Senior Director, U.S. Policy & Research

Bristol Myers Squibb • Washington, DC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Policy Strategy & Operations, serves as the strategic integrator and execution lead for the U.S. Policy & Research function. Reporting to the Vice President, U.S. Policy & Research, this role ensures alignment across U.S. policy, global policy, business stakeholders, and external engagements while driving disciplined execution and timely delivery of high priority outputs in a complex and rapidly evolving policy environment. This role acts as a trusted advisor to senior U.S. and global policy leadership, translating strategy into action, coordinating across a highly matrixed organization, and ensuring consistent positioning across regions, functions, and forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 12 years of progressive experience in government affairs, health policy, corporate strategy, or executive advisory roles.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives in complex, time sensitive, and highly matrixed environments.
• Strong understanding of U.S. and global health policy and its interaction with business strategy.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to drive execution and influence without formal authority

Nice To Haves

• Biopharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory and Decision Support Serve as a principal advisor to the VP and ED, U.S. Policy & Research on strategy, prioritization, and sequencing.
• Develop concise, executive ready‑ materials—including decision memos, briefing decks, timelines, and talking points—often on accelerated timelines.
• Anticipate policy, legal, and reputational risks and surface options and recommendations early to enable informed decision-making.
• Work closely with USPGA chief of staff to ensure maximum communication, efficient and timely information sharing, and seamless integration between U.S. Policy & Research and other teams within USPGA function.
• U.S., Global Policy, and Business Integration Act as the primary point of integration between U.S. Policy & Research, Global Policy, and key business partners.
• Translate global policy developments into implications for U.S. strategy and ensure U.S. actions are aligned with global considerations.
• Ensure policy positions are informed by commercial, market access, R&D, and lifecycle priorities.
• Execution, Delivery, and Accountability Drive timely completion of priority deliverables by establishing clear ownership, deadlines, and escalation paths.
• Manage operating cadence, workplan tracking, and milestone management across policy portfolios.
• Ensure leadership decisions are translated into action with consistent follow-through.
• Manage Budget Associate and oversee U.S. Policy & Research budget at high level to ensure resources are strategically allocated and aligned to policy and research goals.
• Policy Portfolio Coordination Coordinate across federal, state, pricing, access, and trade association workstreams to ensure a coherent policy posture.
• Maintain a single source of truth on priorities, positioning, and messaging.
• Prevent fragmentation across teams, geographies, and external forums.
• External Engagement and Governance Support Support preparation, coordination, and follow-through for external U.S. Policy & Research engagements.
• Ensure external positioning is aligned, well sequenced, and supported by timely internal execution.
• Coordinate U.S. and global policy inputs for CEO‑, board, and ‑EVP level‑ external forums.
• Cross Functional‑ and Enterprise Coordination Coordinate U.S. and global policy inputs for CEO‑, board, and ‑EVP level‑ external forums.
• Special Initiatives and Process Improvement Lead special projects requiring rapid synthesis, discretion, and senior level judgment.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase speed, clarity, and accountability across the policy function.

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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees