Manager, Developer

ROLE SUMMARY

At Pfizer we make medicines and vaccines that change patients' lives with a global reach of over 780 million patients. Pfizer Digital is the organization charged with winning the digital race in the pharmaceutical industry. We apply our expertise in technology, innovation, and our business to support Pfizer in this mission.

The Manager, Developer will be on a team responsible for executing the technical strategies, architecture, system designs, solutions development and support as it relates to the Pfizer’s Manufacturing Production System and some of the major COVID-19 Vaccine Production initiatives.

The colleague will be accountable for executing application engineering, development and support activities within the team.  The role requires ability to understand and implement the product owners’ vision, requirements and user stories while considering the appropriate user experience as well as application engineering best practices. 

This position requires a blend of expertise across Enterprise Strategy, Design, Build, Testing, Operation, Governance, Software Architecture, Change & Release Management, Cloud Technologies, Cross Functional Partnership Support, and Leadership – along with in-depth latest cutting-edge technologies.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Manager, Developer’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work in a collaborative team comprising of Microservices Engineering, Data Engineering and Solution Engineering
• Design, engineer, develop comprehensive apps and solutions using Kubernetes, containers, microservices, open source, CI/CD and other aspects of modern cloud architecture and DevOps techniques
• Participate in executing the technical and architecture strategies and roadmaps across Digital Production Systems as defined by Engineering Leadership
• Be involved with executing architectures, strategies, design and delivery using Scrum agile development methodology
• Ensure quality software is delivered on time within a fast-paced agile environment
• Understand business customers’ expectations and preferences and their alignment to digital
• Support day-to-day transformation needs and issue investigation and resolution
• Implement process improvements, enforcement of adherence to standards across the organization and compliance with industry regulations
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across PGS, Digital and Strategic Partner
• Develop the module(s) owned according to the defined coding & testing standards
• Fix bugs, both within the current development train and corresponding Production defects
• Support planning activities for the upcoming Product Increments

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
• Working experience in engineering and technical delivery of the cloud-based solutions created in modern programming languages/frameworks: Angular, .NET
• Working experience with database systems: PostgreSQL, SQL Server
• Expertise in utilizing DevOps tools such as DevOps Azure/Git, Docker, SonarQube
• Experience with production deployments of complex systems
• Experience with an industry accepted structured software development life cycle methodology
• Experience supporting the development of complex software products including the deployment of multiple versions / releases of a large product
• Ability to contribute to technical specifications, technical design documentation, process documentation and technical SOPs for the software development team
• Experience working in teams to address software defect analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution 
• Excellent communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Pharmaceutical Experience
• Working experience with AWS technologies such as EC2, EBS, S3, RDS
• Working experience with MongoDB
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python
• Working experience with D3.js

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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.

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