Pfizer

Senior Director, Principal Software Engineer – Forward Deployed

Pfizer

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityFloridaIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $214,900 - $341,100 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead delivery of high-impact, AI-enabled software systems across the Commercial Analytics domain
  • Own technical strategy and architecture, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and business-aligned
  • Establish engineering standards for design, development, testing, and AI-assisted delivery
  • Drive rapid prototyping and MVP development from concept to production
  • Lead adoption of AI-augmented development tools and workflows
  • Define governance, evaluation, and human-in-the-loop verification standards for AI-assisted work
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI/ML technologies into engineering practices
  • Lead and mentor a matrixed team of engineering leaders and senior engineers
  • Shape talent strategy, including hiring, succession planning, and senior-level development
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to VP/SVP Commercial leaders
  • Translate technical trade-offs into business impact and investment decisions
  • Define reliability standards (SLOs/SLIs) and champion operational excellence

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or related field
  • 12–15+ years of experience
  • Proven experience delivering analytics and technology solutions in partnership with Commercial leaders, ideally in life sciences
  • Deep knowledge of Life Sciences Commercial Analytics use cases (e.g., forecasting, market research, omnichannel, customer analytics, marketing mix modeling, Next Best Action)
  • Experience leading end-to-end MVPs with engineering, data science, and vendor teams
  • Background scaling data, analytics, and ML platforms in large organizations
  • Strong executive presence and ability to operate as a strategic advisor
  • Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Data Science, or Business is preferred
  • Hands-on experience with platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or Azure is preferred
  • Experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority is preferred
  • Prior experience at a top-tier technology or management consulting firm is preferred
Benefits
  • 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
  • Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
  • Paid vacation
  • Holiday and personal days
  • Paid caregiver/parental leave
  • Paid medical leave
  • Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI-enabled software systemstechnical strategyarchitectureengineering standardsrapid prototypingMVP developmentAI-augmented development toolsAI/ML technologiesreliability standardsoperational excellence
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringstrategic advisingexecutive presenceinfluencing cross-functional teamstalent strategycommunicationcollaborationdecision-makingbusiness impact translation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Data ScienceBachelor’s degree in Business AnalyticsMaster’s degree in Computer EngineeringMaster’s degree in Data ScienceMaster’s degree in Business