Global BD Excellence Leader: Capability & Transformation

BD; Franklin Lakes (NJ); On-site; USD 230,000 - 369,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Potential Discretionary LTI Bonus

Vehicle use reimbursement

Phone use reimbursement

Health and Well-being Benefits

Medical coverage

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Hospital Care Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Short-term disability coverage

Long-term disability insurance

Long-term care with life insurance

Well-being resources

Anxiety management program

Job summary

BD in Franklin Lakes, NJ, seeks a senior leader to drive BD Excellence capability development and global deployment across a matrixed organization. You will lead strategic initiatives and embed tiger teams to accelerate maturity.

The role requires 12+ years in operational excellence and change programs, with a proven record of delivering measurable business outcomes. Bachelor’s degree; MBA preferred. Travel ~70% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, Organizational Development, or related discipline.
• MBA, Master’s degree, or equivalent advanced education preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in operational excellence, capability development, transformation, business excellence, or related fields.
• Significant experience leading enterprise-wide deployment and organizational change initiatives.
• Proven success within global, matrixed organizations and cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated track record delivering measurable business outcomes through capability building and operational improvement programs.
• Expert-level knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and deployment frameworks.
• Strong business and financial acumen with ability to connect capability investments to business value.
• Experience establishing governance models, performance systems, and maturity assessments.
• Exceptional leadership, coaching, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale organizational change and culture transformation.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise strategy for BD Excellence capability development and global deployment.
• Provide hands-on tiger team expertise, embedding into high priority teams and initiatives to rapidly scale BD Excellence capabilities whilst personally providing BD Excellence expertise to drive to faster outcomes.
• Partner with BDELs, business leaders, and regional teams to accelerate maturity and adoption of BD Excellence practices.
• Partner with BDELs around the globe to design custom learning, coaching, certification, and capability-building plans, identifying support needs and accountability
• Lead deployment governance, standards, assessments, and measurement systems across the enterprise.
• Drive executive engagement and leadership development related to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Establish and monitor KPIs that measure adoption, capability growth, business impact, and value realization.
• Facilitate sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and deployment methodologies globally.
• Identify capability gaps and implement solutions to strengthen organizational effectiveness and performance.

Skills

Execution Excellence

Functional Expertise

Stakeholder Leadership

Influence Without Authority

Operational Rigor

Data-Driven Decision Making

Strategic Communication

Change Leadership

Global Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, Organizational Development, or related discipline

MBA, Master’s degree, or equivalent advanced education preferred

Job description

BD in Franklin Lakes, NJ, seeks a senior leader to drive BD Excellence capability development and global deployment across a matrixed organization. You will lead strategic initiatives and embed tiger teams to accelerate maturity.

The role requires 12+ years in operational excellence and change programs, with a proven record of delivering measurable business outcomes. Bachelor’s degree; MBA preferred. Travel ~70% domestically and internationally.