Investors
Starboard Value
2025-11-21Post Ipo Debt· $6B
2024-10-07Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2023-05-16Post Ipo Debt· $31B
Leadership Team
Albert Bourla
Chief Executive Officer
Ian Read
Chief Executive Officer
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