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Position Summary

The Senior Director, Global Policy and Business Strategy Integration is a senior role, responsible for leading the development and ensuring the execution of a Global Policy Strategy aligned with the business priorities with direct accountability for Portfolio Strategy, CAR-T and RLT TAs, and overall corporate goals.

This role is accountable to ensure that Global Policy and International Government Affairs (GPIGA) insights are fully integrated into commercial business planning to support the success of BMS’s product portfolio and commercial strategy and will participate as a member of the Worldwide CAR-T, RLT and Portfolio Strategy leadership team.

The Senior Director will work in partnership with the prioritized markets to advance key policy initiatives aligned with the Global Policy Strategy.

This role will lead a team that will support integration with business strategy across our portfolio of therapeutic areas.

This position requires strong leadership skills, matrix influence, and executive presence.

Key Responsibilities
Global Policy and Business Strategy Coordination:

Leadership in Strategic Alignment: Lead efforts to ensure that global policy strategies are synchronized with commercial priorities and enterprise goals, driving the success of the product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy.

Joint Objective Setting: Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including commercial, market access, medical, and R&D, to set and execute joint objectives, linking policy initiatives to therapeutic and product goals.

Policy Integration into Business Planning:

Strategic Integration: Ensure that GPIGA insights are integrated into the business planning processes for the product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy, and the broader enterprise strategy.

Cross-Functional Engagement: Collaborate across functions such as commercial, market access, medical, and R&D to ensure that policy insights are factored into product launch plans, market access, lifecycle management and portfolio prioritization strategies.

Market and Therapeutic Area Support:

Direct Market Support: Offer hands-on guidance and strategic support to key markets on high-priority projects designed to drive product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio-related policy objectives, adapting global strategies to local needs.

Therapeutic Area Focus: Ensure policy strategies are adapted to address the specific challenges and opportunities of product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy, such as access, regulatory approvals, and reimbursement frameworks.

Executive Leadership and Matrix Influence:

Matrix Leadership: Lead and influence across a complex global matrix organization, ensuring Global Policy strategy alignment with business priorities.

Executive Presence: Represent the GPIGA function within senior leadership settings, including the Worldwide CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy, leadership team.

Policy Advocacy and External Engagement:

Advocacy Leadership: Lead Policy Advocacy initiatives by engaging with external stakeholders, including government bodies, regulatory agencies, and industry organizations, to support policy outcomes that advance business goals.

Stakeholder Engagement: Foster long-term external multistakeholder relationships to shape favorable policy environments for product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy.

Performance Monitoring and Reporting:

Impact Monitoring: Develop and establish systems to track and evaluate the impact of policy initiatives on product portfolios with direct accountability for CAR-T, RLT and portfolio strategy.

and business outcomes, with regular reporting to senior leadership.

KPIs and Metrics: Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of global policy strategies in advancing business outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience
Education:

Advanced degree in business, public policy, political science, law, or a related field. MBA or JD preferred.

Experience:

15+ years of experience in public policy, government affairs, marketing, market access, strategy, or a related field, with significant experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

Proven track record of organizational leadership and management experience, the ability to motivate others to advance goals, and the ability to effectively manage multiple projects or roles in a rapidly evolving environment.

Proven track record of influential leadership

In-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, therapeutic area dynamics, and business strategy.

Skills:

Matrix leadership: Leadership in a matrixed environment with strong coordination and influencing skills.

Strategic Thinking: Exceptional strategic thinking with a commercial mindset, ensuring policy initiatives align with business goals.

Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills and executive presence to engage with senior leaders.

Consensus building: Demonstrated skills in leading consensus-building processes.

Competencies:

Executive Presence: Demonstrated executive presence and ability to lead senior-level policy discussions both internally and externally.

Leadership and Influence: Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive coordination across diverse global teams and Global-to-markets.

Global Perspective: Expertise in navigating complex global regulatory, policy and business environments.

Strategic Thinking: Ability to coordinate policy efforts with broader business strategies to achieve long-term goals.

Role based in NJ

Travel as required - #LI-Hybrid

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