Bristol Myers Squibb Looking for Director, GPS IT Hyderabad Leader at Hyderabad, Telangana, India Full Time

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

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BMS Hyderabad is an integrated global hub where our work is focused on helping patients prevail over serious diseases by building sustainable and innovative solutions. This important science, technology, and innovation center will support a range of technology and drug development activities that will help us usher in the next wave of innovation.

The Director of Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) IT will lead a team of ~70 IT professionals developing, operating and maintaining data and technology solutions that enable BMS to operate effective product development, safely supply new and existing medicines in the markets, for patients with serious diseases. The incumbent will establish and oversee teams delivering and supporting solutions to enable GPS processes and products. As the leader of the GPS IT team in India, the incumbent will work closely with GPS business and fellow IT colleagues co-located in Hyderabad and around the world as part of global IT teams delivering on the most promising opportunities. This includes experimenting with new and emerging technologies to identify solutions which can be scaled to deliver business value aligned business priorities and IT product roadmaps. This will require the incumbent to model and promote effective teamwork, collaboration, and communication across the entire global team. To be successful, the incumbent will need to instill a learning culture whereby the team gains a strong understanding of the GPS business and supporting technologies and external technology landscape and is expected to continually bring innovative ideas to the table.

If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard and manage the Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) IT Team in Hyderabad, position them for success, and hold them accountable to deliver against the expected business outcomes
• Establish and lead teams supporting (CoE) for drug development process automation and structured content authoring platforms/automated document generation and partner with IT product teams to deliver solutions aligned with IT roadmaps and business priorities to add value with reduce costs and increase quality
• Oversee the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of applications supporting manufacturing execution systems, data solutions, GPS apps including supply chain and product development, and Computer Systems Validation and Project Management Office.
• Partner with GPS business stakeholders to understand their needs, identify opportunities for digital innovation and coordinate with global GPS IT teams to influence priorities and deliver solutions that make a difference to our patients

Qualifications & Experience

• 12+ years of relevant experience in Information Technology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare
• 7+ years in a leadership role delivering and supporting IT applications with a large global scope
• 7+ years of experience in building and managing teams
• Experience with SDLC methodologies, including DevOps, Agile and Waterfall in a regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of the current information technology landscape and experience with experimenting with new technologies from proof of concept through scaleup
• Has significant input into decisions related to hiring, performance reviews, promotions, and compensation actions. Considers broader business needs when managing colleague development, recruitment, succession planning, and diversity.
• Leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects including resource and budget allocation and operational leadership.
• Oversees deliverable product, sets vision and standards for work products, challenges teams. Lead a mix of multiple functions, geographies and/or capabilities. Actively contributes to the strategic direction of the function by recommending initiation/curtailment of projects based on assessment of viability and impact on BMS. Decisions impact the function’s ability to deliver on its objectives.
• Delivers across a range of issues with strong influence and trust. In difficult / stressful situations shows resilience and encourages calm and rationale behavior of teams. Identifies multiple solutions and recommendations to senior leaders. May contribute to decision-making that guides the strategic direction of the function.
• Structures series of communications to achieve broader organizational/team goals. Tailors’ communication content and style to ensure stakeholder understanding
• Provides strategic feedback to vendors on service delivery, influences vendor delivery at a strategic level. Synthesize multiple analyses towards solving broader business issues/initiatives. Represents discipline or function on program/project teams.
• Identifies gaps in capabilities across the function and ensures developmental opportunities are provided to ensure the continued growth and development of colleagues.
• Anticipates how multiple processes interrelate and can evolve. Enacts plans to evolve multiple, complex processes. Able to envision divisional strategy with anticipation of forces / dynamics that will likely unfold.
• Sets direction/guidance for team with little guidance, using considerable judgement. Contributes to development of multiple topic areas and/or multiple functions/regions. Drive setting functional direction. Recognized as a thought leader.
• Makes resource allocation decisions, set objectives, and drives decisions about priorities within large team. Synthesize multiple analyses towards solving broader business issue/initiative. Leader of area or capability which is high risk, e.g., regulated area with frequent external oversight.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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