Director, Enterprise Program Leadership Strategy Realization

Working at Bristol Myers Squibb offers challenging, meaningful, and life-changing work. Employees contribute to transforming patients' lives through science, with opportunities for growth in a supportive culture. The Director, Enterprise Program Leadership Strategy Realization, leads initiatives to execute strategic imperatives, manages programs, provides expertise, tracks performance, and facilitates strategic change. This role ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget, focusing on value capture and continuous improvement.

Must Have

• Ensure successful execution of realization initiatives supporting BMS strategic imperatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise to divisional leaders and colleagues.
• Independently think through and analyze solutions to problems and develop initial hypotheses, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Coordinate initiative teams and SMO resources.
• Execute the planning, execution, and completion of projects within the enterprise program.
• Track performance metrics to evaluate the success of strategic initiatives.
• Ensure that programs deliver tangible benefits and measurable results.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and align teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Manage project and initiative communications.
• BS/BA, MBA or advanced degree in science or business.
• 2-5 years of management consulting experience supporting the pharma or life sciences industries, or equivalent experiences.
• Minimum of 10-12+ years of industry-related experience in pharma or life sciences, including operational excellence experience, data analytics, and/or programming including Python.
• Proven track record of developing clear action plans, executing/implementing such plans, and leading projects that have delivered value to the organization.
• Demonstrated results in large transformational efforts or complex consulting environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive organizational business outcomes.
• Ability to work with complex information and distill it into a framework that helps facilitate decision making.
• Demonstrated financial acumen and experience with financial systems, analytics, planning, forecasting, actuals and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability in navigating and thriving in complex matrix environments.
• Proficient in communication and presentation skills.
• Superior problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Strong financial and business planning skills.

Good to Have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Strong proficiency in data analytics tools and technologies, such as SQL, Python, R, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive benefits, services and programs.
• Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care.
• Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP).
• Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
• Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support.
• Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility.
• Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
• Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources.
• Tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

Life at BMS

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

The Director, Enterprise Program Leadership Strategy Realization, reports to the Vice President of the Strategy Management Office (SMO) and leads realization initiatives to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives. This role involves leading programs and projects, providing subject matter expertise, managing performance metrics, and facilitating strategic change execution. This role coordinates initiative teams and SMO resources, implement industry best practices, and partner with Initiative Leads and SMO Leaders. The Director will execute the planning, execution, and completion of projects; ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. Additionally, the Director will track performance metrics to evaluate the success of strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Program Leadership: Ensure successful execution of realization initiatives that support BMS strategic imperatives.
• Subject Matter Expertise and Problem Solving: Provide subject matter expertise to divisional leaders and colleagues. Independently think through and analyze solutions to problems and develop initial hypotheses, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Decision Oversite and Role Complexity: Independent actions in coordination with SMO VP on strategic direction and managing executive engagements. Coordinates initiative teams and SMO resources. Implements industry best practices and innovations to ensure world-class solutions and continuous improvement. Partners with Initiative Leads and SMO Leaders / colleagues.
• Project Management: Executes the planning, execution, and completion of projects within the enterprise program. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Performance Metrics and Reporting: Track performance metrics to evaluate the success of strategic initiatives. Present program outcomes and insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Value Capture: Ensure that programs deliver tangible benefits and measurable results. Monitor progress and highlight risks to performance.
• Strategic Change Execution: Facilitate stakeholder engagement and align teams to achieve strategic goals. Leverage change management techniques and industry best practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process enhancement and innovation. Drive continuous improvement.
• Communications: Manage project and initiative communications to drive engagement of key stakeholders and adoption of recommendations and solutions.

Qualifications and Experience

• BS/BA, MBA or advanced degree in science or business.
• 2-5 years of management consulting experience supporting the pharma or life sciences industries, or equivalent experiences.
• Minimum of 10-12+ years of industry-related experience in pharma or life sciences, including operational excellence experience (e.g. business process improvements, optimization of ways of working, etc.) data analytics, and/or programming including Python.
• Project Management Professional (preferred)
• Proven track record of developing clear action plans, executing/implementing such plans, and leading projects that have delivered value to the organization. PMMP preferred.
• Demonstrated results in large transformational efforts or complex consulting environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive organizational business outcomes.
• Ability to work with complex information and distill it into a framework that helps facilitate decision making.
• Demonstrated financial acumen and experience with financial systems, analytics, planning, forecasting, actuals and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability in navigating and thriving in complex matrix environments.
• Proficient in communication and presentation skills.
• Superior problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Strong financial and business planning skills.
• Preferred: strong proficiency in data analytics tools and technologies, such as SQL, Python, R, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Compensation Overview:

Princeton - NJ - US: $198,820 - $240,917

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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