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Position Summary

The District Business Manager is a critical role in our unique customer model to execute the BMS aspiration to be the BioPharma that delivers the most impactful engagement with Health Care Providers (HCPs), driving adoption of new and existing medicines for appropriate patients.

The primary role of the DBM is to be accountable for leading, coaching, and motivating a team of approximately 6- 10 TASs to drive the adoption of BMS assigned Cardiovascular portfolio and generate demand. The DBM is accountable for coaching of TASs on specific learning objectives (selling skills, scientific engagement, and use of digital capabilities) and for ensuring continuous improvement in the core skills of their team.  The DBM also plays a leadership role in business and account planning and championing the utilization of new digital capabilities and tools such as Medical on Call and CE^3.

We are looking for leaders who can inspire and motivate a team to reach and exceed business goals while maximizing their growth and development potential.

The DBM is aligned to accounts and covers all Cardiovascular portfolio.

The DBM reports to the Regional Business Director and works collaboratively across matrix of Commercial, Medical, Access organizations, for example Scientific Engagement Partner (SEP), and Field Access Manager (FAM) and other field roles in the new Commercialization model to appropriately address customer needs and ensure that BMS delivers on set sales targets.

The DBM role is field-based. A DBM is anticipated to spend 100% of their time in the field with TASs, depending on the geographic area.

Key Responsibilities

Focused in-role coaching and developing of TASs
- Coach TASs on specific competencies and learning objectives (e.g., scientific agility, customer/commercial mindset, change agility & teamwork/enterprise mindset). DBMs will conduct selected ride-alongs with TASs for the most important HCPs​ as relevant, according to coaching plan.
- Ownership for TASs learning journey and accountable for ensuring continuous improvement in core skills and behavior (e.g., scientific agility, patient mindset, digital agility, analytical mindset)​.

Champion adoption of new capabilities (e.g., CE^3 analytics, content personalization) 
- Understand and role model new capabilities and tools​ e.g., sharing knowledge, information, insights and experiences with new tools with the TAS team.
- Effectively coach TASs on how to appropriately leverage CE^3 insights to guide call planning and call preparation.

- Regularly convene field team to exchange experiences, collect feedback, proactively coach on change leadership, and encourage adoption of capabilities and new ways of working​.

Execute strategic planning activities (e.g., promo program planning, budget planning, tumor prioritization at HCP level)