Enterprise Contract Facilitation - Senior Contract Facilitator - Bristol Myers Squibb
Tampa, FL
About the Job
Working with Us
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.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .
Responsibilities
+ Train, lead, and perform quality control for a team of Contract Facilitators.
+ Create training materials in collaboration with Contract Legal Support (CLS), leveraging a deep knowledge of contract terms and conditions and negotiation best practices, and BMS Standard Operating Procedures.
+ Confidently facilitate, including negotiating, highly complex contract types in collaboration with internal stakeholders and CLS ae required by BMS SOPs and escalation protocols.
+ Coordinate with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant, and effective facilitation of contracts.
+ Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.
+ Act as the first escalation point on substantive contracting related questions and team related questions for the t eam.
+ Appropriately document systems and processes, including collaborating with CLS to ensure relevant tools (such as playbooks) and contract templates are up to date.
+ Make recommendations for continuous improvement with standardization, process simplification, and automation to elevate the customer experience.
+ Grow and develop an evolving customer focused organization internally and externally.
+ Assess and analyze data to report SLA, KPIs, and other team performance metrics to support execution of long-term business plans and growth and share with Pod Leads to drive business decisions.
Qualifications
+ Minimum of 4 years prior experience with legal and contracting within the pharma/biotech/CRO industry and team leadership required.
+ Excellent understanding of pharma contracting, compliance, and policies relevant to the services within the remit of the role.
+ Proven leadership success and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
+ Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.
+ Proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
+ Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiples demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
+ Strong process mindset.
+ Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology to automate and streamline processes is preferred. Familiarity with Icertis is ideal.
+ Working knowledge of contract terms and conditions , with a strong preference for working knowledge of facilitating, drafting, and negotiating buy-side and other in-scope contracts in the pharma/biotech industry.
+ Bachelor's degree required; JD , paralegal certification or other relevant formal legal contracts experience preferred.
#LI-Hybrid
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.
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
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.
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
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.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1584259
Updated: 2024-09-20 04:55:51.385 UTC
Location: Tampa-FL
Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .
Responsibilities
+ Train, lead, and perform quality control for a team of Contract Facilitators.
+ Create training materials in collaboration with Contract Legal Support (CLS), leveraging a deep knowledge of contract terms and conditions and negotiation best practices, and BMS Standard Operating Procedures.
+ Confidently facilitate, including negotiating, highly complex contract types in collaboration with internal stakeholders and CLS ae required by BMS SOPs and escalation protocols.
+ Coordinate with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant, and effective facilitation of contracts.
+ Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.
+ Act as the first escalation point on substantive contracting related questions and team related questions for the t eam.
+ Appropriately document systems and processes, including collaborating with CLS to ensure relevant tools (such as playbooks) and contract templates are up to date.
+ Make recommendations for continuous improvement with standardization, process simplification, and automation to elevate the customer experience.
+ Grow and develop an evolving customer focused organization internally and externally.
+ Assess and analyze data to report SLA, KPIs, and other team performance metrics to support execution of long-term business plans and growth and share with Pod Leads to drive business decisions.
Qualifications
+ Minimum of 4 years prior experience with legal and contracting within the pharma/biotech/CRO industry and team leadership required.
+ Excellent understanding of pharma contracting, compliance, and policies relevant to the services within the remit of the role.
+ Proven leadership success and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
+ Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.
+ Proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
+ Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiples demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
+ Strong process mindset.
+ Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology to automate and streamline processes is preferred. Familiarity with Icertis is ideal.
+ Working knowledge of contract terms and conditions , with a strong preference for working knowledge of facilitating, drafting, and negotiating buy-side and other in-scope contracts in the pharma/biotech industry.
+ Bachelor's degree required; JD , paralegal certification or other relevant formal legal contracts experience preferred.
#LI-Hybrid
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.
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
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.
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
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.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1584259
Updated: 2024-09-20 04:55:51.385 UTC
Location: Tampa-FL
Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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