Executive Director, Marketing & Talent Excellence

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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

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At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision – transforming patients’ lives through science. In oncology, hematology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease – and one of the most diverse and promising pipelines in the industry – each of our passionate colleagues contribute to innovations that drive meaningful change. We bring a human touch to every treatment we pioneer. Join us and make a difference.

Marketing & Talent Excellence Standards

What we are looking for: A dynamic leader with a strong marketing expertise and a subject matter expert on not only the fundamentals of marketing but has a vision for the future of marketing to ensure the worldwide commercial organization represents a best-in-class marketing organization and a vision for developing marketers to reach their full potential. Our workforce is every evolving, markets are more complex: increased competition, regulatory, access challenges and importance of health equity along with a stronger need to engage customers with advances in technology and data require critical shifts to the traditional marketing operating model.  The Ex. Director of Marketing & Talent Excellence will need to play a strategic role in developing and implementing on the core marketing principles and standards.   S/He will need to be able influence and lead the enterprise-wide marketing organizations and drive the change necessary to ensure BMS marketers develop and grow their careers. The Ex Director will need to continue to develop the bespoke BMS Marketing Quotient framework that reflects the new and changing environment to ensure a companywide consistent approach to drive customer behavior change that helps to enable patients receiving appropriate therapies.

Within BMS, portfolio changes, impending numerous launches, a focus on niche/rare diseases and new disease states provides a critical need for a senior leader with marketing and talent development expertise, to help BMS evolve consistent marketing approaches and practices.

BMS has evolved to a skills-based organization and the Ex Director will be accountable to drive the identification of critical skills for marketers across a variety of marketing roles within the organization. Along with the identification of the skills, resources to support attracting, retaining, and developing marketing talent will be a key focus.

This individual will be accountable for working across markets, as well as across the matrix engaging with the most senior leaders within the company.  We are looking for a dynamic, performance-driven leader who cultivates a team-based, collaborative, customer/externally focused environment which promotes candor, innovation and change management.

Who do you work with: The Executive Director reports directly to the Vice President, of Marketing & Launch Excellence. This individual leads collaboratively across and partners with a matrix organization inclusive of WW markets, Marketing, Training, HR, Medical, Access, Analytics and Legal.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build and shape the company wide commercial organization into a best-in-class marketing organization by continuing to expand the Marketing Quotient framework, aligned to Unified Brand Planning; to ensure a companywide consistent approach.

• Develop the Talent skills based approach to focus on shaping talent that is evolving with the changing market; establish more structured job profiles, articulate career journeys and help marketers