Executive Director, Head of Clinical Operations North America (US and Canada)

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Position: Regional Head of Clinical Operations, United States and Canada

Position Summary

The Regional Head of Clinical Operations, United States and Canada provides site management and monitoring support within the United States and Canada and across the BMS R&D portfolio. This role reports to the Senior Vice President and is a key member of the RCO Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the US Clinical Operations Country Head while overseeing the Clinical Operations Canada team.
• Provides strategic and operational leadership for site management and monitoring conducted within the region across the BMS R&D portfolio.
• Accountable to provide significant input, guidance, and direction to global initiatives to ensure that regional perspective and operational implications of proposed changes are considered and managed to.
• Identifies needs, directing development and continuous improvement of processes, systems and strategies to support evolution of GDO business operating model with a particular focus on regional operational aspects.
• Leads a multi-national team of clinical operations professionals that contribute significantly to BMS portfolio of clinical trials.
• Provides ongoing feedback, coaching, and career development, including engagement and retention support to staff to maximize their potential.
• Empowers and holds country level clinical trial management to high quality performance and delivery of the business.
• Provides overall leadership and guidance across the portfolio that shapes the direction of RCO strategy to assure optimized geographic allocation of resources supported through internal resources & external partnerships, focused attention to site dynamics and needs to assure BMS becomes a favored site partner.
• Ensures adaptive management of site monitoring and site management through the effective deployment of resources and streamlined processes, ensuring productivity targets, validity and quality of the data gathered in support of the evolving portfolio of BMS products.
• Understands the regulatory environment within the region, providing direction, guidance and support during inspection preparation, sponsor, and site activities.
• Represents the Company in key interactions with key external partners.
• Serves as a leader across R&D and developing strong and productive working relationships with key stakeholders throughout BMS with the ability to think strategically across a broad portfolio and effectively express his/her views to senior management.
• Ensures RCO representation as needed in governance or strategic teams or committees (preparatory materials, direct participation, or representative).
• Engages and energizes employees through communication of goals, priorities and other business critical information as well as focus on employee value proposition, development and retention activities.
• Develops and promotes a workplace culture that values diversity of thought, promotes integrity and creates an atmosphere that supports coaching and fosters accountability.

Qualifications & Experience:

Degree Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required with an advanced degree preferred.

Experience Requirements

• At least 15 years of relevant industry experience, with substantial experience of managing staff in a global setting.
• Significant global clinical trial expertise and a successful track record of leading through influence, working across complex, global organizational matrices.
• A strong understanding of the drug development process with proven expertise in clinical trial execution and management in a global arena.
• Expert in ICH/GCP principles as it relates to clinical trial execution and impact to the business supporting clinical trial execution.

Key Competency Requirements

• Demonstrated partnership across various collaborative forums, CROs, SMOs and/or local site networks.
• Diverse and sufficient technical expertise to be a credible interface to all global development and business partners (medical, development, commercial, regulatory & quality etc.)
• Broad intelligence of the clinical trial environment across key regions, and anticipation of future trends and impact.
• Strong influential leadership and communication capabilities with a proven ability to engage, manage, develop and inspire a large, geographically diverse team.
• Knowledge, experience and successful interaction with important International Health Authorities.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 30% to 40% of travel required.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

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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

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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