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Site Head Groton Comparative Medicine

Position Purpose:
In the context of a matrix organization, leads the teams of animal health technicians and regulatory professionals at the Site to successfully deliver a compliant program of research animal care and welfare that optimally supports the goals and objectives for Pfizer.

Participates in strategy setting for the global Line and implementation of all Animal Care and Welfare activities.
Responsible for providing compliant and effective animal care and welfare at the site.
Sets the culture for Comparative Medicine across the site and supports the global line to ensure continuous improvement, striving to move beyond compliance to industry leadership in ethical animal research.
Optimizes organizational design at the site to ensure a sustainable career development path for all members of comparative Medicine and to create a strong customer service ethic.
Execution of a cost effective and ethical animal utilization and sourcing strategy across the Line.
Responsible for the security and safety of Comparative Medicine colleagues at the site.

Responsibilities
Leadership
•Develops and maintains a high quality and compliant program of research animal care and use that optimally supports the goals and objectives of the site through strong customer focus and effective collaborative delivery of science and service
•Fully participate and contribute to Worldwide Comparative Medicine Executive Team and its objectives

Laboratory Animal Medicine Program
•Provide technical expertise in field of Comparative Medicine, as required to meet site objectives
•Serve as a technical and information resource within across all “R” lines.

Communication
•Communicate laboratory activities/results internally and externally via presentations, reports and publications.
•Serves as site resource for local and global communications regarding animal welfare and animal research within Pfizer

Resource Management
•Develops and maintains high performance leadership team to deliver site goals
•Within the scope of available resources, proactively optimizes resource utilization among lines at the site through interdepartmental service-level agreements.
•Manage staff performance including providing training opportunities, coaching, evaluation, and maintenance of morale.
•Identify, recruit, and support staff, including career development.
•Provide for laboratory/vivarium safety

Regulatory Compliance
•Ensure full regulatory compliance with all local and national regulations and voluntary standards
•Responsible to ensure all matters related to reports, inspections and regulatory interaction solely or in conjunction with others are submitted as required
•Position serves as primary point of contact for site RQA relating to matters of audits, management, reporting, etc.

Education and Training:
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Minimal Education:
D.V.M.

Desirable Education: D.V.M.; advanced training in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science; Diplomate, ACLAM/ECLAM/or JCLAM; other Board certifications considered. Training and experience in leadership, supervisory and managerial skills in an industrial/business environment. A research degree such as MS or PhD is desirable.

WORK EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
Minimum: In-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements in working with research animals, experience in laboratory animal medicine and animal husbandry. Proven experience in leadership and strategic direction of multi level line. Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

OTHER ATTRIBUTES DESIRABLE:
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of applications of animal based research and testing and will be experienced in working across an organization and within a matrix structure organization. The candidate will have demonstrated ability to lead a complex and highly regulated technical organization. The candidate will have proven leadership capabilities for execution of local/global projects and demonstrate all Pfizer values. The candidate will be customer-centric, seeking feedback from the customer base and exceeding the expectations of the customer and global organization, with a proven ability to establish and maintain an internal and external network

Technical Competencies:
Knows the animal care and welfare business: experienced in laboratory animal medicine and care.
Strong understanding of applications and regulations of animal based research and testing.
Experienced in working across an organization and within a matrix structure organization.
Demonstrated ability to lead a complex and highly regulated technical organization.
Significant leadership of local/global projects.

Behavioral:
Lives the Pfizer Values.
Demonstrates skills in organization, communication, negotiation, prioritization, cross line collaboration and influencing.
Sets high scientific and managerial standards and promotes a performance based culture. Creates an inclusive and diverse culture.
Customer centric approach.

WWCM Vision
To work together with our partners to assure responsible stewardship of the animals under our care. To be recognized as a leader in the field of laboratory animal science and to use our talents to advance the discovery and development of new medicines. To lead in influencing and educating the external environment and enhance Pfizer’s reputation.

WWCM’s Strategic Imperatives
WWCM will achieve our vision by addressing five strategic imperatives:
Never waver from our pursuit of providing flawless animal care and welfare
Leverage our scale and expertise to harmonize and create efficiencies and flexibility as a global line
Collaborate with our partner lines to identify WWCM opportunities to support the Research strategy
Foster a culture of high colleague engagement
Educate relevant groups both within Pfizer and in the external environment about the value and need for Comparative Medicine

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 employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Pfizer in the U.S.

In certain circumstances it may be advantageous to Pfizer to support the application(s) for temporary visa classification and/or sponsor applications for permanent residence so that a foreign national colleague can accept or remain in a work assignment in the U. S. For certain classes of temporary visa, the resulting work authorization may be specific to Pfizer and the specific job and/or work site. Pfizer may at its business discretion decide to or refrain from obtaining, maintaining and/or extending the temporary visa status and/or sponsoring a colleague for permanent residence and /or employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified U.S. workers and the colleague's long-term prospects for securing lawful permanent residence, among other reasons.

Employment applicants requiring immigration sponsorship must disclose, when initial application for employment is made, whether or not they are legally authorized to work for Pfizer in the U.S. and, if so, whether that authorization permits them to work in the job they seek. In no case should Pfizer's support of a colleague's temporary visa application or sponsorship of a colleague for permanent residence be construed to guarantee success of that application or amend or otherwise invalidate the "at-will" employment relationship between the colleague and Pfizer.

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