R&D IT Portfolio Delivery Lead – Associate Director

Bristol Myers Squibb; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 202,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an Associate Director, R&D IT Portfolio Delivery Lead to drive the R&D IT project portfolio with strategic priority alignment and resource optimization. You will guide portfolio governance, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement to deliver value for R&D objectives.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coach project managers, and ensure delivery excellence using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methods, in a global environment with strong governance and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT project management experience in pharma or life sciences preferred.
• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and tracking expenditures for projects and run-rate work.
• Experience implementing/scaling Agile (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe) across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management and delivery of the R&D IT project portfolio, ensuring alignment with the prioritized Book of Work (BOW) and supporting effective decision-making and resource allocation.
• Build trusted partnerships with IT Leadership, Product Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and drive portfolio success
• Serve as the primary contact for portfolio-level updates, ensuring clear and transparent communication and translating technical information into business-relevant insights
• Manage financials for both investment projects and ongoing run-rate support, including budgeting, forecasting, and tracking expenditures
• Oversee project planning, execution, monitoring, and closure, ensuring adherence to best practices, regulatory requirements, and that projects stay within scope, schedule, and budget
• Establish and monitor portfolio-level risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and escalation as needed
• Support consistent use of project/program management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and collaborate to define scope, budget, timeline and success criteria
• Serve as a coach and escalation point for project managers, enabling delivery excellence and risk mitigation
• Manage objectives and key results to assess portfolio health and value realization, track KPIs, and provide regular status updates to R&D IT leadership
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by applying lessons learned and feedback loops
• Ensure compliance with pharmaceutical regulations and BMS policies throughout project delivery

Skills

IT project management

Agile methodologies

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Leadership & cross-functional teams

Jira

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Business

Tools

Jira

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an Associate Director, R&D IT Portfolio Delivery Lead to drive the R&D IT project portfolio with strategic priority alignment and resource optimization. You will guide portfolio governance, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement to deliver value for R&D objectives.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coach project managers, and ensure delivery excellence using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methods, in a global environment with strong governance and