Operations Lead, Clinical Development & Innovation

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Purpose:

The Clinical Development Operations Associate is an innovative professional-track position supporting the I&I Clinical Excellence & Innovation organization within Pfizer Research & Development. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this individual will provide operational, project coordination, communication, and business support to clinical development leadership and key departmental initiatives. Operating within a modern, AI-enabled work environment, the Associate will leverage productivity tools, workflow automation platforms, and data analytics technologies to improve operational effectiveness, streamline processes, and support efficient execution of departmental and business priorities.

These tools will allow efficiencies and the ability to streamline redundant tasks. The role provides unique exposure to clinical development leadership and serves as a structured 24-month career launchpad for high-potential early-career professionals. Through direct engagement with clinical development leadership and participation in key operational activities, the Associate will develop foundational skills and experiences that support future career opportunities and enterprise roles in Clinical Development, Clinical Sciences, Business Operations, Innovation, and broader Pfizer Research & Development functions.

• Design and manage leadership team meetings, decision forums, agenda setting, and action tracking.
• Connect work across teams, remove barriers, and ensure alignment on shared priorities.
• Coordinate and manage complex workflow for Clinical Development leadership.
• Organize leadership meetings, prepare agendas, coordinate materials, capture actions, and track completion of deliverables.
• Support preparation of presentations, communications, reports, and leadership updates.
• Facilitate team activities, onboarding coordination, and departmental operational processes.
• Act as AI coach and partner to facilitate adoption of tools.
• Liaison between Enterprise AI teams and I&I Development teams to facilitate AI integration in day to day activities.

• Support departmental operational initiatives, project plans, milestone tracking, and leadership team priorities.
• Assist in the development, maintenance, and coordination of operational dashboards, reporting processes, and business metrics.
• Surface insights for leadership.
• Monitor timelines, deliverables, and key work streams, proactively identifying risks and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Support onboarding and offboarding activities for new employees and team members.
• Own or drive special projects, transformation efforts, organizational initiatives, or strategic work streams.

• Assist with departmental budget tracking and expenditure monitoring.
• Coordinate purchase requests, invoices, vendor engagements, and contract administration activities.
• Maintain records of consulting agreements, vendor relationships, and departmental operational documentation.
• Partner with Portfolio and Operations, Finance and Business Operations colleagues to support financial management processes.

• Draft leadership messaging, town hall content, updates, talking points, and stakeholder communications.
• Leverage AI-enabled productivity tools, workflow automation platforms, and analytics solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Draft and coordinate internal communications, newsletters, town hall materials, leadership updates, and recognition communications.
• Support maintenance and modernization of SharePoint sites, Microsoft Teams channels, organizational information repositories, and department knowledge management resources.
• Serve as a collaborative point of contact across Clinical Development, Finance, HR, Pfizer Digital, and other cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Support adoption of new tools, processes, operating models, or strategic shifts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences(…