C2C4C Rides and Corporate Affairs Strategy & Operations

Bristol-Myers Squibb; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 194,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Flexible time off

Paid company holidays

Job summary

Bristol-Myers Squibb seeks a Director to lead the C2C4C Rides and Corporate Affairs Strategy & Operations, driving integrated communications globally. You will partner with program leadership to execute strategy, manage budgets, and shape public and internal storytelling for one of the company’s flagship enterprise initiatives.

In this high-visibility role, you will coordinate across Corporate Affairs, market teams, agencies, and executives, delivering impactful communications, media engagement,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
• 15+ years of experience in communications, corporate affairs, program management, public relations, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success managing communications and multi-million $ program budgets, leading cross-functional teams, and driving complex workstreams from strategy through execution.
• Strong program management capability, including governance support, planning, stakeholder management, budget coordination, and execution across complex global initiatives.
• Strong writing and storytelling capabilities across formats and audiences.
• Experience working across media, digital, internal communications, and events.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Translate C2C4C priorities into integrated communications plans, project timelines, deliverables, owners, and milestones.
• Coordinate across Corporate Affairs, market teams, agencies, event partners, rider leads, patient advocacy partners, and business stakeholders.
• Support program governance through clear communications inputs, leadership updates, and action tracking.
• Partner with Global C2C4C Program lead on multi-million dollar program budget planning and vendor coordination.
• Develop and own global messaging strategy and narrative architecture for C2C4C, and create global toolkits.
• Lead integrated communications strategy across U.S. and global markets, overseeing storytelling and executive engagement.
• Define and execute content strategy for patient, rider and employee storytelling and multimedia assets.
• Develop local and national media strategies and prepare spokespeople for high-profile opportunities.
• Collaborate on Internal Communications cadence and campaigns aligning with branding priorities.
• Define social and digital strategies and manage executive social communications.

Skills

Program management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Executive engagement

Communications strategy

Storytelling

Writing skills

Media relations

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

The Director, C2C4C Rides and Corporate Affairs Strategy & Operations is responsible for leading the integrated strategy, program management (in partnership with the current global program lead), and external/internal communications for one of the company’s most prominent enterprise programs, “C2C4C” (Coast 2 Coast/Country 2 Country/Continent to Continent 4 Cancer), a signature global initiative that plays a critical role in shaping employee engagement, corporate reputation and trust, and showcases the company’s mission in action. In close partnership with the Global C2C4C program lead, this role will collaborate to drive both program execution and integrated storytelling across internal communications, external media, digital and social channels, executive engagement, and live events while helping translate program priorities into coordinated execution. The Director contributes to strategic vision, establishes operating discipline, and is accountable for the program’s visibility, credibility, communications readiness, and impact globally. This role serves as a strategic and program partner to C2C4C program leadership and executive stakeholders, including BMS LT members, as well as advocacy organizations with whom BMS partners. The scope is broad, highly visible, and fast-moving. The role demands strong creative instincts, flawless execution, strong program management, multi-million dollar budget management, governance discipline, and the ability to operate with confidence and independence while collaborating across a matrixed organization. The role reports to the Senior Director, Strategy & Business Operations, Corporate Affairs, with a dotted-line relationship to the Corporate Communications team.

Responsibilities

Program Management & Operational Execution

Work in close partnership with the current C2C4C program management lead to translate C2C4C strategic priorities into integrated communications plans, project timelines, deliverables, owners, and execution milestones. Coordinate across Corporate Affairs, market teams, agencies, event partners, rider leads, patient advocacy partners, and business stakeholders to ensure communications planning is fully integrated with broader program planning and execution. Support program governance through clear communications inputs, leadership updates, agenda development, action tracking, issue escalation, and alignment across workstreams. Partner with the Global C2C4C Program lead on multi-million dollar program budget planning, with accountability for communication-related budget planning and vendor/agency coordination for communications-related program activities, ensuring resources are aligned to highest-impact priorities and coordinated with the broader program budget.

Development of Global Toolkits

Develop and own the global messaging strategy and narrative architecture for C2C4C, including executive positioning, messaging frameworks, FAQs and global communication toolkits to drive consistent storytelling at scale. Ensure materials are audience-centric, globally relevant, and adaptable for local markets.

Story Architecture & Content Development

Lead the integrated communications strategy across all U.S. and global markets where C2C4C takes place, ensuring storytelling, executive engagement, media, digital, internal communications, and live moments are connected to the program’s strategic priorities. Contribute to program planning and governance by bringing communications strategy, stakeholder insight, narrative priorities, and reputation considerations into decision-making forums. Define and execute the content strategy for patient, rider and employee storytelling that drives measurable engagement and amplifies business impact. Own the creative vision and production strategy for video and multimedia content, directing internal teams and/or agency partners to deliver best-in-class storytelling assets. Ensure storytelling reflects the company’s values, purpose, and commitment to patients and communities.

Media & External Engagement

Develop and execute local and national media strategies that position C2C4C as a flagship corporate program with measurable reputational impact, in partnership with Corporate Communications leadership team. Lead development of strategic media narratives, proactive story angles, and spokesperson platforms that drive sustained media coverage and external credibility. Accountable for spokesperson strategy—partnering with the Global C2C4C program lead to identify, vet and prepare riders, employee advocates, and senior executives for high-profile media and speaking opportunities, in close partnership with the Corporate Affairs media team.

Internal Communications

Collaborate with Internal Communications leadership to design and execute employee engagement strategies that drive participation, pride, and cultural impact. Drive clear and compelling internal narratives that reinforce purpose, pride, and participation. Execute internal communication cadence and campaigns, ensuring strategic alignment between operational updates (e.g., rider application, update, training and other announcement emails) and broader narrative/branding priorities.

Digital & Social Communications

Partner with omnichannel team to define social and digital strategies that maximize reach, engagement, and brand impact across owned and earned channels. Drive integrated paid and organic digital strategies, allocating $ resources to optimize performance and return on investment. Own executive communications strategy for social media, positioning senior leaders as authentic voices for the program and crafting high-impact content.

Events & Live Moments

Define and lead the integrated strategy and execution plan for signature C2C4C moments, to ensure communications plans are aligned with operational plans, timing, logistics operations, and leadership engagement. Serve as communications counsel to executives participating in C2C4C events, shaping their engagement strategy and preparing them for high-visibility moments. Partner with C2C4C program lead to ensure ride-related milestones and logistics are reflected in participant communications, leadership touchpoints, and live-moment communications through a disciplined execution plan.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

Partner with the Global C2C4C program lead to establish the measurement framework and KPIs for C2C4C, with ownership of communications and reputational impact measures. Drive continuous innovation in the communications approach, leveraging insights, emerging platforms, and industry best practices to maintain program leadership. Use insights, stakeholder feedback, and post-event learnings to improve program design and future ride planning in partnership with the Global C2C4C Program lead, and to continuously improve communications effectiveness.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
• Demonstrated success managing communications and multi-million $ program budgets, leading cross-functional teams, and driving complex workstreams from strategy through execution.
• 15+ years of experience in communications, corporate affairs, program management, public relations, or related fields.
• Proven track record designing and executing global, multi-stakeholder communications strategies that deliver measurable business and reputational impact.
• Strong program management capability, including governance support, planning, stakeholder management, budget coordination, and execution across complex global initiatives.
• Strong writing and storytelling capabilities across formats and audiences.
• Experience working across media, digital, internal communications, and events.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with senior executives.

Compensation Overview

Princeton - NJ - US: $194,400 - $235,561 The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits

• wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.
• Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
• Employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs.
• Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
• U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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