Director, HRBP, Translational Medicine & Discovery and Development Sciences

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The Director, HRBP for Translational Medicine, and Discovery and Development Sciences provides strategic people partnership to senior leaders within the Research function. Additionally, this role will serve as the research function lead for the simplification and standardization of HR processes such as talent and performance management, and work in close partnership with counterparts in the Development and Commercialization HR functions as well as the relevant Centers of Expertise (CoEs). This role provides HR leadership in driving the people strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, team effectiveness, and change management. The client group may be present in multiple BMS locations/geographies/global functions, requiring close alignment with the People Org and function leadership to ensure pull-through of workforce planning and talent strategy. 

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Position Responsibilities 

• Provides strategic HR Business Partner expertise to Translational Medicine and Discovery and Development Sciences 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. 

• Serve as Lead Research Partner with talent management and total rewards to shape deployment approaches for annual processes and build common templates, approaches, and deadlines for HRBP execution a