Director, AI Capabilities & Enablement Lead

ROLE SUMMARY

The Director, AI Capabilities & Enablement Lead reports directly to the AI Strategy & Realization Lead within PGS Data, Analytics & AI Transformation. This role owns citizen development, workforce readiness, and community of practice strategy across PGS.  This leader partners closely with the Fluency & Responsible AI teams to align programs and drive adoption of responsible, well-governed AI use together, while leading the team that builds out strong communities of practice across the AI Strategy & Realization.

This role defines and scales the operating model that enables colleagues to effectively and responsibly leverage enterprise AI capabilities, including Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Cowork, and future strategic platforms. The leader owns the build-out of Claude Skills, Gems, Power BI, and Copilot agents, and drives awareness of these tools and capabilities, while working closely with Digital to establish and grow the guild platform across PGS.

As the leader of AI capabilities and enablement, this role oversees the development of enterprise-wide communities of practice, guilds, and citizen development networks that drive knowledge sharing, innovation, reuse, and workforce transformation. The role partners extensively with Digital, AI Fluency, Responsible AI, Data Engineering, Enterprise Analytics, and business leadership teams to translate emerging AI capabilities into scalable organizational adoption and measurable business value across PGS.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and execute the strategy and build-out of strong communities of practice across the AI Strategy & Realization team and the broader PGS Data, Analytics & AI Transformation organization.

• Own the program structure and framework for capabilities and enablement for enterprise AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Cowork, bringing citizen development, workforce readiness, and community of practice.

• Establish capability-building pathways, standards, and governance mechanisms that enable colleagues to safely design, prototype, and scale AI-enabled solutions.

• Drive adoption of citizen development capabilities while ensuring alignment with Responsible AI, digital governance, security, and quality expectations.

• Lead the build-out of Claude Skills, Gems, Power BI, and Copilot agents, establishing the standards and patterns that let colleagues build safely and efficiently. Establish capability-building pathways, standards, and governance mechanisms that enable colleagues to safely design, prototype, and scale AI-enabled solutions

• Partner with the AI Fluency and Responsible AI team establish and lead a scalable network of communities of practice, guilds, and practitioner forums that accelerate knowledge sharing, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration including Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Cowork, across PGS.

• Partner with Data, Analytics & AI Transformation team to promote fluency of native tools, vibe-coding, and prototyping.

• Work closely with Digital to establish and grow the guild platform across PGS, ensuring it serves as a durable home for community content, discussion, and reuse.

• Work across AI platforms and engineering teams to take prototypes to MVPs and beyond, ensuring citizen-built solutions have a clear path to production-grade capability.

• Curate and drive awareness and utilization of reusable assets, playbooks, prompts, and success stories generated by the community, reducing duplicate effort and accelerating capability adoption across PGS.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience; OR a master's degree with at least 7 years of experience.

• Demonstrated experience building and scaling communities of practice, citizen development programs, guilds, or similar enablement functions within a large, matrixed organization.

• Strong knowledge of and hands-on familiarity with enterprise generative AI tools including Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Cowork, including native capabilities like skills, agents, Gems, and custom assistants, as well as low-code/BI tools such as Power BI.

• Proven experience building, leading, and developing a team, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.

• Significant experience partnering with senior executives and enterprise stakeholders to define strategy, influence priorities, and lead large-scale transformation initiatives.

• Ability to partner effectively with fluency, governance, and Digital/technology teams to align program design with enterprise standards and platforms.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to operate confidently with senior leaders across the enterprise.

• Strong Pfizer colleague network, particularly across PGS, Digital, and AI Fluency teams, with a track record of forming partnerships to accomplish common goals in highly complex areas.

• Experience launching or running an enterprise guild, community platform, or similar peer-network initiative.

• Familiarity with Pfizer's citizen development and responsible AI governance frameworks.

• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or supply chain operations.

• Proven program management capability, with experience successfully executing initiatives across large, globally distributed teams.

• Experience defining adoption metrics, capability maturity models, and value-realization frameworks for enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills capable of influencing senior leadership audiences.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the year.

• Willingness to work off-hours to accommodate global time zones and support community members and stakeholders across sites.

• Willingness to work extended or non-standard hours during peak periods, such as major community events, tool launches, or enablement campaigns.

OTHER INFORMATION

Last Date to Apply: October 28, 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.

 

 

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

 

 

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.

 

 

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