Executive Director, Strategic Risk Portfolio & Intelligence

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Take your career farther than you thought possible. 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 with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us. Position Summary The Executive Director – Strategic Risk Portfolio & Intelligence is accountable for owning, shaping, and communicating the enterprise risk portfolio within Strategic Risk Management (SRM). This role ensures that strategic, operational, and emerging risks are identified, quantified, prioritized, monitored, and communicated in a way that directly informs executive decision-making and Board oversight. The role serves as the central intelligence and portfolio nerve center of SRM—integrating macro and micro risk signals, translating complexity into insight, and ensuring leadership has a clear, forward-looking view of enterprise risk exposure, trade-offs, and emerging threats.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, JD, or equivalent).
• 15+ years of experience in enterprise risk, strategy, analytics, or senior advisory roles.
• Strong capability in synthesizing complex information into clear strategic insight.
• Exceptional judgment, communication skills, and executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Risk Portfolio Ownership Maintains the enterprise strategic risk portfolio across strategic, operational, and emerging risk categories. Establish portfolio-level prioritization, concentration views, and trade-off logic aligned to enterprise strategy and risk appetite. Ensure risks are viewed collectively, not in isolation, highlighting interdependencies and compounding exposure.
• Risk Identification, Quantification & Analytics Lead enterprise risk identification, quantification, and monitoring across macro and micro horizons, including: enterprise-level strategic risks, cross-functional operational risks, and emerging and horizon risks Integrate qualitative and quantitative inputs into a coherent portfolio intelligence view. Leverage analytics, scenarios, and indicators to support foresight rather than retrospective reporting.
• Strategic Risk Intelligence & Emerging Risk Serve as the enterprise focal point for emerging risk intelligence, including external signals, trends, and weak indicators. Translate emerging risks into implications for strategy, operations, reputation, and resilience. Ensure emerging risks are incorporated into the enterprise portfolio in a disciplined, repeatable way.
• Strategic Risk Advisory Act as a senior strategic risk advisor to executive leadership, the Enterprise Risk Committee, and other governance forums. Support leadership in understanding risk implications, trade-offs, and decision options—not just exposure. Provide constructive challenge and insight on risk posture, tolerance, and prioritization.
• Risk Governance Own portfolio-level risk governance standards, including: risk taxonomy and definitions, portfolio thresholds and escalation logic, and consistency of risk articulation across domains Ensure governance supports decision-making, not process for process’ sake.
• Board & Executive Reporting Lead development of Board-ready and Executive-ready risk reporting, including: Enterprise risk profile and trends Top risks and emerging themes Changes in exposure, velocity, or concentration Ensure reporting is concise, forward-looking, and decision-oriented, aligned to Board expectations.
• Risk Communications Maintains the enterprise risk narrative—how risk is communicated internally and externally to leadership. Translate complex risk information into clear, credible messaging. Ensure consistency of messaging across forums, materials, and time.
• Leadership & Team Lead a lean, high-impact team focused on: Risk portfolio management and Strategic risk advisory support Set a high bar for enterprise thinking, analytical rigor, and executive presence. Influence broadly across functions without direct authority.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive