Pfizer

Manager, NeoPLM Technical Delivery Lead

India - Chennai Full time

Digital is helping Pfizer Global Supply win the digital race in pharma and create breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Digital provides innovative digital solutions that unleash the power of our people by allowing them to focus their time and attention on value-add tasks. Our solutions accelerate key PGS initiatives and help PGS sites realize benefits of continuous improvement more rapidly. 

The Digital Manufacturing team enables a world-class manufacturing and supply chain organization by increasing visibility and efficiency across diverse systems and processes, and delivering predictive analytics and insights. The team supports Pfizer’s Core Manufacturing & Engineering Solutions, while enabling a secure, seamless flow of contextualized data from the device & control levels, all the way to the top of the Enterprise. Our goal is to create persona driven, connected experiences across our shop floors to predict and optimize operations, while providing intelligence, and real-time insights to operators. Key functional areas: 

  • Strategy & Operation Excellence 

  • Global Supply Engineering & Sustainment 

  • Manufacturing Operations Solutions 

  • E2E Network Solutions 

 

The NeoPLM Technical Delivery Lead is responsible for the technical leadership, coordination, and execution of NeoPLM platform deployments and enhancements across Pfizer’s manufacturing network. This role ensures the successful delivery of NeoPLM solutions, driving standardisation, integration, and continuous improvement in product lifecycle management processes. The manager collaborates closely with site teams and cross-functional partners to enable successful deployment and ongoing optimisation of NeoPLM capabilities.  

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES  

The NeoPLM Technical Delivery Lead – MOS’s colleague’s responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Lead NeoPLM Technical Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end technical delivery of NeoPLM platform, ensuring robust architecture, integration, and compliance with Pfizer’s digital standards.  

Develop and Execute Deployment Roadmaps: Create and manage detailed delivery plans for NeoPLM rollouts, upgrades, and enhancements, tailored to site and business requirements.  

Coordinate Pre-Deployment Readiness: Drive all preparation activities—including stakeholder alignment, gap analysis, integration scoping, and process mapping—to ensure sites are fully prepared for NeoPLM implementation.  

Facilitate Cross-Functional Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted partnerships with site operations, quality, engineering, and automation teams to ensure shared ownership of the NeoPLM strategy, scope, and launch approach.  

Track Progress Against Milestones: Monitor and communicate progress against delivery milestones, escalating risks or blockers as needed.  

Governance & Reporting: Participate in delivery committees and bi-weekly reporting cadences to track progress, escalate issues, and refine strategy. 

Embed Delivery Accelerators: Contribute to and implement repeatable technical accelerators—such as playbooks, reusable templates, standard integration channels, and automation tools—to drive greater standardisation and programme acceleration. 

Manage Budget Inputs: Support financial planning for NeoPLM delivery by estimating costs, resource planning, and flagging potential variances to senior team members. 

Training & Enablement: Support onboarding andtraining efforts, and role-based access provisioning for NeoPLM users.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS   

  • BS in Engineering or Technology based subjects(s) or equivalent experience. 

  • 4+ years related work experience, 1-3 years of which would preferably be in a Global Solution environment focused on the build and deployment of Product Lifecycle Deployment (PLM). 

  • Relevant domain experience in manufacturing and/or quality operations. 

  • Experience in all stages of solution and application lifecycle from value analysis, business case development, and solution deployment through to value realization and system retirement is a significant advantage. 

  • Ability to work across multiple concurrent activities and successfully adapt to changing priorities as required. 

  • An understanding of system cGMP requirements and demonstrable knowledge of computer system design and maintenance lifecycle in cGMP environments. 

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  

  • Experience working with Neo PLM  

  • Experience with Agile Software Delivery as a Product Owner. 

  • Hands on experience in a manufacturing facility. 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS 

  • Ability to manage many parallel objectives and changing priorities. 

  • Understanding complex interrelationships between system components and design/implementation decisions. 

 

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS  

  • Due to the need to support global operations, the employee may be required to attend teleconference meetings that are outside of core work hours in IST. 

  • Ability to travel up to 25% 


Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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