AI-Ready Drug Development Excellence Lead

Bristol Myers Squibb; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 156,890 - 190,117; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, d—

Wellbeing Programs

Financial & protection benefits (401(k

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks an Associate Director, Drug Development Excellence to advance DD strategy and enable high-quality execution across cross-functional initiatives. The role focuses on deep process analysis, KPI integration, and digital enablement as the company moves toward AI-enabled operations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will partner with leaders across Drug Development to drive improvements in processes, performance management, and change enablement in a highly matrixed

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required; advanced degree preferred (Life Sciences, Business, MBA, MS, PhD, PharmD).
• 5–7 years in operational excellence, process improvement, or strategy execution in pharma; Drug Development experience preferred.
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma methodologies; certification a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with project management and process modeling tools; exposure to workflow automation a plus.
• Strong data analytics and root-cause analysis to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep, data-driven analysis of end-to-end Drug Development processes and identify inefficiencies and opportunities.
• Define KPIs and performance metrics; monitor and report progress against targets.
• Lead process re-engineering initiatives to improve quality, speed, capacity, and value.
• Identify and embed digital tools to enable AI-ready operations; partner with AI and tech teams.

Skills

Process analysis

KPIs & metrics

Lean Six Sigma

AI readiness

Change enablement

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Data analytics

Workflow automation

Education

BA/BS degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

ADONIS

OnePlan

MS Project

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks an Associate Director, Drug Development Excellence to advance DD strategy and enable high-quality execution across cross-functional initiatives. The role focuses on deep process analysis, KPI integration, and digital enablement as the company moves toward AI-enabled operations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will partner with leaders across Drug Development to drive improvements in processes, performance management, and change enablement in a highly matrixed