Vice President / General Manager, Vascular

Becton Dickinson NA; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) in Tempe, AZ seeks a senior platform leader to define and execute a globally aligned platform strategy. You will own the P&L, drive investment, and guide portfolio decisions across the product lifecycle, partnering with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and Sales to deliver differentiated clinical and economic value.

You will lead transformation initiatives, energize teams across geographies, and ensure quality and patient safety in all strategic decisions,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business/finance/engineering/life sciences or a related field required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across general management, marketing, sales, business development or related functions within healthcare or medical technology.
• P&L leadership with direct accountability for growth, profitability, investment choices and operating performance.
• Transformation and growth experience including portfolio shifts, restructuring, or business-model evolution.
• Global leadership across geographies with diverse regulatory and reimbursement environments.
• Portfolio, pricing and digital savvy with value-based pricing and data-driven decisions.
• Strong influence and communication skills; capable of leading senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set the platform strategy and lead cross-functional execution across R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and more.
• Own the platform P&L and budget with discipline on investment and resource allocation.
• Shape portfolios and roadmaps from development through lifecycle management and end-of-life decisions.
• Drive market success with differentiated value propositions and pricing strategies.
• Evaluate technologies, partnerships, and acquisitions with disciplined financial judgment.
• Lead transformation and operational excellence using BD standards to improve productivity and reliability.
• Ensure quality, regulatory rigor, and patient safety in strategy and execution.

Skills

Enterprise thinking

Strategic orientation

Financial fluency

Customer insight

Portfolio & pricing

Influence & communication

Change leadership

Matrix leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/engineering/life sciences or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

We are the people who give possibilities purposeBD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction. Define and communicate a differentiated global platform strategy aligned with PI and BD enterprise priorities, market dynamics, customer needs, and long-termgrowth objectives.
• Deliver financial outcomes. Own the full P&L and resource-allocation agenda; drive sustainable revenue growth, margin expansion, disciplined expense management, cash generation, and return on investment.
• Shape the portfolio. Lead portfolio strategy and roadmaps across the product lifecycle, from early development and clinical and regulatory pathways through launch, lifecycle management, and end-of-life decisions. Balance near-term execution with long-term innovation andinvestment.
• Drive market and customer success. Anticipate current, future, and unmet customer needs; strengthen market position; enable value-based pricing and channel effectiveness; and deliver differentiated clinical, economic, and customer value globally.
• Lead innovation and business development. Set the platform innovation and business development agenda. Evaluate technologies, partnerships, acquisitions, and other investments with disciplined strategic and financial judgment.
• Champion transformation and operational excellence. Lead business transformation with clear outcomes and sustained execution. Apply BD Excellence to simplify work, improve productivity, solve problems at the root, and increase reliability.
• Ensure quality, compliance, and patient safety. Embed quality, regulatory rigor, ethical decision-making, and patient safety into strategy and execution; proactively identify and manage risk.
• Mobilize global, cross-functional leadership. Orchestrate across R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Medical, Clinical, Human Resources, regions, and countries to translate strategy into integrated plans and enterprise outcomes.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

Leads the platform leadership team and directly manages marketing and other designated platform roles, including international employees as applicable. Designs the organization and talent strategyrequired to win; selects, coaches, develops, and retains high-impact leaders; strengthens succession;accelerates high-potential talent; and ensures accountability when expectations are not met. Providesenterprise leadership across matrixed functions and geographies where outcomes depend on influence and shared accountability.

Fiscal Responsibilities

Owns the platform P&L and associated operating budgets, forecasts, capital and portfolio investments, productivity commitments, and resource-allocation decisions. Applies strong financial and commercialjudgment to drive growth, profitability, margin expansion, cash generation, and return on investment.

Experience & Education

• Education. Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, marketing, engineering, life sciences, or a related field required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Leadership experience. Typically, 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across general management, marketing, sales, business development, or related functions within healthcare or medical technology.
• P&L leadership. Demonstrated success leading a large, complex business with direct accountability for growth, profitability, investment choices, and operating performance.
• Transformation and growth. Proven ability to deliver results through disruption, including portfolio shifts, restructuring, market expansion, or business-model evolution.
• Global leadership. Meaningful experience operating across geographies and navigating diversecustomer, regulatory, reimbursement, healthcare, and market environments.
• Portfolio and innovation. Experience shaping portfolios, leading innovation pipelines, and making disciplined tradeoffs across organic growth, lifecycle investment, and businessdevelopment.
• Commercial excellence. Deep experience in customer engagement, pricing, market development, reimbursement and healthcare economics, channel optimization, and enabling high-performingsales organizations.
• Quality and compliance. Experience embedding quality, regulatory discipline, and patient safety as enablers of sustainable business performance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Enterprise thinking and orchestration. Operates with accountability for BD as a whole, connects decisions across functions and geographies, and creates clarity so the full system moves in the same direction.
• Strategic and results orientation. Anticipates market shifts, makes focused choices, translatesstrategy into measurable outcomes, and maintains rigor and urgency in execution.
• Financial fluency. Strong command of commercial levers, business cases, capital allocation, margin expansion, forecasting, and performance management.
• Customer and market insight. Understands vascular disease states, relevant anatomy and clinical workflows, customers, competitors, and evolving healthcare systems; anticipates unmet needs and translates insight into differentiated value.
• Portfolio, pricing, and digital savvy. Shapes portfolio evolution, applies value-based pricing and investment discipline, and uses data, digital capabilities, and MedTech innovation to improve decisions and customer value.
• Influence and communication. Builds coalitions, communicates complex matters succinctly, and inspires confidence with senior leaders, associates, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Change and people leadership. Guides organizations through transformation with transparency and follow-through; builds inclusive, high-performing teams; develops leaders; and addresses performance gaps directly and fairly.
• Matrix leadership and judgment. Establishes credibility quickly, works effectively across functions and geographies, prioritizes in real time, and makes sound decisions in high-stakes and ambiguous situations.

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive. We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers .Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Primary Work LocationUSA AZ - Tempe Headquarters

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