Director, Enterprise Resilience and Business Continuity Program Lead

The Director, Enterprise Resilience and Business Continuity Lead is responsible for leading Pfizer’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and supporting the implementation of the company’s enterprise resilience strategy. In partnership with senior leaders, business divisions, and key risk functions, this role develops and implements practical tools, resources, and solutions to identify operational vulnerabilities, strengthen organizational preparedness, and enhance Pfizer’s ability to execute effective response, business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.

This role helps minimize material risk to the corporation while serving as a central connector across the key pillars, programs and stakeholders that support Pfizer’s broader resilience framework; included are Loss Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery.

The Director, Enterprise Resilience and Business Continuity Lead is responsible for leading Pfizer’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and supporting the implementation of the company’s enterprise resilience strategy. In partnership with senior leaders, business divisions, and key risk functions, this role develops and implements practical tools, resources, and solutions to identify operational vulnerabilities, strengthen organizational preparedness, and enhance Pfizer’s ability to execute effective response, business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.

This role helps minimize material risk to the corporation while serving as a central connector across the key pillars, programs and stakeholders that support Pfizer’s broader resilience framework; included are Loss Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery.

• Lead Pfizer’s global Business Continuity Management program within the enterprise resilience framework by promoting consistent standards, shared learning, common technology platforms, strong metrics, and continuous improvement across the corporation.
• Maintain and continuously improve Pfizer’s BCM framework, including methodology, tools, guidance, reporting, and governance processes, while promoting active leadership engagement across businesses and functions.
• Provide direct implementation support and subject matter expertise to sites and functions, helping teams develop, implement, test, and maintain effective, integrated resilience programs and business continuity plans aligned with Pfizer’s framework.
• Provide cross-functional leadership and coordination across Pfizer’s enterprise resilience pillars, including loss prevention, emergency preparedness, crisis management, business continuity, and disaster recovery—to ensure an integrated, consistent, and effective approach to preparedness, response, and recovery
• Conduct and review horizon scanning across Pfizer’s enterprise resilience pillars to identify emerging risks in alignment with the Pfizer Resilience Center (PRC), threats, and dependencies; assess potential operational impacts; advise stakeholders on mitigation priorities;
• Lead an operational resilience process that includes regular operational risk reviews; communicates key risks, trends, and recommended actions to leadership through an operational resilience model. Also included will be tracking and status updates of actual events that impact site or Pfizer’s operations globally.
• Participate as a member of Pfizer’s Corporate Crisis Management Team, supporting enterprise response to incidents and, when required, deploying virtually or in person to assist with response/ crisis management coordination, business continuity, recovery planning, and restoration of critical operations
• Plan, lead, and implement enterprise-wide resilience…