Executive Director, Established Brands Lead

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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us

Position Summary

The Established Brands Lead serves as the “single point of accountability” for the established and mature assets portfolio across all Therapeutic Areas. This individual is accountable for leading the Established Brand Team through the end-to-end efforts essential for the maintenance of these brands, including brand performance monitoring, risk management, and Health Authority interactions. The Established Brands Lead develops, leads, and inspires a high-performing matrix team and is responsible for ensuring strategic alignment with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders as needed.

Key Responsibilities

Technical/Functional Responsibilities:

• Leads cross-functional teams to develop and maintain fit-for-purpose brand strategies that support ongoing , regulatory compliance, market optimization and brand deletions.
• Accountable for the execution of the aligned product strategy by cross-functional teams, incorporating considerations across all relevant functions and operational areas.
• Participates in interactions with global health authorities to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance, timely completion of post approval commitments/requirements, any necessary updates in response to new information, responses to health authority information requests, and completion of any remaining marketing authorization filings and approvals.
• Partners with Corporate Development to identify, evaluate, and operationalize divestitures.
• Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with external stakeholders (e.g., Key Opinion Leaders and alliance partners), leveraging insights to enhance brand impact.
• In partnership with Medical Affairs, ensure commitments to generate (e.g., through completing ongoing medical evidence generation) and disseminate (e.g., through medical publications) evidence are met.
• Understands operational complexities related to ongoing brand performance, including logistics and data management.
• Integrates necessary financial and access inputs to inform continuous brand management according to the aligned brand strategy.
• Partners with Commercial and Global Product Strategy (GPS) teams on long term volume demand planning, lifecycle management, trade packaging, and commercial product supply needs to support ongoing brand requirements.
• Maintains oversight of access, pricing, and reimbursement considerations according to the aligned brand strategy.
• Supports investor relations and public affairs teams in managing external communications to ensure consistent and effective messaging for established brands.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Inclusively Collaborates Across the BMS Matrix with an Enterprise Mindset: Effectively collaborates with matrix functions by building trust and driving toward the collective success of the program
• Demonstrates Enterprise Mindset, Problem-Solving, and Decision Making: Gathers diverse perspectives to assess alternate resolutions and makes thoughtful, informed enterprise decisions
• Develops and Leads a High-Performing Matrix Team: Builds, leads and inspires high-performing, cross-functional matrix team through a unified program strategy
• Holds Oneself and Others Accountable: Takes initiative to address challenges and remove barriers while holding others accountable for outcomes, team collaboration, and the collective success of the program
• Demonstrates Character: Leads with integrity, self-awareness, and humility; Seeks and adapts to feedback

Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced degree in related field required (MS, MD, PhD, MBA, PharmD, etc.)
• Proven leadership and/or people management capability; previous experience in building and leading a high-performing teams
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in the drug development & commercialization process with extensive working knowledge of end-to-end drug development and/or expertise in one or more of the relevant areas (e.g., clinical, regulatory, project planning and management, medical, commercial development)
• Proven expertise in stakeholder management
• Demonstrated ability to constructively influence peers and senior leaders across the enterprise
• Working knowledge of regulations in the pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate across geographic and functional boundaries (e.g. early development, R&D, disease strategy teams, marketing, access, etc.) and building strong external relationships
• Track record of successfully executing on large, complex projects.
• Success in situations requiring rigorous, analytical problem solving and the ability to determine scientific opportunity and commercial targets
• Broad understanding of US and international issues relative to the pharmaceutical industry

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.