Senior Director, Portfolio Congress Strategy

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

14h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Portfolio Congress Strategy provides enterprise-level leadership and strategic direction for the design, evolution, and governance of the enterprise congress model across therapeutic areas. Reporting to the Executive Director, Congress Excellence, this role serves as the strategic architect and recognized governance authority for a transparent, integrated, and value-driven approach that connects congress strategy, planning, execution and insights across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Corporate Affairs, Finance, and other enabling functions. This strategy-led individual contributor role operates with broad autonomy and sustained engagement with senior leaders to shape governance standards, operating models, prioritization approaches, and executive-ready recommendations that influence how congress strategy is advanced, governed, and optimized globally. The role requires advanced strategic judgment, consultative rigor, and the ability to lead through influence—bringing structure to ambiguity, resolving complex cross-functional challenges, and driving enterprise decisions across Medical and broader business stakeholders without direct authority.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in a relevant business, science, or healthcare field
• 10–15+ years in strategy, Medical Affairs, congress planning, portfolio governance, operations, consulting, or related biopharma/healthcare roles
• Proven ability to shape enterprise strategy, governance, prioritization, resource trade-offs, and executive recommendations
• Strong understanding of therapeutic area strategy, congress dynamics, and enterprise stakeholder needs
• Demonstrated success influencing and aligning senior stakeholders in matrixed environments without direct authority
• Skilled facilitator and communicator with sound judgment, credibility, emotional intelligence, and executive storytelling ability
• Strong execution discipline across timelines, milestones, stakeholder coordination, ambiguity, and follow-through
• Experience using insights, KPIs, analytics, or performance measures; digital, AI, or innovation experience preferred
• Ability to travel nationally/internationally as needed, approximately 20%

Responsibilities

• Provide accountability for the enterprise congress portfolio governance framework, including decision rights, operating rhythms, and planning principles
• Define and evolve the multi-year congress portfolio strategy across therapeutic areas, aligning to enterprise priorities, TA needs, and external congress dynamics
• Translate complex portfolio questions into strategic choices, trade-offs, risks, dependencies, and decision-ready recommendations for senior leadership
• Lead high-visibility, cross-functional engagement across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Corporate Affairs, Finance, Market Access, and enabling functions
• Drive senior-level alignment and accountability across stakeholders, ensuring clear decisions, commitments, timelines, and outcomes
• Represent Congress Excellence in enterprise forums and developing communications that drive clarity, alignment, and action
• Partner with Finance and senior leaders to guide congress investment strategy and portfolio decisions within the enterprise congress model, including portfolio investment planning, allocation decisions, and transparent resource trade-offs
• Integrate congress governance cadence and operating model with enterprise planning cycles, leadership reviews, and financial and operational planning processes
• Lead planning discussions that surface competing priorities early, strengthen linkage between congress strategy, spend, and enterprise impact, and drive balanced decisions
• Develop enterprise-quality governance infrastructure, including decision logs, templates, trackers, KPIs, and impact measures
• Synthesize portfolio, operational, financial, and impact inputs into concise executive-level narratives that support governance, prioritization, and decision-making
• Identify opportunities to evolve the congress model through innovation, analytics, digital tools, and AI-enabled approaches

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.

What This Job Offers

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