Job Description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision – transforming patients’ lives through science. In oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease – and one of the most diverse and promising pipelines in the industry – each of our passionate colleagues contribute to innovations that drive meaningful change. We bring a human touch to every treatment we pioneer. Join us and make a difference.

Position Summary:

Associate Director, IT Business Partnering for Regulatory is accountable for the effective delivery of IT capabilities and services supporting the R&D Regulatory functions. This role will partner with regulatory leaders to define and drive digital capabilities to meet their specific strategic needs, and drive value of existing capabilities. The role is accountable to provide Regulatory IT domain leadership & strategic partnership, and to leverage the matrix to drive portfolio execution.

Success in this role requires experience in delivering key regulatory capabilities such as regulatory information management systems and analytic solutions.  The candidate is expected to be familiar with regulatory business processes, such as the drug approval process, submission planning and tracking, registration management, and content management.  In addition, the candidate should be knowledgeable of typical operational challenges and solutions, effective change management/ adoption strategies, stakeholder management and governance of IT portfolio from ideation to value realization.

Position Responsibilities:

Domain Leadership

• Owns IT Strategy: Drives the development of an actionable multi-year strategic digital strategy and capability roadmaps, informed and prioritized by business and IT in an enterprise context. Prioritizes the portfolio appropriately and is accountable for the overall portfolio budget management.

• Delivers Compelling Business Cases: Leads the development of strong and clear business cases for digital capability investments in support of the roadmap and aligned with the platform strategy. Defines, measures, & achieves business outcomes for highest value digital capabilities. 

• Brings an external view: Actively maintains awareness of external drivers in the trial management business domain and relevant technology trends.

• Committed to Excellence: Understands where BMS should be competitively differentiated through technology, translates business needs into specific business requirements, sees realistic opportunities for IT to add more value, and balances this with a pragmatic understanding of “fitness for purpose”.

• Strategic Leadership and Influence

• Trusted Advisor: Influences the strategic thinking of senior business leaders, and leans in to help business leaders to include future digital capabilities in clinical trial management into their planning

• Builds Strong Partnerships: Establishes effective working relationships with all relevant business leaders, is deeply involved with key business activities and forums, and takes full accountability for delivering the value proposition of IT.  

• Drives Change: Enables effective planning, execution and communication of business change management to support digital capability investments and value realization. Accountable for ensuring an effective change management plan is developed and executed for individual projects.

• Leverages the matrix to drive IT portfolio execution

• Drives Alignment: Advocates the IT operating model and understands the business partner accountabilities throughout the plan/build/run cycle, and builds trusting partnerships with IT delivery teams at all levels.  

• Advocates for value delivery: Constructively advocates for value by ensuring IT has the right balance of trade-offs between speed, quality and cost. Connects and educates the business stakeholders on the broader IT capabilities and services.

• Communicates Effectively: Communicates successes and issues accurately, urgently, and to the right audience, and takes responsibility for resolution and management of expectations across stakeholders.

• Acts Boldly: Leads with urgency, courage, tenacity and respect to initiate uncomfortable conversations in order to remove roadblocks to value delivery.

Desired Experience:

Required:       

• Experience working in large and/or complex IT programs, preferably within the regulatory R&D domain for a pharmaceutical sponsor, CRO or biotech company

• Experience in the business processes for regulatory such as study submission planning and tracking, registration management, commitment management, and content management.

• Knowledge and experience in implementing RIM solutions

• Experience building business cases, investment approval and measuring ROI

• Knowledge of computer system validation processes

• Experience of managing SaaS applications, vendor selection and contracting processes

• Experience working as an IT business partner or a senior business analyst

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:

• 10+ years of experience working for a pharmaceutical company, CRO or biotech company

• Experience implementing and managing global digital solutions in the regulatory area

• Experience implementing global change in technology and business process

• Experience working in initiatives across multiple levels of management and organizational/ stakeholder boundaries

• Experience working in a matrix environment

• Experience working with senior IT/ business leaders and vendor partners

Other qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a focus on computer science or Information Technology preferred.

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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. 

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is an essential job function of this role which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and enhances the Company culture.

To protect the safety of our workforce, customers, patients and communities, the policy of the Company requires all employees and workers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have received an exception based on an approved request for a medical or religious reasonable accommodation.  Therefore, all BMS applicants seeking a role located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico must confirm that they have already received or are willing to receive the full COVID-19 vaccination by their start date as a qualification of the role and condition of employment.  This requirement is subject to state and local law restrictions and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions such as Montana. This requirement is also subject to discussions with collective bargaining representatives in the U.S.

Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an approval of accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application or if you are applying to a role based in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and you believe that you are unable to receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, during or any part of the recruitment process, please direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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