Job Description
A career at Pfizer offers opportunity, ownership and impact.
All over the world, Pfizer colleagues work together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere. Our colleagues have the opportunity to grow and develop a career that offers both individual and company success; be part of an ownership culture that values diversity and where all colleagues are energized and engaged; and the ability to impact the health and lives of millions of people. Pfizer, a global leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, is continuously seeking top talent who are inspired by our purpose to innovate to bring therapies to patients that significantly improve their lives.
Right now, we are seeking highly qualified candidates to fill the position:
Senior Director (m/f/d) Clinical Site Operations Germany
Location: Berlin, Germany
Are you a visionary leader in clinical research ready to drive global impact? Pfizer is seeking a Senior Director of Clinical Site Operations to lead strategic initiatives and operational excellence across our worldwide clinical trial network.
As Senior Director, you will be responsible for overseeing site operations in Germany, ensuring the successful start-up, management, and monitoring of clinical trials. You will lead a diverse team of Site Care Partners and Site Monitors, manage external partnerships (e.g., CROs, FSPs), and collaborate cross-functionally with global stakeholders to ensure quality, compliance, and patient safety.
You will also:
- Shape and implement global strategies for site operations and trial delivery.
- Serve as a key point of contact for regional Medical Affairs and regulatory bodies.
- Influence clinical development environments through industry engagement and innovation.
- Drive performance metrics, resource planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Several years of experience in clinical research, with leadership roles in multinational pharmaceutical or CRO settings.
- Education: MD degree with PhD preferred
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead large, cross-regional teams and manage complex portfolios.
- Expertise: Deep knowledge of clinical trial methodologies, regulatory frameworks, and GCP.
- Skills: Strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, change leadership, and budget management.
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives - In order to fulfill our corporate purpose, a value-oriented corporate culture guides our actions. Pfizer's values are: Courage, Excellence, Equity & Joy.
Courage: One bold way we are achieving our goals is our company-wide digital transformation strategy. Our flat hierarchies enable short decision-making paths.
Excellence: We focus on what is really important, take responsibility, measure progress and work together in a spirit of trust. Together we rely on an agile way of working that encourages our employees to balance their private and work lives and to promote personal development.
Equity: We believe that different experiences are valuable, which is why every opinion is heard and valued. These experiences and opinions enrich the entire company. In this way, we promote a diverse and inclusive working environment in which colleagues in various Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) working groups such as, e.g. Engage Empowered Women, LGBT*IQ , DisAbility, X-Gen.
Joy: If we experience our work as meaningful, we get a lot in return. We achieve this by being proud of the contribution we make, appreciating each other and sharing this with joy and recognition. Our BRAVO Award program gives us an appreciative opportunity to do so. Our employees benefit from a comprehensive company health management "Pfizer in Balance" also during working hours.
Living our values extends well-beyond the workplace, you get the opportunity to support people in need and to carry out our efforts around diversity, inclusion & equity, environmental sustainability and against any form of exclusion through volunteering e.g., during our annual engagement days.
For us, it goes without saying that we offer fair remuneration in accordance with the IG BCE framework collective agreement, as well as a pension scheme and many other attractive benefits.