Pfizer
Pfizer
Pfizer is a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing medicines and healthcare services that support health throughout life. Its work spans scientific innovation and access to safe, effective, and affordable treatments, with a particular emphasis on advancing therapies for cancer and other significant health conditions. The company’s profile may be relevant to professionals exploring careers in pharmaceutical research, healthcare, and related commercial functions.

Pfizer Director of Applied AI and Horizon Scanning

Lead horizon scanning for emerging AI across Pfizer’s U.S. Commercial pharmaceutical organization. Turn external innovation into validated opportunities, experiments, partnerships, and transformation roadmaps.

Description

  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies, vendors, capabilities, and market trends to identify actionable opportunities for Pfizer’s U.S. Commercial organization
  • Track AI vendors, startups, research, industry developments, and competitive activity
  • Maintain horizon-scanning frameworks and prepare executive updates on important developments
  • Evaluate feasibility, scalability, differentiation, data needs, integration, enterprise readiness, security, privacy, legal, regulatory, compliance, quality, and Responsible AI factors
  • Convert external AI developments into U.S. Commercial use cases and future-state capabilities
  • Create concept papers, opportunity briefs, business cases, and strategic recommendations
  • Analyze AI ecosystems spanning competitors, startups, technology companies, universities, and research organizations
  • Lead proofs of concept by setting learning objectives, evaluation criteria, success measures, and decision points
  • Prioritize an innovation pipeline across near-term, emerging, and transformative horizons
  • Combine research, market intelligence, conference findings, and analyst perspectives into executive-ready AI outlooks
  • Collaborate with AI partnerships, product, applications, data, transformation, governance, risk, architecture, digital, and business teams
  • Hand approved partnership opportunities to the AI Partnerships & Ecosystem Lead
  • Potentially manage a small team and coordinate cross-functional evaluators, external experts, contractors, or project resources

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, business, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • At least 8 years of progressive experience in AI, technology strategy, innovation, product strategy, architecture, consulting, emerging technology, or related work
  • Strong knowledge of generative AI, agentic systems, machine learning, foundation models, and enterprise AI architectures
  • Experience assessing emerging technologies and converting technical concepts into business opportunities and strategic recommendations
  • Proven ability to monitor complex external environments, interpret weak signals, and separate durable trends from hype
  • Experience preparing executive insights, business cases, opportunity briefs, or technology recommendations
  • Ability to explain complex technical subjects clearly to senior business and technical stakeholders
  • Success working through ambiguity in fast-moving, highly matrixed organizations
  • Strong analytical, strategic, collaborative, and influencing capabilities
  • Willingness to travel as business needs require
  • Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
  • Permanent U.S. work authorization is required
  • U.S. work visa sponsorship is unavailable now and in the future

Benefits

  • Global Performance Plan bonus with a 20.0% base-salary target
  • Eligibility for Pfizer’s share-based long-term incentive program
  • 401(k) plan with Pfizer matching contributions
  • Additional Pfizer retirement savings contribution
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days
  • Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave
  • Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
  • Relocation assistance may be available depending on business needs and eligibility

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