Senior Director, Strategic Program Delivery (2 openings)

At Bristol Myers Squibb our employees often ask Who are you working fora question that fuels collaboration accountability and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover develop and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work opportunities for growth and a supportive environment that values inclusion wellbeing flexibility and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

The Product Development and Supply (PDS) Chief of Staff (CoS) organization is responsible for accelerating PDS by building out PDS strategy and developing systems of excellence across disciplines related to strategy business operations data and digital and program management.

Reporting to the VP CoS this position will serve as a thought partner to PDS business leaders and be responsible for working with teams across PDS to drive strategy execution and build strategic program leadership capabilities across PDS. The Strategic Program Delivery is accountable for shaping developing and accelerating PDSs most strategic priorities. Across these strategic priorities the role contributes to the development of PDS strategic planning provides insight into external signals that could impact strategic direction or growth and accelerates value delivery across PDSs most strategic and highest-risk programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-lead with business leaders on the most complex enterprise-level initiatives by establishing the problem statement desired outcomes decision rights governance and integrated roadmap; connect functions around dependencies and trade-offs; and maintain a disciplined cadence for decisions risks and progress.
• Co-lead the highest-priority PDS initiatives end-to-endfrom framing the initial hypothesis and testing assumptions through mobilization and execution enablementby defining workstreams milestones owners success measures and the strategic levers required to deliver value.
• Translate business intelligence and external market signals into clear implications for growth performance and strategic direction; synthesize findings into concise scenarios and recommendations; and brief senior and executive leaders at key planning and decision points.
• Lead cross-functional program teams through a fit-for-purpose operating rhythm including clear working-team and steering-team forums decision and action tracking dependency management benefit measures and escalation paths that build organizational capability and deliver measurable sustainable business value.
• Independently structure ambiguous undefined problems by gathering perspectives and evidence developing and testing hypotheses and converting complexity into practical frameworks options and recommendations that enable timely senior-leadership decisions.
• Partner with internal stakeholders including senior functional leaders to drive rigorous analysis of complex data sets and business processes.
• Develop and deliver executive-level communicationsincluding decision briefs steering updates and leadership narrativesthat make the issue options recommendation value risks and required actions clear and drive stakeholder alignment and adoption.
• Serve as an escalation point and advisor on program risk prioritization trade-offs and resourcing decisions across the strategic portfolio.
• Build and sustain an engaging inclusive team environment that encourages collaboration strategic program leadership capability-building and professional growth.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA or advanced degree in science business or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of industry-related experience in pharma or life sciences including significant experience developing and/or leading strategic initiatives at an enterprise level.
• Significant experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated track record leading coaching and developing senior program/project leaders and cross-functional teams at scale.
• Demonstrated exceptional ability to influence senior and executive stakeholders in matrix environments.
• Expert at driving organizational change management and adoption at an enterprise level with tenacity and perseverance for leading change through ambiguity.
• Deep understanding of global biopharmaceutical market dynamics and trends with the ability to translate them into strategic implications for business units.
• Masterful project and program leadership with a strong demonstrated track record of value delivery on complex high-visibility initiatives.
• Ability to distill complex information into frameworks that facilitate senior leadership decision-making.
• Expert communication storytelling and executive presentation skills.

Travel

Up to 25%

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The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully carefully considering the nature of the role required skills work location schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors and individual team or Company performance.

Benefits:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans including wellbeing support retirement and financial protection benefits and insurance offerings (medical dental vision life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO) which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit subject to manager approval along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non-exempt employees RayzeBio employees and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval) 11 paid company holidays and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits including paid sick leave up to two paid volunteer days per year summer hours flexibility and leaves of absence for medical personal parental caregiver bereavement or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Years Day.

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