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Pfizer INC

Director, Data Engineering & Semantics数据工程和语义总监-上海/北京/杭州/大连

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  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Pfizer INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “CLINICAL STATISTICIAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR” (Data Scientists) in MA: $183k–$183k, median $183k.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Employer is on a government sponsor record
The US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Pfizer INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
1 certified filing for “CLINICAL STATISTICIAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR” (Data Scientists) in MA: $183k–$183k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

Director, Data Engineering & Semantics — China Role Snapshot Function / Team: Commercial Excellence & Innovation (CEI) - Digital & Technology (Data Engineering & Semantics) Location:  China Grade / Level: Director Reports to: Digital & Technology Head (D&T Head)   1. Role Summary The Director leads the Data Engineering & Semantics capability that provides trusted, governed and AI-ready data for analytics, digital products and AI solutions across Pfizer China commercial operations. The role owns data engineering, reporting and business intelligence foundations, knowledge and unstructured data engineering, technical semantic models, technical data quality and observability, technical data governance controls, reusable data agents, and AI Consumption Layer (AICL) delivery. It translates business definitions, harmonized KPIs, master data business rules and business data governance requirements into scalable technical solutions. This leader ensures CEI PODs work from one consistent and compliant data foundation, aligned with enterprise data standards and China data and privacy requirements. 2. Key Accountabilities • Define and execute the China technical roadmap for data engineering and semantic implementation, aligned with DSM-led business requirements, CEI priorities, enterprise data strategy and global Digital & Technology standards. • Lead standardized data engineering across ingestion, integration, transformation, storage and serving for structured, unstructured and knowledge data. • Translate business definitions, harmonized KPIs and taxonomies into reusable semantic models, metadata and technical mappings across reporting, analytics and AI. • Build reusable data products, reporting and business intelligence foundations and data agents that improve discoverability, interoperability and reuse. • Own AICL technical delivery against business requirements and priorities, connecting governed data, semantic models and knowledge assets with the China LLM foundation for consistent, secure and scalable consumption by business teams and PODs. • Implement technical data governance controls, lineage, observability and data quality checks based on business governance requirements; resolve technical issues and support DSM-led business stewardship. • Ensure data handling meets China data, privacy and cross-border requirements, partnering with privacy, legal and compliance stakeholders. • Enable AITO and CEI PODs with trusted data, technical implementation of semantic standards and data engineering specialists from MVP scoping through scale. • Lead and develop data engineering, technical semantics and technical data governance talent, balancing foundation build with priority business demand. 3. Required Capabilities & Competencies (a) Critical Capabilities & Qualifications • Enterprise data strategy, modern data engineering, data architecture, data products and reporting and business intelligence foundations. • Semantic modeling, metadata, taxonomy and ontology; technical integration of master and reference data in line with DSM-defined business rules; and knowledge and unstructured data engineering. • Technical implementation of business data governance requirements, support for business stewardship, data quality controls, lineage, observability and China data privacy and cross-border controls. • Data enablement for AI, including retrieval, knowledge grounding, data access for agents, reusable data agents and AI consumption layer delivery. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems or a closely related discipline; an advanced technical or business degree is preferred. • Typically 15+ years of progressive relevant experience, including several years leading teams and delivery at s

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