Executive Director, Neuroscience Global Commercial Strategy

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The Executive Director, Neuroscience Global Commercial Strategy will serve as a senior commercial leader accountable for maximizing the global value of priority assets within the Neuroscience franchise, with a primary focus on KarXT. This leader will set the strategic direction for the global brand, mobilize cross-functional matrix partners, and engage priority markets to translate enterprise strategy into high-impact execution. The role will also lead strategies to optimize global brand performance and life cycle value for KarXT.

This role will provide senior commercial leadership for KarXT, partnering with Development, Medical, Regulatory, CMC, Commercial, and Strategy & Operations to shape an integrated development and launch strategy. The Executive Director will work closely with key markets, Business Insights & Analytics (BI&A), and Global Market Access (GMAx) to ensure development decisions are grounded in market insight, customer needs, and clear paths to successful global commercialization.

This leader will be responsible for translating global strategy into market-level impact, with a strong focus on launch readiness, brand performance, and long-term value creation. They will identify and advance opportunities within and beyond the organization to strengthen KarXT’s global growth trajectory. This position will serve as the commercial lead on the KarXT Global Product Team and will be accountable for the commercial vision, priorities, and decision-making agenda for the asset.

In addition to shaping development strategy, this leader will establish the strategic platforms required to optimize KarXT, anticipate future market needs, and enable markets to launch with excellence. They will guide market-facing strategy, support effective customer engagement, and partner with medical colleagues to deepen external relationships with patient advocacy organizations, medical societies, and global thought leaders.

This leader will help define and scale BMS’s ex-US and global presence in emerging neuroscience disease areas, including schizophrenia, bipolar I mania/mixed, Alzheimer’s disease (psychosis, agitation, and cognition) and irritability in autism spectrum disorder. Responsibilities will include setting commercialization strategies, assessing customer and market dynamics, optimizing brand positioning, and preparing for launches in a high-value therapeutic area of strategic importance to BMS.

The position will lead long-range planning for the assets, contribute to the buildout of BMS’s global corporate presence in neuroscience, and guide products through major investment decisions, including representation and recommendations to Executive Management.

The leader must operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment with significant expectations for strategic quality, enterprise leadership, and delivery excellence. They must demonstrate the ability to influence senior stakeholders, align cross-functional teams, and lead through ambiguity across Clinical, Regulatory, Country Marketing, Market Access, and Commercial partners while fostering an energizing, inclusive, and performance-oriented culture.

Domestic and International travel required (~20%).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead worldwide brand planning for priority neuroscience assets across marketing, medical, access, and development, including long-range strategic and financial planning.

• Drive enterprise-level assessment of competitive intelligence, market events, and emerging scientific and commercial trends; translate implications into brand strategies and investment priorities in rapidly evolving spaces that are new to BMS.

• Convert emerging clinical, market, and brand evidence into strat