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What You Will Achieve
Responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight of pharmaceutical drug product manufacturing operations across formulation, aseptic filling, inspection, and packaging at the McPherson site. Accountable for delivering safety, quality, supply reliability, compliance, and financial performance objectives while ensuring adherence to current GMP requirements and continuous inspection readiness. Serves as a key member of the Site Leadership Team, partnering cross-functionally to shape and execute site strategy, advance operational excellence initiatives, and drive a culture of continuous improvement. Attracts, develops, and retains top talent while fostering an inclusive, high-performing organization capable of meeting current and future business needs.
In this role you will:

• Ensure that manufacturing methods / environment will meet contemporary industrial, Regulatory and Pfizer standards. Work with direct reports to ensure that teams are properly staffed to meet production requirements, to create and monitor budgets, to monitor and control production variances and ensure a safe working environment.
• Embed and sustain IMEX processes and tiered governance, empowering teams to deliver continuous improvement and operational performance. Support and foster Supportive Leadership among people leaders within Operations through active coaching.
• The position will be responsible for interacting with the site quality assurance, quality control, validation, engineering, technical services, supply chain, digital/automation and finance departments in order ensure that regulatory standards, company policies and site processes are met.
• Cultivate and reinforce Pfizer values, norms, and behaviors while providing strategic leadership for talent development, organizational effectiveness, performance management, and leadership capability. Build a high-performing organization through succession planning, colleague development, coaching, and the advancement of inclusive leadership practices.
• Responsible for Operations planning and scheduling and for achieving schedule attainment and cycle time targets.
• Develop and execute manufacturing strategies that strengthen operational capabilities, optimize asset utilization, support current and future capacity requirements, and position the site to meet evolving business, network, and customer needs through long-term planning and investment priorities.
• Working with PC1 & Business Development to cultivate and build strategic customer relationships and ensure that the customer perspective is a driving force behind all value-added business activities.
• Serve as a member of the Site Leadership Team, contributing to the development and execution of site strategic objectives. Drive achievement of operational, quality, supply, safety, and financial performance goals while balancing short-term business needs with long-term site capability development.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate operational, compliance, supply, and business continuity risks. Develop and implement strategies to ensure uninterrupted product supply while maintaining safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

• Champion a culture of accountability, inclusion, psychological safety, colleague engagement, and high performance. Develop leadership capability throughout the organization and build a strong succession pipeline to support current and future business needs.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience; OR a master's degree and 10+ years of experience; OR a PhD and 7+ years of experience.
• Experience managing direct reports including leaders of leaders
• Strong knowledge of cGMPs (US & EU), OSHA, ISO, and other regulatory agency standards and requirements applicable to a pharmaceutical production facility
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Leading Through Change: Demonstrated experience leading leaders and teams through complex change, including navigating ambiguity, influencing across stakeholders, and sustaining performance during transformation.
• Digital Literacy and AI Fluency: Strong digital literacy, including practical experience leveraging data, digital tools, and AI-enabled solutions to drive innovation, efficiency, and better decision-making.
• End-to-End Process Thinking: Proven ability to think and operate end-to-end, connecting strategy to execution across functions and anticipating downstream impacts to deliver integrated, enterprise-level solutions.

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• 10+ years of experience leading direct reports

• Demonstrated ability to communicate (oral and written) effectively with diverse individuals/groups; foster trust and understanding; empower and enable colleagues; and build customer relationships.
• Strong analytical, presentation and relationship management skills
• Proven track record of delivering results consistently while being a role model for the Pfizer Leader Behaviors.
• Demonstrated strategic focus and strong business acumen are required.
• Must have track record of strong customer focus.
• Must have proven track record of leading change, as well as managing in a rapidly changing environment.
• Must demonstrate personal agility and innovation as well as cultivating similar behavior in team members.
• Must have ability to evaluate risk and make rapid decisions where necessary.
• Experience leading teams including responsibility for performance management and talent development of team members required.
• Ability to address conflicts as necessary and build highly effective, diverse teams.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Individual will be required to perform task of walking the process and understanding the areas in which the incidents occurred which may require periods of standing.
• Individual will be required to organize and prioritize in a dynamic operation
• Individual will be required to perform complex data analysis

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Position may require non-standard work schedule to conduct interviews with individuals involved in the investigation and/or to complete investigations per required timeline.
• Ability to work in a flexible workspace between on site and remote working environments
• Limited travel

Other Job Details:
Relocation support available
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Last date to apply: August 14, 2026
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $214,900.00 to $358,100.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
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