Associate Director, Launch Management
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Princeton
Posted on: May 7, 2024
Job Description:
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 . Summary: The Associate Director,
Launch Management will play a key role delivering and embedding a
capability for executing launches within the BMS portfolio. This
role resides in the central Launch Excellence team and deliver
project and program management in a matrix environment, working
with brand teams to deliver their launches against the Launch
Excellence framework. The Associate Director, Launch Management
will provide expert guidance to brand teams ensuring effective
utilization of the Launch Excellence Playbook capability to
delivering elevated efficiency and transparency to BMS launches.
Responsibilities:
- Provide expert launch and project management partnership and
consultation to brand launch teams. Deliver a fit-for-purpose
application of the standard playbook, and support execution against
this playbook.
- Create and maintain launch team project plan and activities
including elements such as RAID log, Risk/Issue mitigation,
weekly/monthly team status updates, launch team organization chart,
collaboration site/data repository, timelines
- Lead launch kickoff, strategic planning sessions, act as
thought partner with brand lead and S&O partner
- Partner with launch team stakeholders to ensure lessons
learned, best practices, and key performance indicators are
captured and regularly incorporated into central launch excellence
repository for continuous improvement.
- Engage and energize the launch teams to ensure optimal
performance and proactively remove obstacles to drive launch
project team momentum and progress. Acts as a point of escalation
for launch team members and key stakeholders.
- Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of
the new launch methodology framework driving alignment of cross
functional workstreams
- Embed and evolve the companywide Launch Excellence framework
which reflects a new and changing environment ensuring a
companywide consistent approach to brand launches
- Inform functional and technical documentation for the new
launch management tool
- Track launch resource forecasting to inform resource allocation
and opportunities to flex resources
- Inform the development of and help deliver the PM launch
training, dynamic interactive brand playbook, and tools
development
- Provide tool training, mentorship and expert guidance to
contracted Launch Management team and brand team internal project
managers, sharing lessons and elevating team competency.
- May lead large complex initiatives, collaborating with business
leadership and managing launch delivery across therapeutic teams
and branching US and globally.
- Provides technical support, training, guidance and facilitation
on the dynamic brand playbook tools, working with key stakeholders
and end users. Qualifications:
- Minimum of 7 years of healthcare or pharmaceutical commercial
project management experience, with a minimum of 5 years of
commercial launch experience. Global experience preferred.
- Minimum 10 years project management experience with complex,
matrixed organizations
- PMP preferred
- Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects
and programs
- Product launch project management/leadership experience
required.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without direct
authority, managing stakeholder expectations at all levels in a
matrixed global environment while maximizing business value
- Entrepreneurial mindset. Self-starter who can operate in an
environment with little/no direction
- Ability to foster a collaborative environment and creating a
strong rapport
- Demonstrated analysis and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills, prepare senior management
updates.
- Experience with workshop facilitation, and data gathering and
synthesis
- Must have significant experience in creating a project plan,
constructing timelines, projections, and risk/issue facilitation in
a process-oriented organization. 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 CareersWith 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/
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.
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