Senior Director, Applied Intelligence

Pfizer

. Serve as the technical anchor of the team by actively contributing to architecture, code, and experimental design .

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeNew York City • New York, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $230,900 - $384,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerKubernetesPythonPyTorchScikit-LearnTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the technical anchor of the team by actively contributing to architecture, code, and experimental design
Remain deeply hands-on in AI/ML and software engineering
Attract, develop, and retain a focused team of exceptional applied AI engineers and data scientists
Own a 2 to 6 week rapid prototype cycle framework
Design and run structured experimentation that converts ambiguous business questions into testable hypotheses
Enforce strict engineering hygiene in every prototype
Champion containerization and MLOps frameworks
Extract reusable patterns, templates, and best practices from successful prototypes
Lead the responsible and effective adoption of Generative AI tools
Partner closely with broader Data Science teams to execute structured, well-documented handoffs

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of progressive experience in AI/ML, data science, or applied research
11+ years with an MS/MBA or 9 years with a PhD
Active, hands-on technical proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, LangChain)
Deep expertise in MLOps frameworks, ML lifecycle management, and production-grade model development practices
Strong command of software engineering fundamentals including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Git-based workflows, testing frameworks, and reproducibility tooling
Demonstrated experience designing scalable AI/ML architectures
Proven ability to lead through ambiguity by taking ill-defined problems and defining the right questions
Experience building and deploying Generative AI applications including LLM-based systems, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures
Strong executive communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 including medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonPyTorchscikit-learnTensorFlowLangChainMLOps frameworksCI/CD pipelinescontainerizationDockerKubernetes

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingteam developmentadaptabilitycollaborationexecutive communicationstructured experimentationambiguity managementbest practices extraction

Certifications

MSMBAPhD