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Position Overview
Medical Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb is institutionalizing a disciplined Medical Operating System — a structured execution engine designed to translate strategy into sustained, measurable performance. The Senior Director, Medical Performance Measurement will drive the development of and embed the execution engine that ensures Medical operates with precision, transparency, and measurable impact. This role will institutionalize quarterly performance discipline, drive digital pull-through, elevate leadership capability standards, and create enterprise-grade visibility into Medical execution. By strengthening operating rigor and structured accountability, this role will enable Medical to maximize the patient impact of our growth portfolio and catalysts while elevating the organization to best-in-industry standards. This leader will be a steward of this system, ensuring that Medical operates with precision, transparency, and enterprise-grade accountability.
This role will carry accountability to embed operating rigor, institutionalize quarterly performance discipline, drive digital pull-through, and create enterprise-wide visibility into Medical execution. By establishing systemic accountability and disciplined execution, this role will support the leader in enabling Medical to maximize patient impact across our growth portfolio and catalysts — while elevating the organization to best-in-industry standards. Medical Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb is institutionalizing a disciplined Medical Operating System — a structured execution engine designed to translate strategy into sustained, measurable performance. The Senior Director, Medical Performance Measurement will drive the development of and embed the execution engine that ensures Medical operates with precision, transparency, and measurable impact. This role will institutionalize quarterly performance discipline, drive digital pull-through, elevate leadership capability standards, and create enterprise-grade visibility into Medical execution.
By strengthening operating rigor and structured accountability, this role will enable Medical to maximize the patient impact of our growth portfolio and catalysts while elevating the organization to best-in-industry standards. This leader will be a steward of this system, ensuring that Medical operates with precision, transparency, and enterprise-grade accountability.
This role will carry accountability to embed operating rigor, institutionalize quarterly performance discipline, drive digital pull-through, and create enterprise-wide visibility into Medical execution. By establishing systemic accountability and disciplined execution, this role will support the leader in enabling Medical to maximize patient impact across our growth portfolio and catalysts — while elevating the organization to best-in-industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture of a performance focused Medical Operating System
• Design and implement structured operating cadence (monthly + quarterly) across all Therapeutic Areas (TAs).
• Moderate quarterly Medical Impact Performance execution reviews.
• Develop and socialize standardized execution KPIs aligned to enterprise growth priorities within and across Medical.
• Surface risks, execution gaps, and performance variances with clarity and objectivity.
• Recommend and implement course corrections and structural improvements.
• Ensure consistency of execution discipline across all TAs.
Own the Medical Performance Dashboard
• Design, Implement, and continuously maintain the enterprise Medical Performance Dashboard.
• Define leading and lagging indicators spanning growth portfolio execution, digital adoption, and capability maturity.
• Maintain standing "Operating Excellence" agenda time at the MLT level.
• Establish performance transparency across the medical organization.
Benchmark and Position Medical as Best-in-Industry
• Conduct rigorous external benchmarking of Medical operating models across the pharmaceutical industry.
• Codify best practices and institutionalize them within BMS Medical.
• Partner with Finance to quantify execution ROI and demonstrate Medical's value creation.
• Support the enterprise-level narrative on Medical performance, strategic progress, and impact.
Qualifications & Experience
• BA/BS or advanced degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years of performance execution experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation or operating model design.
• Proven track record building performance management systems, dashboards, and institutional operating cadence.
• Experience driving digital adoption and large-scale behavioral change in complex organizations.
• Highly structured thinker with exceptional operational rigor and an enterprise-wide perspective.
• Leadership versatility and executive presence.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation or operating model design.
• Proven track record building performance dashboards and institutional cadence.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Experience driving digital adoption and behavioral change.
• Highly structured thinker with operational rigor and enterprise perspective.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Marketing or Cross-Functional Strategy.
• Familiarity with performance management frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Balanced Scorecard).
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Compensation Overview:
Princeton - NJ - US: $224,910 - $272,538
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
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• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off
• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
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R1604416 : Senior Director, Medical Performance Measurement