Senior Manager, Data Science and AI Technical Product Owner
- India - Mumbai
- India - Chennai
ROLE SUMMARY
Do you want to make a global impact on patient health? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment that integrates scientific, clinical, and commercial domains through engineering, data science, and AI? Join Pfizer Digital’s Commercial Creation Center & CDI organization (C4) to leverage cutting-edge technology for critical business decisions and enhance customer experiences for colleagues, patients, and physicians. Our team of engineering, data science, and AI professionals is at the forefront of Pfizer’s transformation into a digitally driven organization, using data science and AI to change patients’ lives, leading process and engineering innovations to advance AI and data science applications from prototypes and MVPs to full production.
As a Data Science and AI Technical Product Owner, you will be a leader charged with setting a vision for and championing analytic and AI industrialized asset products that serve a broad base of users ranging from analysts, data scientists, and engineers to marketers, medical experts, and researchers. You will create, own the roadmaps for, and lead the development of an array of products that generalize point solutions into analytic and AI systems to simplify and fuel insight generation.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with other leaders to define team roadmap and drive impact by providing strategic and technical input including platform evolution, vendor scan, and new capability development
- Communicate value delivered through industrialized AI/ML assets to end user functions (e.g., Chief Marketing Office, PBG Commercial and Medical Affairs) and partner to ideate, design, and implement industrialized assets that can be scaled across markets, brands, and TAs
- Partner with Commercial Data team to integrate industrialized assets into enterprise-level analytics data products where appropriate
- Partner with Platforms team on continuous development and end to end capability integration between OOB platforms and internal engineered components (API registry, ML library / workflow management, enterprise connectors, AI reusable components); Performance and resource optimization of managed pipelines and models
- Lead the advancement of at scale “industrialized” AI and data science capabilities and industrialized asset products
- Own vision and maintain a holistic and consistent roadmap for data science and AI products, including data science workflows, AI based software solutions, and AI components.
- Provide the voice of the user as the product owner on agile product development teams to maximize value and impact of industrialized data science and AI products.
- Drive adoption of products through user community engagement (e.g., roadshows, training sessions, knowledge sharing etc.)
- Develop and maintain business-facing assets documentation/communication for data science and AI products (e.g., value proposition, catalog, and adoption metrics)
- Define, monitor, and achieve product success and value metrics
- Coordinate with other product and digital teams to ensure data science and AI products fully enable and are integrated into the Commercial data science, analytics and AI ecosystem
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in analytics related area (Data Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline)
- 7+ years of work experience in data science, analytics, engineering, or product management for a diverse range of projects
- 2-3 years of hands-on product management experience
- 2+ years of hands-on software development experience, preferably in a cloud environment such as AWS
- Track record of managing cross-functional stakeholder groups and effecting change
- Clearly articulates expectations, capabilities, and action plans; actively listens with others’ frame of reference in mind; appropriately shares information with team; favorably influences people without direct authority
- Clearly articulates scope and deliverables of projects; breaks complex initiatives into detailed component parts and sequences actions appropriately; develops action plans and monitors progress independently; designs success criteria and uses them to track outcomes; drives implementation of recommendations when appropriate, engages with stakeholders throughout to ensure buy-in
- Manages projects with and through others; shares responsibility and credit; develops self and others through teamwork; comfortable providing guidance and sharing expertise with others to help them develop their skills and perform at their best; helps others take appropriate risks; communicates frequently with team members earning respect and trust of the team
- Experience in translating business priorities and vision into product/platform thinking, set clear directives to a group of team members with diverse skillsets, while providing functional & technical guidance and SME support
- Demonstrated experience interfacing with internal and external teams to develop innovative data science solutions
- Strong business analysis, product design, and product management skills
- Deep expertise with data science enabling technology, such as Dataiku Data Science Studio, AWS SageMaker, Azure AI Foundry or other data science and AI platforms
- Strong hands-on skills in analytics engineering and data science (e.g., Python, R, SQL, industrialized ETL software)
- Experience working with various types of data (structured / unstructured)
- Deep understanding of MLOps principles and tech stack (e.g. MLFlow)
- Highly self-motivated to deliver both independently and with strong team collaboration
- Ability to creatively take on new challenges and work outside comfort zone
- Strong English communication skills (written & verbal)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree in Data Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline
- Hands on experience working in Agile teams, processes, and practices
- Experience in developing Machine Learning based products, preferably with Large Language Models and AI/Agentic AI solutions
- Experience in developing and operating analytic workflows and model pipelines that are parametrized, automated and reusable
- Experience developing and deploying data and analytic products for use by technical and non-technical audiences
- Pharma & Life Science commercial functional knowledge
- Pharma & Life Science commercial data literacy
- Experience with Dataiku Data Science Studio
- Experience with Agentic AI platform such as Azure AI Foundry
LI#PFE
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
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Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
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The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
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With the transformative potential of digital solutions, we revolutionize how we discover, develop, and deliver medicines, enabling us to achieve breakthroughs faster and more efficiently.
By streamlining and automating transactional processes, we create valuable time and resources, empowering our talented team to focus on meaningful work that truly makes a difference in healthcare and beyond.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
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