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Senior Director, Strategy and Operations

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for a Senior Director of Strategy & Operations for the newly created Global Tech Services organisation. This role will act as a key business partner supporting the function by driving strategy, enhancing strategic decision-making, and optimizing performance.

This role reports into the SVP, Head of Global Technical Services and is a member of the GTS Leadership Team facilitating all strategic interactions across the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Position Responsibilities:

Strategic Responsibilities:

• Key thought/sparring partner to Global Technical Services leadership team in the formation of unit strategy, key objectives, and evaluative metrics.
• Design, deploy, and execute management infrastructure routines for the organization.
• Leadership role in internal communications and organizational engagement.
• Working collaboratively with GPS S&O Leads and Strategy PMO to ensure cooperation and compliance with broader GPS requirements
• Lead and/or represent the team at cross functional stakeholder interactions and initiatives.

Operational Responsibilities:

• Development of senior management presentations and core communications
• Liaise with GPS related teams
• Coordinate and facilitate departmental staff meetings, leadership meetings and employee engagement communications.
• Support the budgeting process

• Valued advisor to SVP and LT
  • Leader in most business-critical discussions (LT mtgs, performance reviews, finance projections, etc.) and employee engagement w/ employes (townhalls, etc.)
  • Primary advisor of GTS communications and presentations
• Ensure appropriate governance continuously improve it
  • Set the objectives, strategic imperatives, and key initiatives involving and influencing the right stakeholders across the organization
  • Quarterly Business Reviews: set agenda topics and drive action items with the stakeholders
  • Monthly Finance Reviews and financial projections: coordinate with and advise the Finance and measurement teams.
  • Ensure consistency in process, timelines and connection amongst enterprise

Key Capabilities:

• Leadership skills – Proven ability to build, lead, and motivate high performing multi-level teams. Achieves organizational focus on key priorities, provides clear direction, delegates & actively communicates. Seeks broad input from their partners regarding key decisions. Values diverse and opposing views. Strong organizational, business acumen and administrative skills. Possesses a sense of urgency.
• Collaboration skills - A top class team player and business partner. Works effectively in a team-based organization, collaborates cross-functionally & internationally and builds alignment around goals and objectives. Readily builds consensus and achieves agreement on key initiatives and priorities.
• Communication skills - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Effectively leads meetings. Strong presentation skills in both small and large group setting. Excellent listener; seeks broad input and feedback; frequent and effective follow-up.
• Flexible & Entrepreneurial skills - In order to foster an innovative & curious organization combined with a sense of urgency, the ideal candidate must be able to navigate in a complex internal structure/environment, solve complex problems and commit to the targets and deliver despite unforeseen events.
• Strong leader who is able to inspire a team, set a high bar, and get results. Not fearful of demanding the best while rewarding great achievements, encouraging risk-taking, and developing/building the team with the capabilities to deliver against high standards today and in the future.

The best suited candidate should have these qualifications & experiences.

• A BA/BS degree or alternatively a Master of Business administration / higher business degree is desired.
• Consulting firm or other professional services experience is a plus
• Financial acumen
• Excellent Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience in driving transformation.
• Resilience, intellectual agility, and comfort in fast-paced and complex situations. Proven ability to work in matrix organizations: ability to influence indirectly and have enterprise mindset.
• Creative & analytical thinker to work in a problem-solving environment.

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.

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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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