Vice President, Strategy Consulting Group

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Role Description

Reporting to the Senior Vice President Enterprise Strategy & Operational Excellence, this position will be responsible for developing and building the new BMS Strategy Consulting Group that will enable BMS to solve key business challenges across the Enterprise. The Vice President will be a key member of the Enterprise Strategy Leadership Team, supporting strategic and operating model projects across BMS while building the team, operating model, and ways of working for the new group, as well as establishing the group’s reputation and ability to deliver high quality work. BMS Strategy projects will vary in size, duration, and complexity; all will have a significant and measurable impact on the strategic direction and / or growth of the business.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, build, hire, and establish the new BMS Strategic Consulting organization: build operating model; recruit and hire team; deliver initial projects to demonstrate value; learn and evolve model to build organization to full scale
• Function as a key thought partner and build relationships with senior leadership; create connectivity and promote disruptive thinking
• Create an engaging and inclusive work environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate and develop
• Partner with BI&A to drive analysis of complex sets of data and business processes.
• Deliver high quality work and establish group’s reputation: direct all phases of projects to ensure project execution and deliver on measurable business value outcomes
• Develop internal talent model and career paths for team members
• Support creation of project communications to drive engagement of key stakeholders and adoption of recommendations and solutions
• Independently think through and analyze solutions to problems and develop initial hypothesis, frameworks, and methodologies
• Identify and build an external network of partnerships that provides perspective on the diverse eco-system outside BMS as it relates to the business; provide perspective on the potential impact of external market signals that could impact business growth and performance.

Professional Qualifications

• Demonstrated project leadership, managing small teams of cross-functional colleagues
• Experience at Strategy consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey, BCG, Bain) strongly preferred
• Proficient in communication and presentation skills
• MBA or advanced degree in science or business
• Demonstrated experience in building and standing up a newly formed function or capability
• Ability to work with complex information and distill into a framework that helps facilitate decision making.
• Extensive experience supporting cross-functional projects in a global matrix organization
• Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders without direct authority
• Can translate market dynamics and trends in US and Global biopharmaceuticals and understands the drug development process.
• Experience identifying and recruiting top talent
• Ability to understand and translate market and competitive dynamics into strategic implications for business units
• Minimum of 8-10 years of industry-related experience in pharma or life sciences, including experience in strategy development and/or strategic initiatives
• Excellent business acumen and experience with budget management
• Ability to drive change in the organization to support adoption

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

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