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The Head of Strategy and Business Operations leads a team that creates and drives strategy and operations across Global Biometrics & Data Sciences (GBDS) while also serving as Chief of Staff to the Head of GBDS. This role leads the strategic and business operations imperatives for scientific innovation, portfolio delivery, and talent optimization across all the GBDS functions.
The accountabilities include driving performance for the organization combined with a cross functional R&D collaborative approach to enable optimized portfolio delivery for BMS. Facilitates the use of data, digital, and technology to ensure strategic innovation in our drug development, predictable portfolio delivery with quality, speed, and cost efficiencies, proactive leadership engagement to ensure agility in priorities, fast rigorous and disciplined decision making, and an ecosystem of disruptive AI technologies. This role will lead strategic and business operations oversight through the management of a team of leaders to also support a global organization, accountable for budget management, resourcing targets, outsourcing spend, compliance, and process-related accountabilities.
Responsibilities
Create strategy for GBDS organizations on accountabilities, interfaces across R&D, ways of working relating to scientific, delivery and talent enablement.
Lead and drive GBDS LT strategic roadmaps at the functional and overall GBDS level, assessing gaps and actions needed to be successful in progressing BMS R&D portfolio to optimized decision making.
Be accountable for the GBDS KPI creation and accountability to goals for a performance driven culture.
Serve as Chief of Staff to the Head of GBDS, engage with GBDS and broader R&D LT to ensure optimized GBDS performance to achieve its vision and mission.
Enable GBDS leaders to perform at an elevated scientifically rigorous and disciplined level with a strong operational delivery backbone enabled through data, digital, and technology ecosystem based on AI. The leader should ensure a cohesive talent driven culture where all colleagues feel connected to the vision.
Directly supervise GBDS strategy and operations leaders who provide support at the GBDS organization, functional, and TA level, as well as an ecosystem of continuous improvement and excellence.
Institute a quality driven culture within our BMS portfolio delivery. Manages key risks through effective mitigations across our GBDS teams.
Oversee GBDS end-to-end budget management and budget risk mitigation including opportunities for cost reductions through AI and data, digital, and technology solutions.
Drive GBDS audit and process compliance needs in partnership with process owners and GBDS process lead network.
Collaborate extensively with other Drug Development functions outside of GBDS to ensure alignment and integration.
Interact with BMS stakeholders and capability partners to ensure GBDS is proactively managing evolving BMS needs.
Chair GBDS Initiative Governance framework and drive change management through various organizational forums.
Member of GBDS LT, drives strategic and operational prioritization and management of GBDS accountabilities to ensure risks and challenges are addressed in a proactive and timely manner.
Facilitate organization-wide sessions such as Townhalls, S&O readouts, and strategic planning sessions to drive organization engagement.
Drive enhanced strategic partnerships across BMS R&D to enable portfolio delivery and innovation in ways of working.
Qualifications
MBA or 10+ years in pharmaceutical industry
At least 3 years of experience in a related-therapeutic area preferred but not required.
Minimum 3-5 years of people management experience
The starting compensation for this job is a range from 249,480 to 281,300, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility). The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. 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 http://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.
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.
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.
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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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