Director, Portfolio & Strategic Operations- Immunology and Cardiovascular (ICV), Development

Role Summary

Serves as the Chief of Staff and strategic thought partner to the ICV Development Head. Develop engagement plans (e.g., Town Halls, LT meetings), support business operations (e.g., budget, resourcing, business reviews), plan leadership communications, and prepare change messaging. Supports early and late Drug Development portfolio prioritization & management processes, in partnership with other P&SO Leads, PI&R, Commercial, BI&T.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Operations
  • Manages ICV Development Head LT meetings. Helps develop yearly objectives and priorities for ICV Development organization, translate objectives into actionable functional plans, track progress, ensure ongoing risk mitigation and contingency planning for each objective. Plans workshops, manages team effectiveness, incorporates LT commitments into operations rhythm. Supports development of TA strategy and other strategic initiatives. Oversee ICV Development inputs for formulation of the DD annual corporate goals and objectives.
  • Develops engagement plans and manages ICV Development Head interactions and engagements (in partnership with stakeholders as needed) (e.g., Town Halls, Team Touch Points).
  • Manage ICV Development strategic business operations. Drives quarterly budget projections for the ICV Development including resource requirements, escalation of business risks, and tracking of progress against goals. Tracks resourcing requirements and occupancy strategy in partnership with Human Resources. Leads preparation of Congresses and Business reviews.
  • Develops ICV Development leadership messaging (e.g., leadership change management messaging, reinforcement of communications cascade from Enterprise and Drug Development LT).
  • Coordinates with key stakeholders from Development and Commercial to develop ICV Development priorities; and engages with BMS leadership team and board of directors as applicable.
  • Supports special initiatives in ICV TA and DD. Key contributor to Chief of Staff community of practice and other P&SO capability development initiatives.
  • Supports ICV Development Head in the creation and evolution of TA and clinical operating model. Coordinates ICV Development organization's work and operations with Clinical Center of Excellence (CCoE).

• Portfolio Operations
  • In collaboration with key stakeholders, supports ICV Development Head in strategy execution and portfolio management (e.g., assess portfolio status, risks, systemic challenges to portfolio strategy execution), in collaboration with PI&R on fit-for-purpose portfolio insights and analytics to enable informed decisions.
  • Partners with PI&R to ensure prioritization of topics related to ICV Development at governance forums and coordinate with PI&R on successful implementation of governance forum agenda triaging. Drives early and late Drug Development portfolio prioritization and management processes (e.g., alignment on prioritization criteria, with resource management. & long-term financial planning), in partnership with PI&R, Commercial, BI&T. Partners with Commercial Portfolio Strategy to facilitate annual portfolio prioritization.

Qualifications

• Degree in Life Sciences or Business Management, and/or advanced degree in related discipline preferred (e.g., PhD, MS, MBA)
• 10-15 years of experience with the Pharmaceutical industry
• Experience with Drug Development across multiple therapeutic areas and/or development stages
• Business operations experience and familiarity with divisional management preferred
• Experience as Chief of Staff is a plus
• Demonstrated strength in partnering with business leaders to assess critical needs and performance, developing and effectively managing plans and initiatives, and delivering business outcomes
• Comfort in agile work environment and capable of bringing structure to vaguely defined problems while using creative yet pragmatic problem-solving approaches
• Proactive, organized, and promoter of diversity and inclusivity
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills; strong change & stakeholder management skills
• Ability to build relationships and influence, and drive organizational engagement across functions and sites
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent influencing and negotiating experience and capabilities in a matrix environment
• Excellent project management and execution skills and is able to manage multiple projects and prioritize as needed. Ability to plan and conduct projects within a multi-disciplinary environment.

Education

• Degree in Life Sciences or Business Management, and/or advanced degree in related discipline preferred (e.g., PhD, MS, MBA)