Associate Director, Portfolio Manager Cell Therapy Supply Chain

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Title: Associate Director, Portfolio Manager, Business Services and Capabilities, Cell Therapy Supply Chain

At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there’s no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

Position Summary:

The Portfolio Manager for Cell Therapy Supply Chain (CTSC) Business Services and Capabilities (BS&C) works with a cross-functional group of stakeholders to organize, manage, and communicate a portfolio of projects that enable late stage clinical and commercial operations for the CT Development and Operations (CTDO) business unit. This team works directly with business users across CTDO and IT to solicit demands, prioritize them, and move them through a process that ultimately delivers valuable capabilities to the business.

The BS&C Portfolio Manager is a key leader within BS&C and the broader CTSC team. The Portfolio Manager collaborates with global Business Process Owners, the global Business Delivery Team, and other PMOs to understand both long-term and short-term needs.  Combining input from strategic roadmaps of desired future capabilities with input on urgent, tactical needs, the Portfolio Manager builds and manages a balanced portfolio that prioritizes and aligns work across all CTDO functions.  The Portfolio Manager is also responsible for reporting portfolio health, risks, and status to senior leadership and to cross-functional partners and customers.

Role & Responsibilities:  

• Work cross-functionally, including with IT and various process domains to support Cell Therapy
• Own the portfolio management process, standards, tools, and templates
• Partner with BS&C team members to drive effective operation of the end-to-end portfolio management process
• Lead forums with Global Business Process Owners and other cross-functional stakeholders to understand problems and potential innovations
• Separate problems from solutions, and ensure problems are well understood before committing valuable delivery resources to solve them
• Prioritize portfolio items based on defined criteria and an understanding of strategic objectives, business milestones, and other drivers
• Understand key alignment / interdependencies across the portfolio, including those portfolios not under the CTSC portfolio management purview
• Work with stakeholders and delivery team(s) to logically group projects for efficient delivery
• Understand the impact of portfolio additions and/or changes to resources (people and budget), sequencing and delivery
• Enable continuous improvement opportunities as well as innovation of the portfolio management process
• Track, manage and communicate portfolio management success metrics
• Drive productive discourse between Global Business Process Owners to refine Cell Therapy requirements
• Facilitate decision-making within the portfolio management process and escalation to governing bodies
• Generate insightful reports and communications to inform a very broad stakeholder community of progress, expected deliveries, and future plans
• Engage with CTSC leaders and portfolio partners to inform them on portfolio status
• Lead Business Process & Digital Governance meetings with VPs across the network and enable clear decision making to support CT BoW vision.