Job Description

WHY PATIENTS NEED YOU

As Process Lead for Incoming Material Inspection Controls (IMIC), you will serve as a global subject-matter expert within the Supplier Quality Management (SQM) team. Reporting to the Sr Director, Supplier Quality Management/GPO, you will operate under authority delegated by the Global Process Owner (GPO), to advance an efficient, standardized, compliant and risk-based IMIC process that meets regulatory expectations and industry best practices.

WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE

You will apply deep knowledge of incoming material testing, supplier and material qualification, quality risk management, and reduced-testing strategies to evaluate complex process challenges, identify systemic risks and opportunities, and develop practical recommendations. You will lead and influence the day-to-day activities of the L2 Process Centric Team (PCT) and coordinate complex, cross-functional initiatives involving LPOs, other Process Leads, GPOs and stakeholders to support consistent implementation across sites.

As an individual contributor, you will achieve results primarily through technical expertise, project leadership, collaboration, and influence rather than direct reporting authority. You will independently assess process performance, provide strategic and technical advice, facilitate resolution of complex issues, and lead implementation of improvements approved through established governance.

Your work will strengthen global process consistency, inspection readiness, operational effectiveness, and the connection between incoming material controls and supplier and material risk. Your work supports the Pfizer purpose: ‘Breakthroughs that change patients' lives.'

HOW YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT

Shape the process

• Evaluate current incoming material testing practices, regulatory expectations, industry trends, and network performance to identify strategic opportunities for standardization, simplification, and risk-based testing.
• Partner with the Global Process Owner and other process leaders to align Incoming Materials Inspection Controls with supplier qualification, material qualification, supplier monitoring, laboratory controls, change management, and other interdependent Quality Management System processes.
• Develop and lead global implementation plans for approved process changes, including stakeholder engagement, impact assessment, communications, training, deployment, and effectiveness monitoring.

Document and train

• Lead the development, revision, and lifecycle management of global standard operating procedures, global work instructions, forms, templates, decision tools, and supporting guidance for Incoming Materials Inspection Controls.
• Ensure process documentation remains current, internally aligned, practical for end users, and ready to support regulatory inspections and internal audits.
• Ensure process documentation remains current, internally aligned, practical for end users, and ready to support regulatory inspections and internal audits.
• Lead the development and delivery of training, guidance, job aids, workshops, and other capability-building resources for Local Process Owners, site colleagues, and relevant functional stakeholders.
• Provide technical coaching and process guidance to support consistent interpretation and application of global requirements.

Deploy and monitor

• Lead the day-to-day activities of the global Level 2 Process Centric Team, establishing priorities, structuring work, facilitating decisions, and coordinating deliverables across geographically dispersed members.
• Monitor process health and performance using global KPIs and metrics agreed with the GPO, identify risks and adverse trends, escalate significant issues through defined governance pathways, and present, in alignment with the GPO, to management review, sponsors and quality leadership through the defined QMS governance channels.

Govern and engage

• Represent the Incoming Materials Inspection Controls Process in Tier 3 GPO Forum for cross-process learning and QMS input and improvements.
• Prepare and present process-health updates, risk assessments, improvement proposals, decision requests, and cross-process issues to process sponsors, management review forums, and Quality leadership.
• Act as a change agent, from consultant to coach: help stakeholders, including the GPO and LPOs, understand the purpose, benefits and impact of process changes, anticipate change impact, and communicate approved changes clearly to business leaders.
• Influence stakeholders at multiple organizational levels to support consistent process interpretation, timely decisions, effective implementation, and sustained performance.

Foundation

• Maintain an appropriate level of expertise in the regulatory requirements, and Pfizer policies and procedures, that apply to Supplier Qualification and Management, including Incoming Material expectations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must-Have

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 6+ years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 5+ years of experience; OR a PhD with 1+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated subject-matter expertise in Incoming Materials Inspection Controls, incoming material testing, sampling or inspection strategies, and risk-based testing principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Distribution Practice requirements and regulatory expectations applicable to incoming materials, laboratory controls, supplier qualification, and material qualification.
• Strong understanding of process ownership, governance, quality risk management, performance monitoring, change management, and continual improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across global, cross-functional, and matrixed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret performance data, identify systemic risks and trends, and translate insights into clear priorities and decisions.
• Effective communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and escalation skills.
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Nice-to-Have

• Advanced degree in scientific or healthcare-related field preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Quality and or Lab Operations or a related field within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry.

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.

OTHER JOB DETAILS

• Last Date to Apply for Job: November 18, 2026
• Additional Location Information: North America - Any Pfizer Site, Europe - Any Pfizer Site
• Eligible for Relocation Package – NO
• Secondment 12 months
• If you are currently in a driving position with a fleet vehicle and this secondment does not require driving as an essential function of the position for 12 months or longer, you will be required to turn in your fleet vehicle for the duration of the non-driving secondment. Please refer to the Fleet Policy and Procedures document for more information.
• There will be no change to your current work location.
• Position is considered Flexible, and colleagues are expected to comply with Log In For Your Day (LIFYD) requirements at site location (e.g. about 2.5 days a week in office).

This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.

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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