Pfizer is an American based multinational pharmaceutical company that produces and sells a variety of pharmaceutical drugs. The company is well known for producing the drugs Lipitor, Advil, Zoloft, Xanax, and Viagra among other drugs. The company was founded in 1849 and is currently headquartered in New York City. They currently employ around 70,000 people all over the world. They are many different positions available at Pfizer, we are going to take a look at the highest paying careers. It’s hard to find clear data on the exact pay for each position, as it often varies, however through research we found some estimates. The following numbers are average yearly salaries, and do not include bonuses and stock options.
5. Assistant General Counsel – $275,000
The General Counsel of a company is their chief executive lawyer who is in charge of all the legal proceedings the company does. At Pfizer the Assistant General Counsel receives a salary around $275,000 a year and works under the General Counsel. The General Counsel and the Assistant General Counsel work together to make sure the company can adequately deal with their legal business such as contracts, insurance, and copyright law, for example.
4. Vice President of Marketing – $280,000
The average salary of the Vice President of Marketing at Pfizer earns around $280,000 dollars a year. The vice president reports directly to the CEO of the company. They are responsible for leading the marketing efforts of the company for both business to business marketing and business to consumer marketing.
3. Vice President of Strategy – $290,000
Next up our list of highest paid careers at Pfizer is the Vice President of Strategy. The Vice President of Strategy is a very important position at any company, regardless of the industry they operate in. It is up to this person to plan, create, define, and organize the strategic business goals of the company. This is the person who comes up with some of the big ideas regarding how to take the company further and not only how to achieve strategic goals, but also how to implement them.
2. Vice President – $450,000
The Vice President of the company is the second in command and reports directly to the CEO of the company. The Vice President is responsible for a variety of business operations and helps oversee the various departments of the company. At Pfizer the average salary is around $450,000 for this position.
1. Chief Executive Officer – $1,700,000
The CEO is the head officer of the company and is the number 1 guy in charge. It is hard to find information about what the CEO of Pfizer, Ian Read, makes however information from 2013 indicates that he earned $1.7 million dollars last year in salary. His salary actually only makes a small percentage of his earnings as a large bit comes from bonuses, stock options, perks, pensions, and deferred compensation.
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