Senior Director, Customer Experience (CX) Strategy - Bristol Myers Squibb

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• Reports to the Head of Field Medical Excellence within the Medical Excellence team

• Serves as a member of the FME Leadership Team

• Develops the global FM CX vision and strategy that guide the engagement approach across all FM interactions at BMS and ensure a seamless, personalized experience and pull-through of the scientific story across key customers (e.g. HCPs, KOLs):

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to ensure the FM CX strategy is aligned to TA and overall business strategy, including the overall Medical CX strategy.

• Conducts external Thought Leader / HCP research (e.g. through surveys) to collect and analyze insights on external customer needs, perceptions and opportunities, identify gaps and ensure alignment with the FM CX strategy.

• Leads the design and implementation of FM initiatives that improve the overall customer experience, in collaboration with the FME Leadership Team and other internal stakeholders (e.g. IT).

• Develops FM guidance and FM and First-Line Manager (FLM) customer-centric impact metrics / KPIs to clarify FM priorities and ensure consistency across FM performance.

• Collaborates with the FME Leadership Team to develop the overall FM “value story” and track FM’s impact on the broader organization and share results in appropriate forums e.g., QBRs.

• Drives the innovation and evolution of FM roles through ongoing collaboration with FM Management, the FME Leadership Team and/or other stakeholders:

  • Defines the key responsibilities, skills and competencies and ensures WW consistency across all FM roles, in alignment with the FM CX strategy, FM Ways of Working and the New Commercialization Model (NCM)

• Works with the Regional (US and International) Field Medical Excellence Leads to understand FM needs and address them to ensure optimal FM support.

• Contributes to the definition and standardization of training priorities across both new and existing hires; collaborates with WW Medical Learning and FM Management to design and implement global training initiatives.

• Graduate medical or scientific degree (MD, PhD, Pharm. D, Masters, etc.) or other degree with 10+ years of relevant industry and leadership track record in customer experience.

• Conceptual thinker with the ability to identify creative and innovative customer-centric solutions and to collaborate across different teams to deliver them.

• Ability to acquire and analyze relevant customer data (from various sources) that can be turned into a meaningful action plan.

• Ability to deeply understand the role of FM, its needs and how these are evolving across the industry, and to collaborate with other stakeholders to drive initiatives that address these needs. 

• Knowledge of healthcare industry and understanding of environmental/industry trends and their impact on the business and our customers.

• Demonstration of senior leadership across multi-functional and multi-cultural teams (medical, marketing, legal, etc.) within a complex matrix environment.

• Strong communication skills (fluency in English), strong presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas to accomplish challenging objectives, and able to influence others including senior management.

• Proven project management skills, experienced with the Microsoft Office suite (including MS Teams, SharePoint), and experienced with business/process redesign and change management.

• International experience and ability & willingness to travel nationally/internationally (~20% based on requirements).

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.

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