Investment Lead

Purpose Own the strategic direction and front end of the Pfizer International investment system: co-develop how markets move towards the AI-native commercial model, convert that direction into the investment thesis, and determine what enters the funnel and reaches the Investment Committee. The role ensures that capital is directed towards the most important opportunities rather than merely processing the opportunities that happen to arrive.   Key accountabilities ·       Co-develop market-level AI-native roadmaps with country presidents, cluster presidents, therapeutic area leaders and other senior market stakeholders. Translate the common AI-native ambition into a clear view of the capabilities and investment priorities relevant to each market archetype and context. ·       Own and continuously evolve the investment thesis for International Commercial Digital & AI. Define the strategic arenas, market needs and portfolio white spaces where the organisation should seek opportunities and deploy capital, using evidence from markets, the external environment and portfolio performance. ·       Convert the strategy into an active opportunity agenda. Identify where the organisation should commission internal proposals, ask Ecosystem & Partnerships to source external options, or challenge markets and functions to address a strategic gap rather than waiting for ideas to enter the funnel. ·       Own intake and triage across market-referred, open internal submission and externally generated opportunities, and maintain one portfolio backlog. ·       Produce the investment memo for every proposal that reaches the Committee: hypothesis, expected impact, investment, accountable owner, principal risks and the result that would stop it. Own the standard and quality, including where source material is incomplete. ·       Write the recommendation, counterfactual and open questions on every memo, across internal and external paths, so the Committee receives one coherent strategic voice across the portfolio. ·       Run the Committee governance: investment memos circulated 1 week in advance, decision log and follow-through on conditions attached to approval. ·       Maintain institutional memory in a system rather than in individuals: every decision and decline with reasoning, searchable and fed back into the investment thesis and future triage. ·       Identify patterns across markets, functions, submissions and decisions, and convert them into changes in strategic direction, portfolio priorities or commissioned opportunities. ·       Own end-to-end programme and project management for strategy development and the investment process: plan the market-roadmap and gate cycles, manage dependencies, surface risks, escalate unresolved issues, track decisions to closure and ensure accountable owners complete agreed actions.   Decision rights Determines the investment thesis, strategic fit criteria, intake priorities and where the organisation should actively seek or commission opportunities, within the strategic direction set by the VP and leadership team. Declines proposals at screen stage without reference to the Committee. Determines what reaches the Committee agenda and when, and sets and enforces the memo, evidence and intake standards. The Investment Committee retains funding, stage-gate and continuation decisions.   Required experience and capabilities ·       Extensive relevant experience in commercial strategy, portfolio strategy, corporate strategy, investment governance, venture capital, business development or a related field; (with further experience for candidates without an advanced degree). ·       Exceptional pattern recognition across markets, cases and functions, with the ability to turn scattered signals into a coherent investment thesi