Senior Manager, US Events & Meetings Consultant Engagements

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The Senior Manager, U.S. Events & Meetings Consultant Engagements role drives business-centric partnerships and collaborates with key leaders and operational teams within Compliance, Legal, Risk Operations, IT, US Medical and Commercial stakeholders, and global partners. This role manages the end-to-end strategic engagement planning and execution of Consultant Engagements, including tiering, FMV, contracting, logistics, payments, transparency reporting, risk management, and ensures compliance with consultant engagement processes across BMS. The position drives performance excellence and continuous improvement for Consultant Engagements, aligning to business priorities and delivering best-in-class HCP customer engagements.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Strategic Thinking and Planning

• Create business impact by combining a deep understanding of healthcare trends with an enterprise-wide perspective to identify strategic opportunities for breakthrough performance.

• Influence senior leaders and partner with US Medical/Commercial business stakeholders to strategize and guide best-in-class HCP customer engagement.

• Oversee and manage budget to ensure optimal and effective utilization of resources.

• Drive effective business partnership between Events & Meetings team and US teams in strategy development, investment decision making, and tactical planning for HCP/Consultant Programs.

• Lead the matrix team of key stakeholders to drive effective execution of Consultant Engagements.

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation across all processes and systems used for Consultant Engagements.

• Establish and deliver key metrics on Consultant Engagements to Business Partners.

• Consistently foster and embrace an environment in which all individuals embrace a “Speak My Mind” and “growth mindset” culture.

• Potential to manage direct reports.

Execution Excellence

Provide guidance and coaching, and assume accountability for the following in terms of consultant engagement execution:

• HCP/Consultant communication and contracting

• Consultant Engagement event logistics planning and leadership

• Processes and systems

• Vendor management

• Issue identification and resolution

• Transparency and compliance

• Continuous improvements

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a BA/BS degree is required; Master’s degree/MBA preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional work experience in medical, commercial, business operations, and/or related functions; experience within the healthcare industry is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated capability serving in team leader roles with ability to work effectively in BMS matrix culture.

• Acute business acumen and understanding of Consultant Engagement landscape from an industry/market perspective.

• Strong affinity for engaging with medical and commercial stakeholders to understand and address their needs, considering varying perspectives, opinions, and viewpoints with a focus on the optimum business outcome.

• Strategic experience developing and executing Consultant Engagements with HCPs and attendee groups; tactical experience with program and engagement implementation.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information, process requirements, and other information with confidence and consideration of varying aptitudes of audience, clients, and matrix team members.

• Demonstrated leadership creating and ma