IT Portfolio Delivery Lead - RampED

Profile

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference. We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

At Bristol-Myers Squibb, we’re creating innovative medicines for patients who are fighting serious diseases. We’re also nurturing our own team with inspiring work and challenging career options. No matter our role, each of us makes a contribution. And that makes all the difference.

Job Description:

The Portfolio Delivery Lead will be responsible for the planning and execution of programs and projects in close collaboration with the IT Digital Capability Management and the IT Business Partner function, reporting to the worldwide patient safety Portfolio Delivery lead. This will require orchestrating efforts across a broad set of stakeholders and sponsors ensuring commitments are met with the right sense of urgency.

Key Responsibilities:

Build effective coalitions with key stakeholders at various levels across business, plan and build & run organizations in a matrixed environment, leading to better alignment and faster business value delivery

Partner with the Portfolio Governance lead to help facilitate the collection of IT demand from Business Partners and process them following BMS portfolio intake process, collection, rationalization, budgeting and prioritization

Build and manage integrated program plans and execute them such that they can accommodate evolving ideas and discovery of new requirements to maximize business value

Active engagement with leadership from business case development through program delivery and business outcomes

Provides oversight to assigned project/ program management resource or leads large complex initiatives, collaborating with business leadership and managing program delivery across internal IT, third party vendors, and service providers

Maintain adequate domain knowledge of the business strategies to ensure maximum value realization.

Provide support to IT Leadership in program operations including budgeting / forecasting, financial reconciliation, vendor management, and procurement

Engage and energize the program teams to ensure optimal performance and proactively remove obstacles to drive project/program momentum and progress. Provide as a point of escalation for all constituents of the portfolio

Holistic project monitoring, controls, team integration, change integration, and corrective action as needed. Ensure the application of Project Management best practices and company SDLC standards in managing the project as appropriate.

Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements; contribute to the preparation of the portfolio budget Recruit, lead, and develop a team of entrepreneurial project managers to ensure execution excellence while scaling based on business needs

Advise and consistently apply IT best practices (including Agile, SDLC, PMF) and contribute to continuous improvement in close partnership with PPM CoE, Agile CoE and Quality functions

Contribute to the overall maturity and consistency of the PM organization by serving as an SME on leadership, program and project management, stakeholder engagement, scope definition, risk identification/mitigation, etc.

Interact with other program leads to ensure consistent processes and high-quality reporting

Key Competencies:

Strong demonstrated experience in the R&ED space in large pharmaceutical organizations.

Experience with systems and tools used in discovery for transactional or insight.

A Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Information Technology or related discipline preferred or comparable industry experience

Strong program and project management experience with proven track-record of leading cross-functional IT/Business transformation programs preferably in life sciences industry

Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without direct authority, managing stakeholder expectations at all levels in a matrixed global environment while maximizing business value delivered

Demonstrated ability to manage and/or oversee multiple, simultaneous projects and programs

Must have knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC.)

Experience with managing projects across predictive and adaptive methodologies e.g. Agile and Waterfall. Experience with managing work across multiple vendors, resolving issues ensuring execution excellence

Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and collaborate with employees and management at all levels

Strong facilitation and meeting management skills; Strong communicator via all media: collaboration technologies (SharePoint, Skype, etc.) and presentations written, emails, verbal with a wide variety of audiences

Demonstrated ability to use structured problem solving and available tools to quickly evaluate problems, identify root causes, create action plans, assess impact and develop resolution options

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Company info

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Website : http://www.bms.com