Director, Nurse Advancement

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices•Vernon Hills, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Nurse Advancement is a strategic nursing leader responsible for developing, launching, and scaling BD’s enterprise nurse engagement strategy across the nursing career journey. The role drives initiatives that strengthen nursing mindshare and expand customer value. The Director establishes and executes enterprise nurse advancement strategies; designs and leads BD Clinical Learning programs, curricula, certification pathways, and training cohorts; builds strategic partnerships with nursing schools, faculty, professional associations, and healthcare organizations; and ensures disciplined program deployment through governance, performance measurement, dashboards, and measurable outcomes. The role serves as the voice of nursing within BD, translating frontline nursing insights, workforce priorities, and customer needs into enterprise strategy, innovation priorities, workforce solutions, and sustainable business outcomes that advance nursing practice and BD’s long-term growth objectives. The position requires travel up to 50% based on partner, customer, program, and business needs. BD states that most roles require at least four days per week of in-office presence, while remote or field-based arrangements are indicated in the job posting. The primary work location is Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with Vernon Hills, Illinois, listed as an additional location.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) credential.
Advanced degree required: master’s degree in nursing, business administration, health administration, or a related field.
At least 15 years of progressively senior nursing, clinical, education, workforce, health-system, or transformation leadership experience.
At least 10 years leading nursing professional development, clinical education, or large-scale change initiatives.
Demonstrated experience engaging nursing stakeholders across multiple career stages, including frontline, mid-level leadership, and executive stakeholders.
Proven ability to develop strategy, launch programs, build external partnerships, and scale work through a matrixed organization.
Experience translating clinical and workforce needs into measurable organizational, customer, or business outcomes.
Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Strong project leadership, prioritization, organizational, and change-management capabilities.
Ability to travel up to 50% based on partner, customer, program, and business needs.
Ability to represent BD with senior nursing, academic, health-system, and industry stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in education, nursing practice, philosophy, or a related field.
Executive presence, relationship-building, and high-impact communication.
Nursing education, curriculum strategy, and adult learning orientation.
Customer-centric innovation and co-creation.
Growth mindset and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

Establish and execute enterprise nurse advancement strategies.
Design and lead BD Clinical Learning programs, curricula, certification pathways, and training cohorts.
Build strategic partnerships with nursing schools, faculty, professional associations, and healthcare organizations.
Deploy programs with disciplined governance, performance measurement, dashboards, and measurable outcomes.
Represent the voice of nursing within BD and translate frontline insights, workforce priorities, and customer needs into enterprise strategy, innovation priorities, workforce solutions, and business outcomes.
Engage nursing stakeholders across career stages, including frontline nurses, mid-level leaders, and executives.
Develop strategies, launch programs, build external partnerships, and scale initiatives through a matrixed organization.
Translate clinical and workforce needs into measurable organizational, customer, or business outcomes.
Represent BD with senior nursing, academic, health-system, and industry stakeholders.
Lead through cross-functional influence, matrix leadership, systems thinking, and ambiguity.