Working with UsChallenging. 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 .Responsibilities:
Establishes and maintains a structured, fit-for-purpose framework and operating model for contract operations for effective facilitation, oversight, and management of the centralized enterprise contracting facilitation capability across BMS.
Provides strategic oversight of the contract facilitation capability to ensure timely and high-quality contracting facilitation services to support BMS stakeholders and partners.
Sources, builds, and leads a team of regional/segment leads and contract facilitators to support enterprise contract facilitation.
Develops and maintains SOPs to ensure compliance with BMS policies, key controls, and other regulatory / government requirements and ensures that contractual obligations, SOPs, and guidelines are adhered to.
Develops and deploys quality assurance protocols to monitor team and individual quality and reduce escalations.
Regularly reviews the total scope of services from a financial and operational perspective to ensure effective management of resources and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Mitigates and drives solutions regarding contract facilitation challenges.
Recommends and maintains applicable standard templates and playbooks for enterprise contract facilitation and works with regional/segment leads to localize as required.
Researches industry trends and innovations in contract facilitation and introduces best practices within the enterprise contract facilitation group.
Builds strong strategic relationships with external partners to ensure effective business delivery.
Develops and monitors KPls and metrics to measure performance and health of contract operations. Reports key metrics to BMS leadership.
Coordinates with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant, and effective facilitation of contracts.
Works with BMS Legal to regularly review and update enterprise contract facilitation related policies.
Qualifications:
Minimum of 10 years prior experience with legal and contracting within the pharma/biotech/CRO industry and team leadership required.
Excellent understanding of pharma contracting, compliance, and policies relevant to the services within the remit of the role.
Proven experience in influencing key internal and external stakeholders (including senior leaders) to obtain buy-in, in order to implement change.
Effective management of cross-functional, multi-cultural teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.
Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiples demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
Direct people management experience with demonstrated competencies in growth mindset strategies, mentoring and coaching and a strong proven desire to share knowledge and experience to promote the professional development of others.
Proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology to automate and streamline processes. Familiarity with Icertis is ideal.
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
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