Sr. Director, Global Business Operations - Advanced Capabilities COE
Bristol Myers Squibb
September 02, 2026
Remote friendly (Princeton, NJ)
United States
Operations
Major Responsibilities And Accountabilities
- Partner with Head of GBO (Hyderabad) and GBO LT to define the multi-year performance reporting and decision analytics/capabilities roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities, investment cycles, and risk posture.
- Establish and lead an Innovation Incubator: scan emerging technologies, prioritize high-impact use cases, and work with BI&T to convert successful pilots into production.
- Serve as business product owner for Finance analytics platforms/workflows and AI solutions; prioritize features, write problem statements, manage backlogs with BI&T; ensure secure, compliant delivery.
- Lead portfolio governance and prioritization to ensure capabilities, benefits, and efforts against targets are delivered.
- Stand up a Hyderabad-based data science team, develop its charter, and transform it into a SWAT capability across finance teams.
- Partner with EPM leads, GPOs, and Data & Digital Strategy Leads to implement the EPM, Data, and Digital framework.
- Manage post-implementation governance, operations, and cadence for GPOs, Data, Digital, and EPM activities.
- Design, scale, and drive a consistent data and digital strategy for GBO.
- Manage the relationship between GBO and BI&T to ensure GBO technology needs are met; partner with SVP/VP Enterprise IT and other BI&T leaders.
- Establish a build-to-run model using the Hyderabad team; champion continuous improvement; create external partner ecosystem as needed (e.g., hyper-scalers like AWS).
- Drive adoption and change management via training, communication, and role-based enablement; embed Finance Excellence learning artifacts.
- Realize data/analytics value: define value streams and value frameworks, instrument products for usage/impact analytics, and publish quarterly value reports.
- Formalize engagement models and clarify RACI across discovery, build, and run.
- Partner with Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Internal Audit/Controls to align solutions with policies; ensure auditability and resilient operations.
- Own capability budgets, contracts, and vendor performance; optimize via automation, AI, re-use, and managed services.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s/CA/MBA/PhD preferred.
- 12+ years in Finance or BI/Analytics required; 5+ years leading cross-functional product/capability portfolios preferred.
- Strong understanding of technology and digital leadership in finance.
- Proven track record translating business strategy into digital roadmaps and delivering scalable, secure solutions.
- Experience establishing offshore/nearshore run models (preferably Hyderabad).
- Fluency in data/analytics platforms (data lake/warehouse, visualization, ML/AI enablement) and product management practices.
- Strong senior stakeholder management; excellent communication and storytelling.
- Willingness to work in the new operating model with a team based in BMS Hyderabad offices.
Benefits
- Eligible for comprehensive benefits (wellbeing support, retirement/financial protection, and medical/dental/vision/life/disability) subject to plan terms.
- U.S.-based exempt employees: Flexible Time Off (manager-approved) plus 11 paid company holidays.
Application instructions
- Apply through the BMS careers site (if posting lacks required local information, contact TAEnablement@bms.com with Job Title and Requisition number; do not send application-related inquiries to this email).
- Partner with Head of GBO (Hyderabad) and GBO LT to define the multi-year performance reporting and decision analytics/capabilities roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities, investment cycles, and risk posture.
- Establish and lead an Innovation Incubator: scan emerging technologies, prioritize high-impact use cases, and work with BI&T to convert successful pilots into production.
- Serve as business product owner for Finance analytics platforms/workflows and AI solutions; prioritize features, write problem statements, manage backlogs with BI&T; ensure secure, compliant delivery.
- Lead portfolio governance and prioritization to ensure capabilities, benefits, and efforts against targets are delivered.
- Stand up a Hyderabad-based data science team, develop its charter, and transform it into a SWAT capability across finance teams.
- Partner with EPM leads, GPOs, and Data & Digital Strategy Leads to implement the EPM, Data, and Digital framework.
- Manage post-implementation governance, operations, and cadence for GPOs, Data, Digital, and EPM activities.
- Design, scale, and drive a consistent data and digital strategy for GBO.
- Manage the relationship between GBO and BI&T to ensure GBO technology needs are met; partner with SVP/VP Enterprise IT and other BI&T leaders.
- Establish a build-to-run model using the Hyderabad team; champion continuous improvement; create external partner ecosystem as needed (e.g., hyper-scalers like AWS).
- Drive adoption and change management via training, communication, and role-based enablement; embed Finance Excellence learning artifacts.
- Realize data/analytics value: define value streams and value frameworks, instrument products for usage/impact analytics, and publish quarterly value reports.
- Formalize engagement models and clarify RACI across discovery, build, and run.
- Partner with Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Internal Audit/Controls to align solutions with policies; ensure auditability and resilient operations.
- Own capability budgets, contracts, and vendor performance; optimize via automation, AI, re-use, and managed services.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s/CA/MBA/PhD preferred.
- 12+ years in Finance or BI/Analytics required; 5+ years leading cross-functional product/capability portfolios preferred.
- Strong understanding of technology and digital leadership in finance.
- Proven track record translating business strategy into digital roadmaps and delivering scalable, secure solutions.
- Experience establishing offshore/nearshore run models (preferably Hyderabad).
- Fluency in data/analytics platforms (data lake/warehouse, visualization, ML/AI enablement) and product management practices.
- Strong senior stakeholder management; excellent communication and storytelling.
- Willingness to work in the new operating model with a team based in BMS Hyderabad offices.
Benefits
- Eligible for comprehensive benefits (wellbeing support, retirement/financial protection, and medical/dental/vision/life/disability) subject to plan terms.
- U.S.-based exempt employees: Flexible Time Off (manager-approved) plus 11 paid company holidays.
Application instructions
- Apply through the BMS careers site (if posting lacks required local information, contact TAEnablement@bms.com with Job Title and Requisition number; do not send application-related inquiries to this email).