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Role Summary\nThe Manager is a delivery owner within Data Engineering & Semantics, and may be assigned to a specific capability or deployed into a cross-functional CEI POD based on portfolio priorities.\nThe role combines hands-on data engineering, data product and data quality delivery with backlog, quality, readiness and stakeholder accountability, including delivery of the AICL CL layer.\n2. Key Accountabilities\nManage day-to-day delivery for assigned data engineering, data product, semantic or data-quality outcomes.\nOwn day-to-day delivery of Data Engineering across L1-L4 - ingestion, integration, transformation, storage and serving for structured, unstructured and knowledge data, and reporting and business intelligence foundations.\nOwn day-to-day delivery of reusable, governed data products and data agents, including the CL layer of the AI Empowered Consumption Layer (AICL) and agent-facing data contracts.\nOwn day-to-day delivery of technical semantics - semantic models, metadata, taxonomies and technical mappings that implement DSM-approved business definitions and harmonized KPIs.\nOwn day-to-day delivery of Data Trust & Reliability Engineering - technical data governance controls, shift-left data quality checks, lineage, observability and China data, privacy and cross-border controls.\nMaintain clear backlog, dependencies, risks, acceptance criteria, test evidence, documentation and transition plans.\nCoordinate with GCA DSM on definitions and issue resolution, with Enterprise Engineering, PIC and partners on productionization, and coach Senior Associates.\n3. Required Capabilities & Competencies\nModern data engineering, data architecture, data products and reporting and business intelligence foundations.\nHands-on proficiency in one or more mainstream BI platforms (e.g. Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense or SAP Analytics Cloud), including data connectivity and integration, semantic modeling, dashboard and report development, access controls, refresh management and performance optimization, implementing DSM-approved business definitions and KPIs.\nSemantic modeling, metadata, taxonomy and ontology; knowledge and unstructured data engineering; data enablement for AI retrieval and agents.\nTechnical data governance, data quality, lineage and observability, and China data privacy and cross-border controls.\nOutcome ownership: connects decisions to measurable business, user, service and transformation outcomes.\nAI-first and enterprise-minded: applies responsible AI, reuse, architecture, security, privacy and scale principles appropriate to the work.\nPOD collaboration: enables clear accountability, effective cross-functional execution and minimal handoff friction across GCA DSM, AITO, Enterprise Engineering, PIC and CEI PODs.\nPrecision and learning: communicates clearly, documents decisions, uses evidence and telemetry and continuously improves delivery.\nBachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems or a related computing discipline.\n8+ years of progressive relevant experience based on a bachelor’s degree, where a master’s or doctoral degree may reduce the years required, with scope and judgment consistent with this role.\nAgile delivery, product metrics, adoption measurement and evidence-based iteration. Agile and product certifications are preferred (e.g. CSPO / PSPO, CSM / PSM, and SAFe POPM or SAFe Agilist for scaled-agile environments).\nDemonstrated ability to work across business, product, technology, data and governance stakeholders in a matrixed environment.\nExperience in the pharmaceutical or another highly regulated industry, and the China technology, data, privacy or vendor environment, is preferred.\n4. Key Collaboration\nThe role works with the Director, Data Engineering & Semantics and team colleagues, CEI PODs and PIC. GCA Data Strategy & Management (DSM) owns AICL business requirements, business definitions, unified KPIs, master data business rules and business stewardship; this team owns the corresponding technical implementation and the AICL CL layer. The role delivers AICL as one POD with the AITO AI engineering team (AI layer) and GCA DSM, works with AITO AI Platform & Foundation on data access to the China AI platform, partners with Enterprise Engineering, Deployment & Operations for production integration, and engages global data teams and privacy, legal and compliance stakeholders.\n5. Measures of Success\nTimely, high-quality delivery of governed, reusable data products, semantic models and the AICL CL layer.\nConsistent implementation of DSM-approved business definitions and harmonized KPIs across reporting, analytics and AI.\nImproved data quality, lineage, observability and adherence to China data and privacy requirements.\nFaster POD delivery through trusted, reusable and AI-ready data.\nPfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.\nTo learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.\nInformation & Business Tech","description_format":"text","description_chars":5198,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Oncology Therapeutics","Infectious Disease Therapeutics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-11T12:48:11Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T08:44:32Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/pfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/pfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T08:44:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17631,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3480},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3480"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fpfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fpfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fpfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/pfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fpfizer-manager-data-engineering-semantics"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4069040}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"pfizer.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4069040},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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