Global Category Sr. Manager - Business Intelligence

Role Summary

Global Category Sr. Manager - Business Intelligence

What You Will Do

• Serve as the Global Category Lead for Business Intelligence, reporting to the Business Partner Lead, Business Intelligence & Market Access.
• Spearhead initiatives to define partnership strategies, oversee business planning and governance, and unlock innovation and value realization across US & Global Marketing including Global Customer Capabilities.
• Foster collaboration, enable enterprise-wide initiatives, and champion change to position Global Procurement as a strategic value driver within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor & Market Expert: 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.
• Strategic Partnership & Stakeholder Alignment: 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.
• Category Strategy Development: Leverage market intelligence to design and implement business strategies that directly align with category objectives, ensuring a cohesive approach that delivers measurable value.
• Supplier-Enabled Innovation: Partner strategically with the supply base to co-create solutions and drive innovation that accelerates business partner objectives and enhances category value delivery.
• Procurement Expertise & Business Enablement: 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.
• Value Generation & Financial Stewardship: 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.
• Strategic Initiative Promotion: Drive adoption of Procurement-led, business-aligned initiatives. Ensure seamless integration across collaborators, suppliers, end users, and partners to achieve sustainable business value.
• Performance & Business Alignment: 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‚Äôs degree and 4 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or Bachelor‚Äôs degree and 6 years of business partnering, marketing, and/or related experience
  • Or Associate‚Äôs 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
• Stakeholder management
• Market intelligence
• Category management
• Procurement transformation
• Financial acumen

Education