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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 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 .

Candidates for this position should have significant experience and a demonstrated track record of success leading Learning teams. Candidates must have the proven ability to develop and lead a team of professionals who can interact across all levels and functions of the organization effectively. Candidates must also bring to this position a proven ability to lead during a time of significant change, and an ability to establish credibility and influence other executives through both formal and informal leadership.

Qualifications & Experience :

• At least 10 years’ experience in Operations, Development and/or and related functions, experience in biopharmaceutical/life-sciences industries preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Engineering or related fields. A master’s degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources Management or related fields is highly valued and preferred.

• Strategic agility - Strong and demonstrated strategic thinking capability with proven success & discipline to focus on execution of strategic decisions while balance conflicting priorities.

• Process Effectiveness & Drive for Results - Ability to provide innovative ideas to optimize the function and generate new ideas or alternatives that create value including seeking new information and external insights.

• Exceptional executive written & oral communications critical with proven savvy in executive escalation of critical issues.

• Exceptional capability to build alignment with senior level business partners.

• Demonstrated strong ability to influence areas not under direct control to achieve objectives and effectively communicate challenging goals & objectives.

• Demonstrated leadership capability with ability to make and act on decisions while balancing speed, quality, and risk.

• Ability to work in a matrix environment and build strong relationships by being transparent, reliable, and delivering on commitments.

• Experienced in management of people and challenging self and others to continuously learn and improve.

• A history of developing and achieving key metrics and scorecards

• Successful track record of building, leading, and maintaining high-performing and highly motivated teams; regarded and well respected as a strong leader.

• Competency in developing strategic plans, as well as directing tactical execution; strong project management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Translating the Enterprise Learning Team’s vision and strategy into execution of GxP learning initiatives and applying core competencies across the GxP learning landscape to achieve sustainable and measurable improvements.

• Acting as a thought leader and architect who will: advocate and align GQ leadership and the GQ organization around Learning Initiatives top-down; evaluate GQ business performance horizontally across GQ pillars.

• Driving change management to promote a culture of continuous improvement and embedding it into our daily work, partnering with GPS and cross-functional leadership in developing and rolling out a culture of learning performance.

• Assessing, analyzing, and implementing solutions across the Learning Ecosystem to identify and eliminate waste.

• Building, maintaining, and leveraging relationships across the pillars to identify opportunities for process improvement, facilitate the implementation of process improvement, and continuously monitor processes and outcomes.

• Set the overall direction of learning and continuous improvement throughout Global Quality and across the GxP Learning landscape.

• Develop and implement a risk-based learning approach for end to end (E2E processes supporting regulated functional areas across the product lifecycle.

• Lead Quality centralized learning to build capabilities & drive quality growth mindset and establish a center of excellence for Quality capability building, defining standards, deployment model, in collaboration with GPS Learning.

• Lead a team of centralized LMS administrators to drive efficiency and compliance across the GxP Learning landscape.

• Define and optimize competency / capability-based processes to replace and / or supplement read & understood methodology.

• Serve as point of contact for GxP Learning and collaborate with SMEs across the organization for audits and external Health Authority (HA) inspections.

• Lead and define the learning integration strategy for all Mergers & Acquisitions

• Collaborate with external learning leaders to benchmark, drive industry standard, and improve current processes.

• Create scalable capabilities (training, coaching, tools, etc.) which can be pulled through within the function to ensure focus on execution.

• Ensure desired Learning outcomes are achieved through centrally tracked and transparent metrics.

• Leading by example in promoting Quality Culture and role-modeling the BMS Values. Develops and executes site training strategy – including working with site stakeholders to determine learning needs and priorities and provides appropriate training to meet those learning needs.

• Create, maintain & assign QMS L2, including BMSDocs and Infinity curricula.

• Design & deploy material & content for Global QMS training including material translation.

• Manage & maintain Qualified Trainer program (eLearning, ILT, evaluation)​

• Design, deploy & monitor Annual GxP Refresher training content & completion.

• Manage & maintain QMS Training Procedural Documentation

• Develops training resources within functional departments to be able to identify and solve learning needs as they arise.

• Evaluate and enhance the current on-boarding structure for all new hires, including customizations of on-boarding plans for all roles and levels on the team.

• Develop training sessions and materials for existing employees ensuring all aspects of job responsibilities and expectations are met to improve efficiency, effectiveness and compliance and address gaps appropriately.

• Participate, review, and interpret system release management documentation into materials for training all staff.

• Develop and oversee departmental strategy and goals in alignment with site strategies.

• Work as a training and competency expert with various teams and clients developing micro-learnings, webinars and other presentations.

• Collaborate, coordinate, and communicate across disciplines and departments.

• Leading by example in promoting Quality Culture and role-modeling the BMS Values.

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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

BMS has a diverse 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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) 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.

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

Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1580465

Updated: 2024-04-30 01:45:15.220 UTC

Location: New Brunswick-NJ

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, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.