Director, Cloud Engineering

ROLE SUMMARY
At the heart of Pfizer's Digital transformation sits Global Cloud Services, delivering modern cloud platforms, engineering capabilities, and operational excellence that directly shape business outcomes across the enterprise.
We are seeking a Director of Cloud Engineering to lead our multi cloud strategy and engineering organization within Pfizer Digital. This role operates on a global scale, driving cloud modernization, platform reliability, and engineering innovation that supports Pfizer's mission of delivering breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
The Director of Cloud Engineering is a strategic technical leader responsible for shaping cloud architecture direction, evolving engineering practices, and ensuring our cloud platforms remain secure, compliant, scalable, and efficient. The ideal candidate brings deep multi cloud expertise , proven experience leading high performing engineering teams, and the ability to influence across a large, complex, matrixed enterprise.
Pfizer seeks individuals who are transformational, curious, and committed to continuous growth - leaders who bring passion for technology, empowerment of teams, and operational excellence.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Define, evolve, and communicate Pfizer's multi-cloud engineering strategy and roadmap.

• Partner with security, engineering, and business leaders to align cloud capabilities with enterprise objectives .

• Lead the adoption of modern cloud-native architectures and engineering patterns across Pfizer Digital.

Team & Organizational Leadership

• Lead and develop multiple teams of cloud engineers, technical leads

• Build a culture of innovation, learning, accountability, and engineering excellence.

• Mentor senior engineers and emerging leaders, growing the next generation of technical talent.

Technical Ownership & Architecture

• Oversee the design and governance of standards for multi-cloud infrastructure, including networking, security, identity, observability, and platform automation.

• Drive consistent adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Python) and platform automation via Spacelift or equivalent tooling.

• Establish reusable cloud design patterns and reference architectures that accelerate product teams and reduce technical debt.

Operational Excellence & Security

• Maintain a secure, compliant, and resilient hosting environment supporting business-critical systems.

• Collaborate with SRE, security, and operations teams to enhance reliability, performance, and cloud posture.

• Serve as senior escalation point for high impact cloud incidents (minimal hands on operational work).

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay ahead of emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to drive platform modernization.

• Champion automation-first approaches, improving delivery speed, repeatability, and consistency.

• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering, architecture, and operations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with global engineering, application development, cybersecurity, and compliance teams to deliver seamless end to end cloud capabilities.

• Support business units and product teams in adopting best practice cloud architectures and cloud native services.

• Represent Cloud Services in architecture forums, governance councils, and strategic investment discussions.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science , Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.

• 10-15+ years of experience in cloud or software engineering, platform architecture, or infrastructure leadership roles.

• At least 5 years leading multiple engineering teams or large, complex technical organizations.

• Deep expertise across at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with strong multi-cloud familiarity.

• Expert-level experience designing and deploying infrastructure using IaC tools.

• Strong programming and automation experience (Python preferred).

• Proven track record influencing across large matrixed organizations.

• Strong leadership capabilities, with experience coaching and developing senior engineers.

• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, define long-term strategy, and deliver high value outcomes.

• Customer centric mindset with the ability to align cloud capabilities to business needs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi-cloud architectural experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Experience defining enterprise cloud standards and governance frameworks.

• Expertise with Spacelift or similar IaC automation platforms.

• Contributions to open-source cloud or infrastructure tooling.

• Advanced cloud certifications (AWS SA Pro , GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert).

• Experience working in global organizations with distributed engineering teams.

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!
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