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Bristol Myers Squibb Executive Director, RCO Business Management Office in Princeton, New Jersey
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Position: Executive Director, RCO Business Management Office
Location : Lawrenceville, New Jersey
The Executive Director, RCO Business Management Office works closely with the Senior Vice President of Regional Clinical Operations (RCO) as a strategic thought-partner to develop and execute the operational strategy that drives RCO's performance. This role reports to the Senior Vice President of Regional Clinical Operations and is an active member of the Regional Clinical Operations Leadership Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a global, diverse, and matrixed team that drives performance and resource management, develops and executes RCO's business strategy, and strengthens clinical trial contracts and grants.
Performance and Resource Management
Develop performance metrics (i.e., speed and quality of study start-up, patient enrollment, study close-out, etc.) for the Regional Clinical Operations organization; regularly track metrics and communicate progress with appropriate stakeholders.
Establish communication cadence with key stakeholders (i.e., Regional Clinical Operations leadership team, Global Development Operations Team) and execute communications to identify, discuss, and resolve critical issues that drive RCO's performance and efficiency.
Optimize, monitor, and manage RCO's flexible service provider and full-time resources by understanding the Research and Development (R&D) portfolio and prioritized studies.
Build a resource deployment strategy to ensure the appropriate number of resources are deployed to the prioritized studies and clinical trials; implement an actionable plan and collaborate with appropriate stakeholders (i.e., Business Insights & Analytics).
RCO Business Strategy
Collaborate with the Senior Vice President of RCO and the RCO leadership team to identify strategic priorities for the organization; translate priorities into actionable plans and clearly communicate priorities and plans across the RCO global organization.
Develop a strategy and vision for RCO that enhances RCO's productivity, decision making, and accountability, and aligns to Global Development Operations (GDO) and Drug Development's overall strategy.
Drive integration efforts resulting from merger and acquisition activities by partnering with the appropriate stakeholders (i.e., GDO operations team, RCO leadership team, Human Resources, Finance, etc.).
Partner with Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal and other enabling functions to support RCO, GDO, and R&D priorities and initiatives.
Serve as a leader across R&D and represent RCO and/or GDO by participating in governance or strategic committee meetings as needed.
Clinical Trial Contracts and Grants
Drive clinical trial site contracting and grant payment activities (i.e., budget build, contract standards and templates, financial compliance, site payments, etc.) for clinical trials and provide guidance to the Contracts and Grants team on financial and legal risk management as needed.
Provide central guidance for regional and in-country execution of contracting and grants including setting consistent expectations and quality ways of working.
Establish processes to strengthen financial compliance throughout the RCO and GDO organization, including vendor and site payment activities.
Qualifications & Experience:
Degree Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required with an advanced degree preferred.
Experience Requirements
10 to 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with core understanding of clinical operations and associated business parameters.
Proficient in ICH/GCP principles, regulatory guidelines and directives, and drug development and clinical research processes as it relates to clinical trial execution.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of the drug development process with proven expertise in clinical trial execution and a successful track record of leading through influence, working across complex and global organizational matrices.
Strong financial budgeting and forecasting skills with proven expertise in global clinical trial site payments, contracts, and grant activities.
Key Competency Requirements
Strong influential, leadership, and communication skills with a proven ability to engage, manage, develop, and inspire a global and diverse team.
Proficient in working with a high level of autonomy and enterprise mindset while managing multiple projects and deadlines; ability to nimbly respond to changing business needs.
Demonstrates ability to translate strategy into executional plans and interface with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
Strong change management and strategic thinking skills with a proven track record to proactively lead through change by developing appropriate plans to mitigate risk.
Travel Requirements
- Up to 25% of travel required.
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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field 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.
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1579120
Updated: 2024-04-26 01:25:11.033 UTC
Location: Princeton-NJ
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