Associate Director, Cross TA Field Medical Strategy

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The BMS Cross TA FM Strategy team plays a critical role in ensuring that healthcare providers are educated on the appropriate use of our medicines and have the information they need to improve outcomes for their patients. We develop strategies, tools, and guidance to empower Field Medical (FM) teams within the US and ensure that they are aware, informed, engaged, and equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to perform their roles effectively and compliantly. The Associate Director will work closely with the Director, Cross TA FM Strategy, US Field Medical Leadership, US Field Medical Strategy, BI&A, IT, and other functions to ensure effectiveness of the US Field Medical team across all therapeutic areas (TA).

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Director, Cross TA FM Strategy Team

• Partners with FM Leadership, FM Strategy and other functions on Cross-TA initiatives, communications and business needs in support of US Field Medical

• Liaises & aligns with business partners, providing strategic insight & business needs of FM on effectiveness projects [Platforms/capabilities for FM, Cross TA FM processes, FM Value Statements/Demonstration, and other key areas)

• Understands the evolving FM landscape and provides strategic insights. Supports the operationalization and standardization efforts of FM roles/responsibilities across TAs

• Understands FM strategies/key objectives, needs, and challenges around field facing processes and capabilities; provides expertise to help design strategies to optimize systems use, data reporting, and capability execution by Field Medical teams, facilitating stakeholder decision-making; and where possible, proactively anticipating stakeholders' needs.

• Support internal and external market research (from FM perspective) to pulse stakeholder insights on key FM attributes then collaborates to develop relevant action plans

• Maintains and supports a US FM community of practice to ensure collaboration and appropriate scaling of shared best practices across TAs and workstreams

• Ensures FM team develops expertise in business processes and in cross-functional optimization projects, such as account management, platform/reporting capabilities, research support, and other important areas for FM

• Provides holistic view of FM effectiveness through the development and maintenance of reporting dashboards based on input from FM stakeholders

• Develops and delivers core communication platforms/communications; identifies and leverages digital innovation and trends for FM to optimize the use of technology and implementation of processes

• Provide support and clarification of FM’s role in supporting the clinical book of work, in coordination with Global Drug Development

• Collaborate with FM stakeholders to implement and manage field-facing systems and processes including training, reporting, troubleshooting, analytics, and implementation of new functionality; in partnership with FM Leadership, responsible for FM system strategy and implementation of functionalities of current and future platforms, anticipating the needs of the FM teams at a national level

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry working with FM and/or Commercial teams

• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization and in stakeholder management

• Demonstrated strength in project management and ability to manage numerous complex project timelines and priorities involving multiple internal/external stakeholders

• Experience with operational processes and accountable for process improvement

• Collaborates effectively and applies innovative approaches/technologies to deliver projects within agreed upon timelines

• Demonstrated ability to learn independently and to apply knowledge across all services/deliverables

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint, MS Teams, and demonstrated ability to learn independently and adapt quickly to new processes/systems

• Experience with Veeva systems preferred

• Strong verbal and written communication skills (fluent in English)

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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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