Director, Worldwide Commercialization Skills, Commercialization Learning, Centre of Excellence

Bristol Myers Squibb•Princeton, NJ

About The Position

The Worldwide Commercialization Learning (WWCL) Centre of Excellence is seeking a strategic, enterprise-minded leader to serve as Director, Worldwide Commercialization Skills. This role provides end-to-end leadership for the commercialization skills strategy across Field, Medical, Market Access, and Home Office roles within the Commercialization organization, inclusive of CASA (Commercialization AI Strategy & Analytics). This role represents an evolution of the Commercialization Skills remit to align with BMS's AI-enabled commercialization model and the Global Capability Centre (GCC), known internally as Learning Excellence & Advancement Partner (LEAP). The Director will translate business strategy, AI-powered capabilities, and organizational priorities into scalable skills, pathways, and enablement that drive sustained behavior change, readiness, and performance. This position reports to the Senior Director, Worldwide Commercialization Learning, Centre of Excellence. In this role, the Director will partner closely with senior leaders across CASA, Medical, Market Access, Marketing, and Field organizations globally, as well as Enterprise Learning leaders and the Global Capability Centre (LEAP), to ensure an integrated, scalable approach to commercialization capability development.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred.
10+ years of experience across commercialization, marketing, market access, medical, analytics, or capability development roles, ideally within life sciences.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale capability building or transformation initiatives in complex, matrixed environments.
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate strategy, data, and AI-enabled capabilities into practical skills and behaviors.
High level of data, digital, and AI fluency, with the ability to partner credibly with analytics, product, and technology teams.
Proven people leader with experience developing high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.
Exceptional stakeholder management and consulting skills, including influencing senior leaders and navigating ambiguity.
Global mindset with experience working across geographies and cultures.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously evolve the Worldwide Commercialization Skills strategy, aligned to enterprise commercialization priorities, CASA's AI-enabled operating model, and LEAP service guardrails.
Serve as the single point of accountability for commercialization skills across Field, Medical, Market Access, and Headquarters roles, reducing duplication and increasing stakeholder clarity.
Act as the Learning Partner Lead for Worldwide Commercialization, owning portfolio-level learning demand planning, prioritization, and routing of work to LEAP in line with enterprise standards.
Define annual and multi-year demand plans for commercialization skills, balancing strategic initiatives, run-the-business needs, and capacity trade-offs.
Provide portfolio-level governance for LEAP-delivered work, ensuring quality, compliance, consistency, and alignment to commercialization skills standards.
Escalate enterprise-impacting prioritization, capacity, or delivery risks through the LEAP Interlock Lead and appropriate governance forums.
Partner with CASA leaders to translate AI products, analytics, and insights into role-based capability frameworks, learning pathways, and enablement.
Lead and develop a team of Associate Directors and Senior Managers responsible for commercialization skills, curriculum pathways, and leadership development.
Ensure global scalability and consistency of skills frameworks and learning models while enabling appropriate local flexibility.
Embed learning at moments that matter by integrating skills development into business workflows, platforms, and AI-enabled tools.
Define and track success metrics, leveraging data and analytics to evaluate capability uplift, adoption, and business impact.
Act as a senior thought partner and advisor to commercialization leaders on capability, readiness, and change as the organization continues to evolve.

Benefits

Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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