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Position Summary
The Portfolio Strategy Lead will serve as the strategic engagement lead for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) with worldwide medical neuroscience professional societies and associations. The primary focus of this role is to develop and lead the strategic engagement plan for Global Medical Neuroscience Matrix professional societies and associations. The Senior Director will be a core member of the Global Medical Neuroscience Leadership team and will report directly to the VP, Global Medical Neuroscience.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategy for Professional Societies and External Engagement for key centers around the globe to execute on key initiatives including pipeline acceleration efforts, clinical trial recruitment and scientific collaboration for the WW Medical Neuroscience organization.
- Contribute to portfolio level strategic initiatives such as global advisory boards/engagements with KOLs to drive insights shaping Portfolio Strategic Plans
- Develop a thorough understanding of the disease states associated with the Neurodegeneration and Neuropsychiatry portfolio.
- Establish, maintain, and enhance strategic relationships with prioritized professional medical societies and associations, identifying and directing activities based on business priorities to create mutually beneficial relationships. Represent the organization at key professional medical meetings and provide updates to management. Thorough understanding the mission and vision of each organization.
- Anticipate and recognize policy trends and implications for BMS, bringing these insights back internally.
- Collaborate with medical teams and key internal stakeholders to create and initiate innovative engagement strategies with professional societies, aligning with specific therapeutic area strategic imperatives.
- Lead and align with internal stakeholders to determine company representation or participation in professional medical societies'/associations' initiatives and interactions, including corporate roundtables, forums, and science/clinical interactions.
- Serve as an internal strategic advisor to BMS matrix teams and cross-functional initiatives. Serves as the primary relationship manager for professional societies' community, representing BMS at external meetings, making presentations to appropriate audiences, and preparing internal reports.
- Work extensively with BMS senior leaders across multiple departments, including WW Medical Neuroscience Development, Discovery, Translational Medicine, HQ and Worldwide Medical, Commercial, Public Affairs, Access, and Clinical Operations, to optimize interactions with professional societies and associations.
- Develop and apply evaluative outcomes and insights to programs and activities to monitor success.
- Educate internal stakeholders about professional societies and their functional roles.
- Understand the complex and evolving healthcare environment and landscape, ensuring that all interactions and strategies are implemented accordingly and compliantly.
- Work with team to support activities both internally and externally, including processes and procedures. Team contributor to optimizing internal and external society engagement procedural and operational best practices.
- Strategically manage budgets in alignment with departmental objectives.
- Ensure all activities comply with company policy and legal and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Education: BA/BS degree minimum requirement in area relevant to pharmaceutical industry/ Life Sciences preferred) or advanced degree. Pharm.D., PhD, MD, MS.
- Experience: Minimum 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry and considerable experience with stakeholder and organizational engagement or partnerships (public and/or private) within neuroscience.
- Industry Knowledge: Strong understanding of the biopharma drug development and commercialization process. General knowledge of pharmaceutical operations, i.e., advocacy, medical affairs, clinical development, regulatory, experience in Psychiatry/Neurology is preferred. Experience with professional medical societies and associations preferred.
- Skill Set: Seeking a balanced combination of scientific and business acumen.
- Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated strength in understanding overarching company goals, performing strategic assessments, and developing clearly framed choices and recommendations. Proven record of managing complex interactions that drive business strategy & priorities engaging both internal and external stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Experience: Experience working across a range of medical and/or clinical development roles is a plus. Highly collaborative, possess a record of building and maintaining cross-functional relationships, and able to communicate business topics effectively with senior management, peers, and others.
- Analytical Skills: Experience in analytics, particularly in relation to product launches. Able to innovate, analyze and solve problems with diligence.
- Project Management: Experience in project and/or portfolio management with the ability to develop clear action plans and execute them.
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build relationships, influence, and drive organizational engagement at all levels.
- Leadership: Ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, negotiate, and collaborate.
- Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills, high-level negotiation skills, and the ability to resolve conflict constructively. Highly effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Location: Role is based in Princeton Pike or Madison, NJ, as required.
- Ability to travel globally (frequent travel will be required)
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On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse 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.
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1590655
Updated: 2025-03-29 02:15:27.398 UTC
Location: Madison-NJ
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