Director, Regional Delivery Lead

Director, Regional Delivery Lead

Job description

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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.

Position Summary

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Regional Delivery Lead is a leadership level role within the Regional Clinical Operations (RCO) function and is considered essential to the sustainability and success of the BMS R&D; pipeline.

This role reports to the Executive Director, Head of Regional Delivery Lead and is a key member of the Regional Delivery Lead Leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

- Drives strategy and operational leadership for Regional Delivery Leads in a specific region to ensure regional accountability of all country clinical operation teams supporting the BMS R&D; portfolio.
- Proficient in Drug Development (DD) strategy and delivery; actively coordinates with the Global Trial Management organization to the Regional Clinical Operations (RCO) Cluster and Country Heads to ensure alignment and accountability for execution by the country clinical operations teams via the team of Regional Delivery Leads within their regional remit.
- Assume responsibility of owning a cross-functional relationship within a specific therapeutic area across Drug Development and Worldwide Medical.






- Build and leads a regional team of Regional Delivery Leads (RDLs) that drive accountability and delivery of all country clinical operations team commitments within a region (e.

g., Americas, EMEA, APAC, etc.) for assigned trials throughout the end-to-end study lifecycle by coordinating between global and local teams.

- Monitors and manages regional delivery of study-start-up (regional input into protocol development, country / site feasibility and site selection), study conduct and study closure.
- Provides ongoing feedback, coaching, and career development, including engagement and retention support to staff to maximize their potential.






- Engages with RCO Cluster and Country Heads and other relevant stakeholders to support the synthesis of local trends which would influence successful clinical trial execution.
- Member of the Regional Delivery Lead Leadership team who will identify influencing factors which require the adaptive management of site monitoring and site management resources.
- Engages with RCO Leadership to ensure proper escalation of trends which may impact the strategic value of opportunities.
- Proficient in local market regulatory environment within a region, providing direction, guidance and support during inspection preparation, sponsor, and site activities.






- Serves as a leader across R&D; and develops strong and productive working relationships with key stakeholders throughout BMS with the ability to think strategically across a broad portfolio and effectively expresses views to senior management.
- Ensures RCO representation as needed in governance or strategic teams or committees (preparatory materials, direct participation, or representative).
- Engages and energizes employees through communication of goals, priorities, and other business critical information as well as focus on employee value proposition, development, and retention activities.
- Develops and promotes a workplace culture that values diversity of thought, promotes integrity and creates an atmosphere that supports coaching and fosters accountability.

Qualifications & Experience

Degree Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required with an advanced degree preferred.

Experience Requirements







- Minimum of 10 years of experience in project management in a pharma / biotech / CRO organization.
- Significant experience in the planning, conduct and management of clinical programs (Phase I-IV) globally or within a region.
- Demonstrated ability to drive project related activities.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in managing teams and a strong track record of motivating, aspiring, coaching, and developing direct reports.
- Experience in driving a team to deliverables and setting up a strong culture of accountability in achieving set goals.
- In depth understanding of GCP, ICH Guidelines and other local guidance, regulation and codes of practice related to Clinical Research and Medical Affairs.
- Understands the drug development process, from early to late stage, including lifecycle management.






- Deep knowledge of clinical trial operations including monitoring methodologies, systems, regulations / compliance, budget and resource management and site facing engagements.
- Knowledge of the external country clinical trial environment and stakeholders therein.

Key Competency Requirements

- Demonstrated organizational and planning skills and independent decision-making ability.
- Highly organized and motivated possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills (both English and local language), interpersonal skills and presentation skills to inform and guide others.
- Passionate, accountable, innovative, and a critical thinker who balances risk / speed for maximum results.

Travel Requirements

Up to 30% of travel required.

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 .

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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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