Senior Director Cell Therapy CMC Portfolio Strategy

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Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference. We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming patients’ lives through science. At the core of that mission are the talented individuals who contribute their “unique” skillsets to help us drive innovation and deliver truly life-changing drugs for our patients. As we continue to pursue that mission, we’re looking for talented professionals like you to join our team. What unique gene will you bring?

Join us and make a difference. We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

The Senior Director of Cell Therapy (CT) Integrated Portfolio Strategy plays an important role in the development of our cell therapy enterprise strategy. In partnership with senior leaders, the Senior Director of Integrated Portfolio Strategy facilitates the development of an integrated asset portfolio strategy to achieve organizational goals and long-term sustainability. Core responsibilities include driving key CMC/LCM portfolio strategy processes, evaluating the asset CMC portfolio, guiding CAPEX investment decisions, and developing strategic choices and recommendations for senior leadership in Cell Therapy.

In this highly visible role, the Senior Director of CT Portfolio Strategy will partner closely with leaders in CTDO and in partner areas to deliver a franchise-wide integrated portfolio strategy that enables industry-leading performance. The role also ensures ongoing alignment of cell therapy portfolio, with organizational strategies and those of our Cell Therapy stakeholders. Accordingly, it is critical that the candidate effectively engage a matrixed team of internal and external partners to ensure organizational alignment.

Key responsibilities:

Developing and driving an integrated asset portfolio strategy that fulfils near-, mid-, and long-term CT goals

Leading and identifying potential portfolio gaps, imbalances, and risks and proposing mitigations

Clearly articulating portfolio priorities to ensure appropriate levels of investment and resourcing

Developing clearly framed portfolio choices and opportunities for long-term sustainability

Routinely evaluating the portfolio and guiding scenario planning to inform asset and portfolio decisions

Evaluating individual asset strategies and investment proposals (internal and external) in the context of portfolio and enterprise strategies

Facilitating transparent, cross-functional alignment on portfolio recommendations and tradeoffs at senior most governance forums for Cell Therapy manufacturing and supply

Guiding Cell Therapy strategies to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and priorities

Driving and continuously improving key portfolio strategy processes (e.g., CTDO operations and strategy reviews, portfolio reviews, portfolio optimization) and core deliverables for CTDO LT

Ensuring alignment of portfolio strategy with adjacent initiatives and processes (e.g., CTDO program resources & development costs, long-term portfolio planning, pipeline goal setting, company goal setting, etc.)

Staying abreast of external/industry trends and peer strategies to inform portfolio strategy

Mentoring and training teams in articulating strategy and driving programs aligned with portfolio strategy

Requirements:

Undergraduate (BA/BS) degree required; PhD or MBA preferred but not required; seeking balanced combination of scientific and business acumen

12 plus years of direct professional experience in CMC development in life sciences, biopharmaceuticals; strong understanding of biopharma drug development and commercialization process

Portfolio strategy, TA/Franchise strategy, portfolio management, or drug development project management experience strongly preferred

Demonstrated strength in understanding overarching company goals, performing strategic assessments, and developing clearly framed choices and recommendations

Comfort in agile environment; capable of bringing structure to vaguely defined problems while using creative yet pragmatic problem-solving approaches

Highly effective written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Demonstrated experience in CMC development and implementation of business processes that can benefit early-stage CMC teams.

• Demonstrated ability to coach team leaders in navigating the complexities of a cross-functional, matrixed organization that is dynamic and rapidly evolving.

Inclusive interpersonal skills; ability to build relationships, influence, and drive organizational

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. The primary duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job.

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. There are other duties and responsibilities that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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