Director, GDO Operations Workforce and Budget Management

Bristol-Myers Squibb - Princeton, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Princeton, NJ

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Director of GDO Operations Workforce and Budget Management at Bristol Myers Squibb is a pivotal role that involves partnering with the Executive Director of GDO Operations and the GDO Leadership Team to manage key strategic and tactical activities. This position is accountable for executing the strategic vision of the organization while ensuring adherence to financial and headcount targets in collaboration with the GDO Leadership Team, Finance, and Research Development Strategic Partnership (RDSP). The role requires a deep collaboration with leaders and subject matter experts across various enabling functions, including Business Insights & Analytics (BIA), Finance, and Human Resources (HR). The Director will develop, maintain, and monitor the GDO hiring and resource plan to align internal resources and external partnerships with the GDO strategy, which emphasizes a flexible yet sustainable workforce. In this role, the Director will facilitate the development of the GDO business strategy by leveraging internal expertise and conducting external analyses. They will translate this business strategy into divisional objectives with actionable plans and manage their successful delivery. The Director will assist functional leaders in designing and implementing both short- and long-term business strategies, ensuring consistency in resource allocation across GDO functions. This includes collaborating with BIA and GDO functions to develop, validate, and implement effective resource algorithms, as well as creating tools and processes that enhance resource planning and transparency within GDO. The Director will also be responsible for leading a team of support personnel who maintain the accuracy and currency of staffing and requisition databases and reporting outputs. Building productive working relationships with key stakeholders throughout Bristol Myers Squibb is essential, as is the ability to think strategically and communicate effectively. The role may also involve representing GDO Operations in various strategic forums and committees, ensuring that the organization’s resource, workload, and capacity needs are well understood and addressed.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Director, GDO Operations and the GDO Leadership Team to manage strategic and tactical activities.
• Execute the strategic vision for the organization and monitor financial and headcount targets.
• Collaborate with leaders in Business Insights & Analytics, Finance, and HR to develop and maintain the GDO hiring and resource plan.
• Translate resource reporting and forecasting analytics into functional resource, hiring, and budget plans.
• Facilitate the development of GDO business strategy from internal expertise and external analysis.
• Translate business strategy into divisional objectives with actionable plans and manage their delivery.
• Assist functional leaders with the design and implementation of business strategies.
• Ensure consistency in resource allocation across GDO functions.
• Develop, validate, and implement effective resource algorithms in collaboration with BIA and GDO functions.
• Implement tools and processes that optimize resource planning and transparency within GDO.
• Provide regular communication and reporting to GDO functional leads regarding resource, workload, and capacity.
• Lead a team responsible for maintaining staffing and requisition databases and reporting outputs.
• Build productive working relationships with key stakeholders and express views strategically.
• Represent GDO Operations in matrix forums, strategic teams, or committees.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required; a degree in Life Sciences, Business, or equivalent is preferred.
• At least 8 years in clinical operations with 2 years of experience in business operations or financial/resource planning is required.
• Robust understanding of the drug development process and clinical operations, with strong financial and resource planning skills.
• Demonstrated strength in assessing business-critical needs and developing business strategies.
• Strong experience with business process design and performance measurement.
• Strong business acumen and comfort in agile delivery and learning environments.
• Ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems using creative problem-solving approaches.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and executive-level messaging skills.
• Ability to build relationships, influence, and drive organizational engagement.
• Strong matrixed team leadership, mentoring, and people development skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management skills preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and services that support employee goals at work and in personal lives.
• Opportunities for career growth and development.
• Diversity and inclusion programs.