Senior Director, QMS Lifecycle Management & Operational Controls bei Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb · Princeton, Irland · Onsite
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Princeton
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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. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
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Position Summary
Reporting to the Executive Director, Compliance Enabling QMS, this role develops and executes the strategic roadmap for the Lifecycle Management and Operational Controls pillars to achieve long term strategic goals (e.g. speed to market, expanding BMS’ pipeline portfolio, advancing digital capabilities, etc.) through the Process framework elements of BMS’ Quality Management System (QMS). This includes ensuring requirements are optimized and implemented in a way that seamlessly integrate into all functions and work in tandem with the Governance Controls Processes and Systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Influence and align QMS focus areas over the strategic time horizon with senior leaders
Accountable for the end-to-end flow of QMS processes related to requirements, ensuring interfaces between processes are identified, efficient and well managed.
Partner with Senior leaders across the Research and Development and Commercial Operations organizations to develop and execute a rolling 3-5 year strategy that identifies tangible areas of value creation by adapting the QMS to meet critical business needs.
Ensure the core competencies of optimization driven by BMS including Compass are built within the team (e.g. Agile, Kaizen, etc.).
Provide input and identify opportunities to enhance process and the BMS Quality strategy to support prioritization and enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience
Maintain and prioritize portfolio of both bottoms-up (i.e., simplification opportunities at the process level) and top-down (i.e., strategic levers) continuous improvement projects.
Identify, mitigate and communicate critical risks.
Partner with local sites and markets to ensure they maintain document management capabilities, pull through global QMS requirements into their local documentation, are in a continuous state of inspection readiness, and actively participate in QMS changes that will directly impact their operations.
Develop and implement defined metrics, associated targets, and reporting mechanisms including data collection and analysis, and monitor performance to ensure expected outcomes are met.
Champion a Quality mindset / Culture of Quality.
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Natural Science, Pharmacy, or related field required.
A minimum of 15 years of experience in the biopharma/pharmaceutical industry, with at least ten (10) years of experience managing people and teams
A minimum of 5 years leadership experience in driving business transformations
Thorough understanding of GxP regulatory requirements
Strong program/project management experience with proven record of managing cross-functional programs and ability to oversee multiple projects.
Strategic thinking capability with ability to make and act on decisions while balancing speed, quality and risk to deliver value added business results that meet quality requirements.
Demonstrated influencing skills with senior levels over multiple disciplines.
Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, and communication / listening skills, with the ability to collaborate with employees/management at all levels.
Demonstrated ability to apply simplification and optimization approaches.
Expertise in facilitating issue resolution, including ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders on path forward.
Enterprise mindset to work in a matrixed organization with a range of technically, culturally, and geographically
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Compensation Overview:
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.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.
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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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 an 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.
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