Sr. Director, HRBP - Neurology and Strategy & Innovation

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The Sr. Director, HRBP for Neurology and Strategy & Innovation in Drug Development plays a pivotal role in providing strategic partnership to the Senior Leaders for the Therapeutic Areas within the function. This position is responsible for aligning the Research, Development, and Commercial HRBP team in support of the Neurology and ICV people strategy. The role demands HR leadership in driving the people strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, team effectiveness, and change management. Given the global presence of the client group across multiple BMS locations and geographies, close alignment with the People Org and function leadership is essential to ensure the seamless execution of workforce planning and talent strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides strategic HR Business Partner expertise to the Therapeutic Areas Leadership in function to maximize organizational performance. 
• Leverages business strategy, people strategy, external best practices and organizational insights to deliver bold and innovative organizational and talent solutions, including organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, and culture change. 
• Aligns corporate and functional strategies with BMS people strategy, monitoring the effectiveness of organizational performance programs through metrics and analytics to bring value through the business. 
• Collaborates with Centers of Excellence (COE’s) to monitor external environment (e.g., job market, technology, demographic development) and define future workforce requirements (quantitative and qualitative) as well as identifying and articulating the People needs of the business to the COE’s and deploys their programs and processes in ways that bring value to the business. 
• Drives the ONE People team across the region and provides guidance and collaborates with therapeutic area HR Business Partners, COEs and People Services leaders for effective global deployment of People activities. 
• Analyzes key data and trends to drive organizational effectiveness and the development of a workforce plan aligned with business strategy and objectives. 
• Supports succession planning, talent retention efforts and pipelining, as necessary, for external talent. 
• Leads a team of functional HRBPs ensuring continuous performance, engagement and development of all team members. 

Additional Responsibilities 

• Role Model our BMS Values of Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Passion, Accountability, and Inclusion. 
• Ensures end-to-end org design, encompassing communication and effective change management. 
• Translate business strategy and organizational needs into contemporary organizational solutions including organizational design, inclusion and diversity, succession & talent management, and culture change. 
• Collaborate across the People OP Model (COE’s, People Services) to articulate business needs and partners in delivering solutions in ways that bring value across the enterprise. 
• Applies judgment to data insights and trends to support business talent and organization decisions that drives organizational effectiveness and innovative and robust workforce planning, engagement strategies, and succession management  
• Shape and lead change management efforts to ensure delivery of organizational solutions, programs, and deliverables. 

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree, Advanced Degree preferred, and 15+ years of HR relevant business experience 
• Proven leadership effectiveness in followership, innovation, people program/project management, and executive coaching, demonstratin