Pfizer · 1 hour ago
Commercial AI Product Owner (Secondment - 12 Months)
United States - New York - New York City
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $341K/yr
12+ years expPfizer is a leading pharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a Commercial AI Product Owner to manage a portfolio of AI applications across US Commercial. This role involves overseeing the lifecycle of these applications, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with broader strategic initiatives.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build strong relationships with end customers to understand workflows, identify pain points, and translate needs into product requirements across a diverse portfolio of AI applications
Define and maintain roadmaps across the portfolio, establishing scope, milestones, success metrics, and risks for each application. Ensure alignment with Digital, Marketing, and enterprise product stakeholders, with key commitments established within S1 2026
Own the intake, refinement, sizing, and prioritization of backlog items to maximize business value and impact to business teams within capacity constraints
Assess applications for sustain, expand, or integrate pathways; coordinate transitions with enterprise product owners when vertical integration is warranted
Partner with translators and UX to define problem statements, message flows, prompts, and UI specifications tailored to user requirements. Design taxonomy to map domain knowledge for each brand and business, ensuring readiness for iterative development
Ensure compliance with data access, model approvals, risk controls, brand, and regulatory requirements before development begins
Lead a cross-functional team of 6–10 (data science, ML engineering, full-stack, solution architecture, UX, agent ops, business translators) through iterative development cycles
Oversee release readiness including test plans, go/no-go decisions, stakeholder alignment, and deployment execution with engineering/DevOps
Conduct UAT and production smoke tests, validate guardrails and monitoring, and ensure systems meet SLOs/SLAs on latency, accuracy, availability, and cost
Partner with the Change Management & Training Lead and cross functional partners to support change management and drive adoption, providing input on training and communications while ensuring consistency of in-product guidance and messaging from the core product and marketing teams
Triage and resolve user issues, communicate updates and workarounds, and manage incident reporting trends
Track and report KPIs including adoption, relevance, business outcomes, and delivery predictability; continuously refine based on marketer and user feedback
Partner with enterprise product leads to evaluate and execute integration pathways when portfolio applications align with larger strategic initiatives
Foster a pod culture of clarity, speed, collaboration, and accountability to deliver measurable business impact
Qualification
Required
BA/BS with 12+ years of experience leading cross-functional commercial projects
Understanding of AI and machine learning frameworks and libraries
Experience in leading teams
Preferred
MBA/MS with 10+ years of experience; OR PhD or JD with 7+ years of experience
Experience with cloud platforms and tools for deploying AI models, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
Experience in AI development, including hands-on experience with designing, training, and deploying AI models
Ability to lead and inspire a team, fostering collaboration and innovation
Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and deliver projects on time
Excellent communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Strategic thinking to align AI initiatives with business goals and industry trends
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex challenges in AI development
Creativity to innovate and find novel solutions to problems
Understanding of ethical considerations and biases in AI, and commitment to developing responsible AI systems
Awareness of privacy and security issues related to AI and data handling
Understanding of marketing, brand management and commercial analytics to ensure relevant and impactful solutions
Benefits
Participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22,5% of the base salary
Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
Paid vacation
Holiday and personal days
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
Company
Pfizer
Pfizer is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines and vaccines.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$38BKey Investors
Starboard Value
2025-11-21Post Ipo Debt· $6B
2024-10-07Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2023-05-16Post Ipo Debt· $31B
Leadership Team
Albert Bourla
Chief Executive Officer
Ian Read
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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