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Overview of Medical Excellence Team:
Medical Excellence is a global organization, which drives excellence in external customer engagement across TAs and for all markets within the Global Medical Affairs organization. This high-performing team contains 6 capabilities that work in partnership to translate TA strategy into impactful market execution: Field Medical Excellence, Congress Excellence, Customer Engagement, Digital Engagement, Medical Policy, and Medical Performance and Outcomes. Medical Excellence also partners with R&D, Commercialization Excellence, Commercialization Learning, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Compliance and
other supporting functions within Bristol Myers Squibb to support internal and external stakeholders. This role provides the unique opportunity to develop and drive cross-functional strategy for this dynamic team.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
- Accountable for the strategic planning & execution, finance and resource management, metrics & performance measurement, communication & collaboration, governance, quality & continuous improvement, vendor & contract management, and operational support for the Medical Excellence organization
- Critical skills will include being able to bring structure to vaguely defined problems while utilizing a pragmatic problem-solving approach to translate strategy to actionable next steps
- Enhance collaboration with critical internal stakeholders to understand and meet Franchise and Market business needs through Medical Excellence integrated business model
- Ability to design and facilitate workshops with senior leaders as needed to develop strategic direction/vision, build culture, and develop tactical plans and proven ability to implement such plans
- Strong experience in defining, optimizing, and implementing operating model to enhance organizational efficiency, strengthen cross-functional partnership, build synergies and drive impact
Execution Excellence:
- Ability to drive an integrated approach for successful execution of project and/or portfolio objectives across business units by ensuring effective stakeholder management and communications, business alignment, and provide guidance to staff and business leaders to improve project execution through in-house and outsourced resource models
- Strong experience will also be required in conducting business process analysis and managing strategic initiatives to support acquisition/integration and shape long-term organizational transformation goals.
- Serves as a key role in driving internal and external communication for the organization, including leading preparation for department Town Halls, leadership meetings, stakeholder meetings, and portfolio-level business reviews
- Identify, communicate, and manage issues, risks, and opportunities as they relate to Medical Excellence
- Ability to monitor and assess external trends to inform and educate stakeholders and stay abreast of macro trends in the healthcare environment, therapeutic area market, and brand business drivers
Resource Management:
- Monitor Medical Excellence headcount to provide guidance to the leadership team on managing resource allocations.
- Ability to collaborate with the Leadership Team to drive Medical Excellence People Strategy, including facilitating annual Talent Review, bi-annual Promotion Review, managing Internship programs, and designing Tour of Duty opportunities
- Partner with Human Resources team to support highly complex integration of global organization, including operating model implementation, and understanding of local regulations around Workers Council/Social Plans
- Budget Management: Collaborate with Finance to drive quarterly financial projection process, including facilitating trade-off discussions
- Proactively manage dependencies across functions, organizations, and geographies to ensure timelines are met
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 7-8 years pharmaceutical experience preferred, ideally with global experience
Demonstrated experience in successfully managing and executing cross-functional initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across various levels of the organization, cultures, and geographies
- 2-3 years of functional experience in Consulting with focus on Biopharmaceutical industry preferred
- Experience in project management with the ability to work independently, develop clear action plans, execute, and drive effective decision making
- Significant experience in managing relationships with suppliers and service providers to deliver customer-focused services
- Experience utilizing data to create clear, compelling value story strongly preferred
- Ability to build relationships and influence, and drive organizational engagement
- Experience in Worldwide roles and across a range of business areas a plus
- Experience leading individuals and peers through change
- Highly effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in budget management
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 5-10% of time
Reports to:
- Senior Director, Strategy & Operations, Medical Excellence
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