Description
Own the strategic direction and front end of the Pfizer International investment system: co-develop how markets move towards the AI-native commercial model, convert that direction into the investment thesis, and determine what enters the funnel and reaches the Investment Committee.
Key Accountabilities:
- Co-develop market-level AI-native roadmaps with country presidents, cluster presidents, therapeutic area leaders and other senior market stakeholders.
- Own and continuously evolve the investment thesis for International Commercial Digital & AI.
- Convert the strategy into an active opportunity agenda.
- Own intake and triage across market-referred, open internal submission and externally generated opportunities, and maintain one portfolio backlog.
- Produce the investment memo for every proposal that reaches the Committee.
- Write the recommendation, counterfactual and open questions on every memo.
- Run the Committee governance.
- Maintain institutional memory in a system rather than in individuals.
- Identify patterns across markets, functions, submissions and decisions, and convert them into changes in strategic direction, portfolio priorities or commissioned opportunities.
- Own end-to-end programme and project management for strategy development and the investment process.
Decision Rights:
- Determines the investment thesis, strategic fit criteria, intake priorities and where the organisation should actively seek or commission opportunities.
- Declines proposals at screen stage without reference to the Committee.
- Determines what reaches the Committee agenda and when, and sets and enforces the memo, evidence and intake standards.
Required Experience and Capabilities:
- Extensive relevant experience in commercial strategy, portfolio strategy, corporate strategy, investment governance, venture capital, business development or a related field.
- Exceptional pattern recognition across markets, cases and functions.
- Credible in senior leadership conversations.
- Ability to understand different go-to-market models, market archetypes and healthcare systems.
- Strong commercial and strategic judgement.
- Outcome-oriented rather than tool-oriented.
- Able to hold a position in front of the Committee.
- Highly structured in strategy development, governance and documentation.
Benefits:
- Flexibility and work-life harmony
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Disability Confident Employer
Closing Deadline: November 10th