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Position Summary

Reporting to the VP, Purpose/ESG/Health Equity, the Director, Strategy and Operations, drives the development and implementation of the Purpose/ESG/Health Equity strategic plans. In this role, you are responsible for supporting the implementation of our Purpose/ESG/health equity strategy, calibrating goals and KPIs, tracking progress, and reporting results. The successful individual must possess the ability to analyze complex business issues, manage divergent stakeholders, and bring together multiple concepts across functions. It is expected that this individual will be experienced in helping lead large scale, enterprise-wide transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Insights

• Drives development and effective implementation of the Purpose/ESG/health equity strategy.
• Ensures that strategies are clearly understood by all stakeholders and that the organization is achieving its strategic goals at the optimum pace.
• Oversees annual planning process to ensure alignment with key business partners and across Purpose/ESG/health equity. Implement regular processes for sharing plans across the function and more broadly.
• Monitors the external landscape to stay abreast of industry and functional macro trends to inform and educate stakeholders and incorporate into Purpose/ESG/health equity strategic plan and processes.

Governance, Capabilities & Processes

• Creates and executes an ongoing department governance framework for a global function that is timely, efficient and promotes collaboration, information sharing and best practices.
• Accountable for continual process improvement, reducing inefficient processes and unnecessary work across the department; streamlines to remove costs where possible.
• Oversees annual planning process to ensure alignment with department strategy and key business partners.
•  Leads and manages operational calendars to support shared visibility to key events, speaking engagements, business milestones, etc.

Research, Analytics, Measurement & Reporting

• Manages all Purpose/ESG/health equity scorecards and results reporting, including external benchmarking and measurement of our overall performance.
• Manages Purpose/ESG/health equity headcount and budget process that includes monthly reporting and measurement for all department members.

Project Management, Planning & Logistics

• Leads and manages planning and logistics of internal and external engagements of the senior leaders of Purpose/ESG/health equity.
• Accountable for agenda development and planning of all Purpose/ESG/health equity team meetings.
• Responsible for management of overall Purpose/ESG/health equity budget.

Qualifications & Experience

• 15 years of demonstrated experience in project management, strategy and operations, consulting; corporate affairs and pharmaceutical experience preferred.
• Superior verbal and interpersonal communications skills, as well as strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Professional maturity and experience working effectively with executive leadership and governing boards.
• Excellent writing and research skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong project management experience, with ability to develop and execute clear action plans.
• Collaborative leadership style and commitment to developing an organizational culture that seeks different perspectives and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Proactive, highly motivated self-starter with a high level of intellectual, professional, and interpersonal agility, combined with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to engage and persuade a wide variety of audiences.
• Ability to quickly learn and operate within a complex, fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Superior critical thinking skills and excellent business judgment.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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 a diverse 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.

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