About this role
At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits.
This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.
Position Overview
Medical Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb is institutionalizing a disciplined Medical Operating System — a structured execution engine designed to translate strategy into sustained, measurable performance. The Director, Medical Performance Measurement will be part of a team that will be a steward of this system, ensuring that Medical operates with precision, transparency, and enterprise-grade accountability.
This role will carry accountability to embed operating rigor, institutionalize quarterly performance discipline, drive digital pull-through, and create enterprise-wide visibility into Medical execution. By establishing systemic accountability and disciplined execution, this role will support the leader in enabling Medical to maximize patient impact across our growth portfolio and catalysts — while elevating the organization to best-in-industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture of a performance focused Medical Operating System
Design and implement structured operating cadence (monthly + quarterly) across all Therapeutic Areas (TAs).
Moderate quarterly Medical Impact Performance execution reviews.
Socialize standardized execution KPIs aligned to enterprise growth priorities.
Surface risks, execution gaps, and performance variances with clarity and objectivity.
Recommend and implement course corrections and structural improvements.
Ensure consistency of execution discipline across all TAs.
Own the Medical Performance Dashboard
Design, Implement, and continuously maintain the enterprise Medical Performance Dashboard.
Define leading and lagging indicators spanning growth portfolio execution, digital adoption, and capability maturity.
Maintain standing "Operating Excellence" agenda time at the MLT level.
Establish performance transparency across the medical organization.
Benchmark and Position Medical as Best-in-Industry
Conduct rigorous external benchmarking of Medical operating models across the pharmaceutical industry.
Codify best practices and institutionalize them within BMS Medical.
Partner with Finance to quantify execution ROI and demonstrate Medical's value creation.
Support the enterprise-level narrative on Medical performance, strategic progress, and impact.
Qualifications & Experience
BA/BS or advanced degree in a relevant field.
8+ years of performance execution experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences organizations.
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale transformation or operating model design.
Proven track record building performance management systems, dashboards, and institutional operating cadence.
Experience driving digital adoption and large-scale behavioral change in complex organizations.
Highly structured thinker with exceptional operational rigor and an enterprise-wide perspective.
Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Marketing or Cross-Functional Strategy.
Familiarity with performance management frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Balanced Scorecard).
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Compensation Overview
Princeton - NJ - US: $190,060 - $230,308