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Position: Executive Director, Corporate Strategy
Location: Central, New Jersey (LVL site)
Position Summary
The Executive Director of Corporate Strategy will be responsible for leading key strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects in collaboration with key stakeholders across the enterprise. This leadership role requires a blend of strategic vision, strategy development experience, and operational experience alongside exceptional leadership, communication and influence skills. Reporting directly into the VP, Corporate Strategy, this executive will be responsible for executing a diverse set of projects and analyses to drive business decisions and strategic initiatives that address a diverse set of issues and topics across the BMS enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Leading key strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects as part of the overall enterprise-level effort. Ability to articulate strategic plans and decisions to all levels of the organization, fostering a sense of transparency and accountability.
- Decision Making: Accountable for making rapid and effective decisions that align with BMS’s strategic initiatives. Must be confident in their decision-making and able to clearly communicate the rationale behind their choices.
- Market Research: Effectively analyzing and synthesizing market trends, competitive landscape, external landscape, etc. to inform strategic direction
- Collaboration: Fostering strong collaborative working relationships across the various enterprise functions and their respective leadership (as needed) to executive the assigned portfolio of strategic projects and initiatives. Leads the preparation for key senior management reviews/presentations. Delivering strategy presentations to senior leadership and governance teams
- Operational Oversight: Oversees operational aspects of strategy implementation, including coordination with staff on projects and ensuring that strategic plans are executed efficiently.
- Risk Management: Assesses risks associated with strategic decisions, keeping in mind BMS’s reputation and the safeguarding of its clients and assets, adhering to policies, and applying ethical judgment in business practices. Partners with ERM team to identify risks and address as appropriate through strategic initiatives.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors required; MBA preferred
- 15+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience; including 2+ years in strategic planning, strategy development or a related area (e.g., strategy consulting)
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills effectively structures business problems; interprets data to identify insights and inform recommendations; leverages key matrix partners
- Proven track record of effectively and efficiently driving performance within a matrix organization
- Ability to prioritize work with autonomy, balance multiple major strategic initiatives simultaneously and drive results with speed
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interact with senior level executives
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.
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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