Senior Manager, Project Manager, Franchise Strategy & Operations

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

11 paid company holidays

Vacation accrual

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb Company in New Jersey seeks a strategic and operational portfolio partner to work with the medical lead and team. You will identify, plan, mitigate risks, and deliver on portfolio priorities across Medical Plans, AIMs governance, and cross‑functional initiatives.

You will facilitate budget processes with finance and medical leads, drive efficient operations, and ensure alignment with TA portfolio objectives.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, development, or commercialization. (science background strongly recommended). An advanced degree (e.g., MS, MBA) is a plus.
• This position requires a solid understanding of drug development and commercialization.
• Project management foundation and relevant experience on matrix management, budget management, metrics and leadership communication.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and demonstrated ability to interact directly and productively with team members and management and to manage and prioritize multiple competing priorities is also required.
• Ability to lead and engage in complex scientific discussions, develop and summarize clear follow-up/action plans and execute.
• Strong experience with building relationships, leading strategic initiatives and programs, and collaborating across divisions with people with a range of business backgrounds and cultural experiences.
• Highly organized and motivated individual that can work independently/effectively with cross functional matrixed teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity, driving change and innovation across a matrix.
• Experience with drug development, commercialization, healthcare, clinical trial management a plus.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate development, execution and strategic reviews of Medical Plans: supports to align the Medical Plan with TA portfolio objectives; support the activities of multi-disciplinary groups to meet the objectives and implementation milestones outlined in the medical plan(s).
• Partner with the Medical Lead in overseeing AIMs (Asset Indication Medical) Team meeting: organizing, managing and communicating the portfolio of projects aligned with the AIMs goals and objectives.
• Drive efficient operations, strategic alignment, and effective knowledge exchange.
• Provide support, as well as monitoring and tracking other key projects to ensure their successful completion.
• This includes prepare agendas, manage content, align presenters/materials, minutes, tracking action items, key decision/next steps, ensure representation in the decision‑making process from the appropriate cross‑functional partners, maintain SharePoint documentation.
• S&O and LT support (LT meetings, quarterly business reviews, budget reduction scenario plans).
• Maintain Medical plans, manage dependencies across functions, and provide transparency to medical leads and senior leaders.
• Facilitate comprehensive project plans and progress reports for team leads, senior management and other stakeholders, as needed.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (MS/MBA) a plus

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.

Summary:

This role will be a strategic and operational portfolio partner for the medical lead and team in identifying, planning, risk identification/mitigation and delivering on portfolio priorities and workstreams. Examples: Asset Indication Medical meetings, medical planning, budget management/planning, congress activities, Ad Board planning, and portfolio governance/decision making. The role will partner across matrix functions (Medical Evidence Generation, finance, development teams, corporate giving, advocacy, professional societies, business operations) to support One BMS, prioritization and decision making. The individual would lead with passion, innovation, speed and accountability.

Responsibilities:

In partnership with the Medical Lead, facilitate the development, execution and strategic reviews of Medical Plans: supports to align the Medical Plan with TA portfolio objectives; support the activities of multi-disciplinary groups to meet the objectives and implementation milestones outlined in the medical plan(s). Partner with the Medical Lead in overseeing AIMs (Asset Indication Medical) Team meeting: organizing, managing and communicating the portfolio of projects aligned with the AIMs goals and objectives. Drive efficient operations, strategic alignment, and effective knowledge exchange. Provides support, as well as monitoring and tracking other key projects to ensure their successful completion. This includes prepare agendas, manage content, align presenters/materials, minutes, tracking action items, key decision/next steps, ensure representation in the decision‑making process from the appropriate cross‑functional partners, maintain SharePoint documentation.

S&O and LT support (LT meetings, quarterly business reviews, budget reduction scenario plans).

Maintain Medical plans, manage dependencies across functions, and provide transparency to medical leads and senior leaders. Facilitate comprehensive project plans and progress reports for team leads, senior management and other stakeholders, as needed.

Track, measure, provide performance updates and identify risk areas or barriers impeding successful execution. Work with teams, medical leadership, and/or senior management to resolve issues.

Partner with Finance and Medical leads to facilitate the budget process including trade‑off discussions and on an ongoing basis ensure the brand budgets (including facilitation of annual budget, monthly projections, accruals, variance analysis and budget planning for the coming year) are on track.

Partner with the Congress Management team, EMCoE and Corporate Giving.

Support key cross‑functional strategic initiatives lead by the medical team by providing project management expertise for project planning including aligning on tasks, resource needs, timelines and objectives.

Identify, develop and implement new processes to facilitate continued evolution of the Operations function and improve efficiency of the medical organization.

Build relationships with key stakeholders, including Development Teams, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Commercial and Medical team members, to influence strategic alignment on key medical objectives.

Ensure Medical Team members are fully represented in the decision‑making process with knowledge exchange.

Distribution List management.

Ensure key communication points are captured and disseminated.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, development, or commercialization. (science background strongly recommended). An advanced degree (e.g., MS, MBA) is a plus.
• This position requires a solid understanding of drug development and commercialization.
• Project management foundation and relevant experience on matrix management, budget management, metrics and leadership communication.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and demonstrated ability to interact directly and productively with team members and management and to manage and prioritize multiple competing priorities is also required.
• Ability to lead and engage in complex scientific discussions, develop and summarize clear follow‑up/action plans and execute.
• Strong experience with building relationships, leading strategic initiatives and programs, and collaborating across divisions with people with a range of business backgrounds and cultural experiences.
• Highly organized and motivated individual that can work independently/effectively with cross functional matrixed teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity, driving change and innovation across a matrix.
• Experience with drug development, commercialization, healthcare, clinical trial management a plus.

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Compensation Overview:

• Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $122,910 - $148,938
• Princeton - NJ - US: $122,910 - $148,938

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:

• Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).
• U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which 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.
• Depending on eligibility, 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.

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