Senior Director, Strategic Risk Enablement & Integration

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Strategic Risk Enablement & Integration is responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the enterprise risk operating backbone within Strategic Risk Management (SRM). This role enables consistent, high-quality risk execution across business units and risk domains by coordinating Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) activities, integrating cross-functional risk efforts, and providing shared risk services, tools, guidance, and learning. The position ensures that enterprise risk processes are coherent, scalable, and decision-useful, while preserving clear ownership of risk execution within the business and risk domains. The role acts as the primary facilitator and integrator of SRM’s operating model—connecting people, processes, and infrastructure so risks are identified, assessed, escalated, and addressed efficiently.

Requirements

• B.S./B.A.
• Minimum of 12-15 years experience in risk management, governance or complex operating models
• Proven ability to operate across functions and influence without direct authority
• Strong facilitation and organization skills
• Experience designing processes , frameworks and enablement tools at enterprise scale

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Risk Committee Coordination Coordinate ERC operations, cadence, agendas, and materials to ensure focused, risk-based discussions and clear decision outcomes.
• Integrate inputs from business units, risk domains, and oversight functions into a cohesive enterprise risk narrative.
• Track follow-ups, decisions, and escalations to ensure accountability and closure.
• Cross Functional Risk Integration Serve as the central integrator across business units and risk domains to ensure consistent application of SRM processes.
• Enable alignment across strategic, operational, and emerging risk discussions.
• Reduce fragmentation by harmonizing risk practices, inputs, and outputs across functions.
• Business Unit & Functional Risk Facilitation Oversee and support BU and functional risk facilitators to ensure effective risk identification, assessment, and escalation.
• Provide guidance, tools, and structure to facilitate risk discussions and enterprise risk submissions.
• Act as a point of connection between first-line risk facilitators and SRM leadership.
• Risk Domain and Capability Building Design and maintain the enterprise risk learning curriculum
• Promote consistent understanding of SRM principles, processes, and escalation expectations.
• Enable capability uplift across the organization through targeted training and practical resources.
• Guidance & Job Aids Develop and maintain SRM playbooks, guidance documents, and job aids to support consistent execution.
• Translate enterprise risk expectations into clear, usable tools for business and risk domain partners.
• Continuously refine materials based on feedback and evolving risk needs.
• Decision Pathways Define and maintain clear enterprise escalation pathways for risks and issues.
• Ensure escalation thresholds are understood and applied consistently across the organization.
• Support timely and effective escalation of cross-functional or out-of-tolerance risks.

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: Director