Sr. Manager, Culture Partner

Bristol Myers Squibb•Princeton, NJ

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Culture Partner plays a critical role in advancing the employee experience at BMS by enabling and executing enterprise‑wide culture, experience and engagement initiatives. This role owns defined workstreams across content, digital platforms, and culture solutions—ensuring experiences such as People Week and related culture programs are well‑governed, scalable, and launch‑ready for global audiences. The role blends hands‑on execution with enablement, translating strategy, external trends, and leadership direction into clear content, tools, tactics and processes that foster belonging, appreciation, and alignment with company values. This role also supports change and adoption by providing structure, clarity, and follow‑through across complex, cross‑functional initiatives.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading enterprise culture, engagement, or employee experience initiatives, with accountability for end to end execution—not just strategy or coordination.
Strong operational ownership mindset, with the ability to manage workstreams from concept through launch, including run of show planning, content readiness, digital publishing, and launch governance.
Proven project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple, interdependent workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders in a fast moving, matrixed environment.
Advanced capability in digital experience enablement, including ownership of enterprise platforms (e.g., event platforms, SharePoint, Teams, internal hubs), content workflows, and cross functional dependencies with IT and vendors.
Excellent judgment and content curation skills, including the ability to assess, simplify, retire, or refine culture content to ensure clarity, relevance, and alignment with enterprise priorities.
Strong change and adoption orientation, with a demonstrated ability to translate complex initiatives into simple, actionable tools and experiences that are easy for sites, leaders, and employees to adopt.
Ability to produce executive ready, high quality materials (decks, toolkits, templates, communications) with a high bar for polish, clarity, and anticipation of leader needs.
Experience synthesizing qualitative and quantitative inputs (feedback, insights, lessons learned) into clear recommendations and continuous improvement actions.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills, with confidence working across Corporate Affairs, HR COEs, IT, Events, regional/site teams, and senior leaders.
Experience supporting global, virtual, or hybrid enterprise initiatives, with an understanding of scale, localization needs, and global readiness considerations.
Growth mindset, sound judgment, and a passion for inclusion, belonging, and creating meaningful employee experiences.

Responsibilities

Culture & Engagement Program Delivery Lead and execute defined workstreams for enterprise culture and engagement initiatives, with ownership for day‑to‑day planning, coordination, and delivery
Manage culture‑related content and tools (e.g., agendas, session content, visuals, templates) to ensure consistency, quality, and readiness
Identify and implement practical, scalable ideas that drive employee engagement and participation
Monitor external culture and engagement trends and translate them into relevant, actionable internal applications
Solution Enablement & Digital Platforms: Enable successful delivery of culture and engagement solutions across digital platforms (e.g., event platforms such as Cvent, SharePoint, internal hubs such as myBMS, and more.)
Partner with IT, vendors, and platform providers to support content builds, translations, on demand assets, and platform requirements
Establish and manage content workflows, timelines, and dependencies, proactively identifying risks or gaps
Ensure platforms are organized, accurate, and compliant with access, naming, and visibility standards
Change Management & Adoption: Support the development and execution of change management approaches for culture and engagement initiatives
Manage change plans aligned to business goals, stakeholder needs, and employee experience outcomes
Partner with leaders and stakeholders to reinforce adoption and sustain engagement over time
Cross‑Functional Coordination & Enablement: Serve as a central enablement and coordination partner across multiple organization such as Corporate Affairs, Learning, Events, IT, PBRGs, and site teams
Translate high‑level direction into clear instructions, timelines, and expectations for contributors
Facilitate working sessions, office hours, and touchpoints to drive clarity, accountability, and progress
Escalate risks and issues appropriately, with recommended options and next steps
Global Readiness & Scale: Support enterprise‑wide readiness of engagement solutions for global audiences, including translation coordination and regional considerations
Ensure programs are designed to scale while allowing for appropriate localization
Apply prior‑year lessons learned to continuously improve execution efficiency and contributor experience

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.

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