Cloud Services - European Lead
- Greece-Thessaloniki Chortiatis
ROLE SUMMARY
Pfizer’s Cloud Services team is responsible for designing, building, and operating the enterprise cloud infrastructure that powers our global digital ecosystem. This team enables scalable, resilient, and high-performing cloud environments that support scientific innovation, manufacturing, and business operations across the organization.
We are seeking an experienced individual of Cloud Services to lead Pfizer’s cloud engineering and operations program for our European Region. This leader will drive enterprise-wide initiatives across cloud platform architecture, infrastructure automation, workload migration, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, infrastructure-as-code, and multi-cloud operations, with a proven track record of leading large-scale cloud transformation programs in complex enterprise environments.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
CISO Organization
RESOURCES MANAGED
Manage a team of ~20 individual contributors plus contracted resources. This leader will be accountable to influence directly the ~25+ CISO and Cloud colleagues in the region.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, deploy, and optimize multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS and Azure), enabling scalable, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure to support Pfizer’s global operations.
Execute against Pfizer’s cloud engineering and operations strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business priorities
Drive infrastructure automation initiatives to improve agility and reduce operational overhead.
Oversee cloud workload migration programs, ensuring seamless transition of applications and services from on-prem to cloud environments.
Establish and maintain operational excellence across cloud environments, including performance monitoring, capacity planning, and incident management.
Collaborate with application, data, and infrastructure teams to ensure cloud platforms meet the needs of diverse workloads and business functions.
Partner with enterprise architecture and security teams to ensure cloud designs are aligned with governance, compliance, and resiliency standards.
Develop and manage budgets for cloud services, ensuring efficient resource allocation and cost optimization across platforms.
Build and mentor a high-performing cloud engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Stay current on emerging cloud technologies, industry trends, and best practices to inform Pfizer’s cloud strategy and roadmap.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform operations, with at least 8 years in leadership roles.
Proven expertise in designing and operating cloud platforms across AWS and Azure.
Strong background in infrastructure automation, cloud architecture, and workload migration.
Experience managing large-scale cloud operations in a global enterprise environment.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with hybrid cloud environments and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
Familiarity with ITIL, DevOps, and SRE practices
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!