Global Category Sr. Manager - Business Intelligence

Role Summary

Global Category Sr. Manager - Business Intelligence. Global Category Lead – Business Intelligence responsible for defining partnership strategies, overseeing business planning and governance, and unlocking innovation and value realization across US and Global Marketing including Global Customer Capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought leader within the Commercialization organization by delivering expert insights into market dynamics, supplier capabilities, and best practices. Translate these insights into actionable category strategies that support business growth and go-to-market execution.
• Forge strong, strategic relationships with partners across Global and US Marketing, including Global Customer Capabilities, to ensure alignment between business priorities and Category strategies in Business Intelligence.
• Leverage market intelligence to design and implement business strategies that directly align with category objectives, ensuring a cohesive approach that delivers measurable value.
• Partner strategically with the supply base to co-create solutions and drive innovation that accelerates business partner objectives and enhances category value delivery.
• Provide deep category expertise to advance business development, operational efficiency, and other high-value initiatives that position Procurement as a catalyst for innovation and growth.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional teams to capture, quantify, and recognize value across the pipeline. Influence budgeting and P&L decisions to improve category impact on business outcomes.
• Drive adoption of Procurement-led, business-aligned initiatives. Ensure seamless integration across collaborators, suppliers, end users, and partners to achieve sustainable business value.
• Bridge procurement performance with business objectives by implementing key initiatives designed and championed by Category Leads, ensuring measurable impact and alignment with enterprise goals.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Doctorate degree and 2 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or Master’s degree and 4 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or Associate’s degree and 10 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Expertise in Commercialization Contracting frameworks and/or advanced Sourcing Excellence practices.
  • Strong background in Business Intelligence Procurement within Biotech or Pharma, with deep understanding of the unique regulatory and market dynamics of these industries.
  • Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) or significant professional experience
  • Strong analytical approach with expertise in performance measurement, value
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and align global, matrixed teams across business units, functions, and geographies.
  • Expertise in driving cross-functional initiatives, making strategic trade-offs, and representing major categories in executive forums.
  • Exceptional change management skills, with the ability to champion and implement complex Procurement strategies and business transformations across ecosystems.
  • Competence in distilling business objectives into actionable category strategies that deliver measurable results.
  • Deep understanding of how to embed supplier-enabled innovation into commercial strategies to enhance competitive advantage.
  • Outstanding communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills to drive alignment and secure consensus at all levels of the organization.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and market intelligence
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Procurement and category management
• Financial stewardship and value realization
• Change management and governance
• Contracting frameworks and sourcing excellence
• Analytical rigor and performance measurement

Education

• As listed under Basic Qualifications (degrees as required)

Additional Requirements

• Travel requirements not specified in the source