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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .

Position Summary

The Director, Strategy & Business Operations, will play a pivotal role in leading strategic projects and managing day-to-day operations for the Corporate Affairs team. This role will have responsibility for providing strategic support for corporate affairs initiatives, managing operational priorities, and leading impactful projects. This position will work across Corporate Affairs, and with counterparts across the function, to ensure a consistent approach to projects and initiatives that have broad organizational impact. In addition, this role will support communications for the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, including day-to-day communications and broader organizational messaging.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategy and Business Operations for Corporate Affairs, the Director, Strategy and Business Operations, will drive the implementation of the corporate affairs strategic plan.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategy and Insights

+ Drives effective implementation of the corporate affairs strategy

+ Ensures that strategies are clearly understood by all stakeholders and that the organization is achieving its strategic goals at the optimum pace

+ Provides strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership to support decision-making and drive continuous improvement

Governance, Capabilities & Processes

+ Executes an ongoing department governance framework for a global function that is timely, efficient and promotes collaboration, information sharing, and best practices

+ Accountable for continual process improvement, reducing inefficient processes and unnecessary work across the department; streamlines to remove costs where possible

+ Provides support with the annual planning process to ensure alignment with department strategy and key business partners

Project Management, Planning & Logistics

+ Leads culture and employee engagement-related initiatives that benefit the function, partnering closely with HR

+ Coordinates organizational bi-weekly updates to the Board of Directors

+ Oversees the planning and execution of key corporate affairs projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget

Leadership Communications

+ Supports the overall strategy for leadership comms across corporate affairs for the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs

+ Prepares communications associated with town halls and internal/external engagements, ensuring a strategic lens

Qualifications & Experience

+ 12+ years of demonstrated experience in strategy and operations; corporate affairs and pharmaceutical experience preferred.

+ Superior verbal and interpersonal communications skills, as well as strong presentation and facilitation skills; communications background preferred.

+ Excellent writing and research skills, with a keen attention to detail.

+ Strong strategic planning, process management and business planning skills.

+ High level of integrity and professionalism, with a demonstrated commitment to confidentiality and handling sensitive information with discretion.

+ Skilled in use of SharePoint, the Cloud, OneDrive, Excel and other contemporary tools.

+ Demonstrates learning agility. Ability to quickly learn and operate within a complex, fast-paced and changing environment.

+ Ability to meet tight deadlines.

+ Bachelor's degree required.

+ Ability to set and deliver in dynamic, rapidly evolving environment; ability to think critically about issues and understand context and likely challenges.

+ Demonstrated ability to successfully and effectively collaborate and work across boundaries (e.g. IR, Marketing, External Partners) and building strong external relationships.

+ Ability to flex across different types of cultures, work, complexities, business situations and matrix partners

+ Demonstration of all Core BMS Behaviors - Passion, Innovation, Accountability, Inclusion, Urgency and Integrity

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science™ , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected] . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

**Company:** Bristol-Myers Squibb

**Req Number:** R1591171

**Updated:** 2025-05-02 02:21:50.825 UTC

**Location:** Princeton-NJ

Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.