Business Operations

• The Director, Business Operations is a critical role in the Communications team, providing support to the team and delivering excellence in an exciting, fast-paced and high-performance work environment.
• This role is instrumental in advancing the communications function through transformational operating model improvements, capability-building, AI adoption, and stakeholder engagement, project management, delivering measurable results and fostering a culture of innovation and agility.
• Collaboration across functions and geographies is vital as the Director will handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities, simultaneously balancing short-term and long-term projects with the urgency of immediate demands.
• Help the Chief Communications Office maximize her time and executive visibility – both internally and externally- within a strategic framework.
• Help identify, organize, and bring to the Chief Communications Officer critical issues and required information to help improve decision making and problem-solving.
• Support effective flow of information and decisions for the Chief Communications Officer.
• Support Communication team projects, strategic offsites & other events.

Director, Business Operations – Communications Team

• Translate business strategy into a prioritized roadmap of initiatives
• Partner with leaders across Sales, Product, Finance, Analytics, and Operations
• Lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives
• Use data and performance insights to identify opportunities and evaluate progress
• Lead and improve the team’s rhythm of business
• Support long-range planning and annual operating plan processes
• Build clear materials and recommendations for decision-making
• Improve processes, planning mechanisms, and operating models

Principal Business Operations Manager

• Support the execution of vendor management activities across the Americas region in alignment with GWE goals
• Support the creation of Project Management services vendor management process
• Update and maintain change orders
• Support the creation of a vendor management playbook for global consistency
• Assist with tracking vendor performance against service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Help prepare materials for regional vendor reviews, including performance data, scorecards, and presentations
• Support the development and maintenance of vendor documentation, including contracts, scopes of work, pricing templates, and governance materials
• Assist with issue tracking and escalation related to vendor performance
• Help ensure vendor management activities comply with Pfizer Procurement policies and procedures
• Maintain accurate vendor records and support audit and compliance requests as needed
• Support tracking and coordination of key activities, deliverables, and milestones to ensure timely execution of team priorities
• Prepare standard operational reports, dashboards, and presentation materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to defined templates
• Collect, validate, and consolidate data from multiple sources to support performance reporting and operational reviews
• Maintain accurate documentation, trackers, and shared repositories to support audit readiness and operational transparency
• Coordinate logistics and materials for recurring meetings and working sessions, including agendas, pre‑reads, and follow‑ups
• Support process documentation and continuous improvement efforts by identifying gaps, documenting procedures, and recommending updates
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to support operational initiatives, escalating issues and risks as appropriate

Vendor Management Specialist, Business Operations

• Serve as contracting and finance subject matter expert and main point of contact (POC) for Clinical Assay Leads and external vendors
• Draft, review and execute all CBx contracts to support critical timelines on behalf of Clinical Assay Leads
• Engage external vendors and manage contract life cycle
• Collaborate with Global Procurement to effectively life-cycle manage MSAs for CBx vendors
• Develop and/or improve tools for tracking and real time analysis of CBx financial data
• Coordinate within CBx, Finance, Clinical teams and CROs to ensure timely resolution of issues and in generation of Purchase Orders (PO) and invoices
• Oversee and provide operational support for multiple Business Operations initiatives within CBx
• Serve as the SME and primary point of contact within CBx for one or more key systems/processes, including but not limited to TMF, Portfolio on Demand, Buy on Demand, Veeva and/or Submission Ready Document QC
• Maintain best documentation practices by effectively managing, storing and distributing necessary contracts or reports
• Perform redaction of contracts and MSAs for vendor sensitive (pricing and confidential) information for regulatory purpose (e.g., HGRAC and health authorities’ inspections, external audits by the third parties)
• Partner with key functional lines to establish and maintain business operations best practices
• Prepare and critically review key CBx metrics on a quarterly and annual basis
• Perform document and process management by capturing financial and/or bioanalytical study/report entries in appropriate systems
• Assist in creation of appropriate Job Aids
• Follow and contribute to internal best practices and processes consistently and ensure that quality meets Pfizer standards while harmonizing and enhancing productivity

Business Operations Manager

• Own the end-to-end performance reporting framework, defining and maintaining the metrics that tracks business health and progress against goals
• Build, maintain, evolve, and shape dashboards and reporting infrastructure, ensuring stakeholders have accurate, timely visibility into key performance indicators, and proactively identifying and raising risks and opportunities in the business
• Design and execute ad-hoc analyses to answer critical business questions—diagnosing performance anomalies, surfacing underlying drivers, sizing opportunities, and stress-testing assumptions
• Build and maintain business performance forecasts, translating leading indicators and historical trends into forward-looking projections that support planning and forecasting processes
• Synthesize complex quantitative findings into clear, executive-ready narratives that drive alignment and decisions across cross-functional stakeholders
• Partner closely with Data Engineering, Data Science, and Product Analytics teams to ensure data infrastructure, definitions, and pipelines support the team’s analytical needs
• Identify gaps in current measurement approaches and proactively develop new frameworks to track emerging products and initiatives
• Orchestrate collaboration across Product, Data Science/Data Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience teams to ensure data and insights are connected to strategy and execution

Senior Strategy and Business Operations Manager

• Own end-to-end sales and recruiting workflows across Bullhorn and its ecosystem of marketplace partners
• Identify friction points and redesign processes to improve speed, consistency, and output
• Standardize workflows across teams while maintaining necessary flexibility
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Bullhorn and key integrations (e.g., SourceWhale, Candidately, Alex, and related tools)
• Continuously refine system structure (fields, pipelines, automations) to align with evolving business needs
• Ensure systems drive productivity — not manual workarounds
• Work directly with sales and recruiting teams to understand real-world workflow needs
• Translate business requirements into practical system solutions
• Introduce scalable solutions and push back when better approaches exist
• Serve as the primary integration lead across Bullhorn and marketplace partners
• Coordinate with vendor technical teams to resolve issues and implement enhancements
• Ensure clean data flow and system interoperability across platforms
• Identify and implement workflow improvements using Microsoft 365, Copilot/Copilot Cowork, and Power Platform
• Pilot and scale AI-driven workflows that improve productivity and reduce manual effort
• Improve data hygiene and structure to enable better decision-making
• Support reporting workflows and dashboards as needed

Business Operations – Systems Lead

• Identify, validate, and implement strategic solutions for new concepts, programs, and policies to optimize business performance, using analysis, research, pilots, and proof-of-concept testing.
• Lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution by defining scope, developing project plans, managing workstreams, conducting impact analyses, and driving alignment through clear communications and leadership-level readouts.
• Drive data-informed decision-making by leading analyses of complex business and operational challenges, designing and implementing operational reporting and analytical proofs of concept.
• Develop and operationalize policy frameworks and assessment protocols for payment and compliance, partnering with legal, industry, and cross-functional teams to align business strategy, regulatory obligations, and program contract language.
• Proactively identify, evaluate, and mitigate revenue and programmatic risks.
• Create and implement policies to address outstanding payments, minimize contra revenue, and mitigate bad debt.
• Partner with Product and cross-functional teams to implement payment-related features and process improvements, supporting go-to-market and adoption strategies.

Principal Program Manager, Business Operations

• Develop organizational strategies aligned with enterprise and business unit goals.
• Identify and assess recommendations for process improvement opportunities and may initiate and implement large / multiple improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate and influence to ensure efforts are focused on the most impactful initiatives across the enterprise to support the successful realization of business benefits and implementation of strategies.
• Own and optimize the performance of an assigned capability or business area(s) and/or technologies, ensuring process efficiency by influencing stakeholders, requesting, and obtaining the proper tools, resources and funding to maximize business value.
• Own, lead, and influence the end-to-end execution of high complexity initiatives that have a broader impact across the line of business, including benefits monitoring, benefits realization.
• Accountable for the buy-in and implementation of process improvement opportunities to drive business results within your portfolio(s).
• Ensure priorities and recommendations are aligned with long term goals by understanding various business strategies and the impact work will have across the enterprise and business unit.
• Coordinate with leaders across multiple business areas to ensure goals are aligned to overall business strategy.
• Coach team members on process improvement tools, methodologies, approaches, and foundational knowledge to ensure the successful rollout and enhancements across all initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Director, Business Process Management

• Lead the planning and execution of product phase out activity, working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure key deliverables are met to achieve phase out targets.
• Liaise with commercial leads to understand the end to end lifecycle strategy for a portfolio and then execute the phase out activity for identified products.
• Collaborate with Cross functional teams to ensure full phase out activity is complete both physically and in the system.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, budget, timelines, and risk management strategies.
• Monitor project progress and performance, proactively identifying and mitigating any issues or risks that may arise.
• Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for key business processes.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with key stakeholders.

Principal Business Process Project Management Specialist

• Own and improve annual budgeting, forecasting, and monthly or quarterly reforecasting processes across multiple organizations.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to support accruals, reporting, and planning system updates, including tools such as Anaplan.
• Deliver financial analysis and actionable insights that support planning and decision-making across CREWO and partner teams.
• Use AI and automation tools to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of financial and operational work.
• Identify process inefficiencies and help build more streamlined, automated workflows for forecasting and operations.
• Develop dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into budgets, spend, and operational performance.
• Support recurring and ad hoc analytics needs across multiple teams and business priorities.
• Lead or support high-priority cross-functional initiatives by aligning stakeholders, clarifying scope, and driving execution.
• Maintain and continuously improve a custom annual operating budget template that supports the unique scope and complexity of this team's planning needs.

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