Director, Cloud Engineering
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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 enhancereliability, 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.
- 8+ 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.
- Demonstrated ability to work in an agile work environment possessing qualities such as a collaborative mindset, adaptability to change, and a proactive problem-solving approach.
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.
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Last Date to Apply for Job: 11/25/2026
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $176,600.00 to $294,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 20.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
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EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
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