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Role Description
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 methodologie s
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 solutions9.
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).
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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
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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.
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1591379
Updated: 2025-06-24 02:11:09.694 UTC
Location: Princeton-NJ
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