Director, Cloud Migrations

About the role

Pfizer is looking for a Director of Cloud Migrations to plan, execute and govern large-scale migrations of applications, platforms and data from on-premises and legacy environments to the cloud. The role ensures migrations are secure, repeatable, business-aligned and value-driven, while minimizing risk and disruption. It works closely with Application, Infrastructure, Security and Business stakeholders to deliver complex migration programs across regions and portfolios. The work location is hybrid.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise cloud migration strategy, roadmap and standards, and lead large-scale application, platform and data migration programs across regions
• Ensure consistent use of migration patterns (re-host, re-platform, re-architect, retire)
• Establish migration factories, playbooks and repeatable delivery models, and oversee sequencing, dependency management and risk mitigation
• Track progress, outcomes and value realization across migration waves
• Ensure security, compliance and operational readiness are built into migration designs, and that migrated workloads meet performance, resilience and cost objectives
• Act as senior point of accountability for migration commitments, communicate progress, risks and outcomes to executives, and align migrations with business priorities
• Build migration expertise, standards and institutional knowledge, and foster collaboration across engineering, operations and application teams

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or equivalent experience
• 10-15+ years in cloud, infrastructure or application modernization roles
• Proven experience leading large, complex cloud migration programs
• Deep knowledge of cloud migration tools, frameworks and patterns
• Strong multi-cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Preferred: experience migrating regulated, mission-critical workloads; strong understanding of application portfolios, dependency mapping and data migration; ability to balance speed, risk and quality in large-scale transformation initiatives.