8–12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech drug development, including significant time as a program manager or in a PMO/R&D operations role
Demonstrated experience designing or overhauling governance processes (stage-gates, decision frameworks, risk management) in a regulated drug development environment
Direct experience building and delivering training programs or leading organizational change initiatives — this cannot be purely theoretical; the candidate should be able to speak to specific rollouts
Strong facilitation skills; comfortable running cross-functional working sessions with senior stakeholders from clinical, regulatory, CMC, and finance
Working knowledge of common PM tools in pharma (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Planisware) — deep technical administration is not required, but fluency in how these tools support governance is
Excellent written communication; this role will personally author templates, SOPs, and training materials that PMs across the organization will use daily
Full description
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 Summary
The Director, Program Management Systems & Infrastructure owns the design of how program managers across pharmaceutical development actually work — the stage-gate models, governance templates, and cross-functional workflows they follow — and ensures those processes are adopted in practice, not just documented. This is a hybrid role spanning business process design and training/change management, built on the premise that a process nobody is trained on and doesn't change their behavior isn't a process at all — it's a document.
This person will partner closely with practicing PMs, R&D functional leads (clinical, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical), and the PM Systems & Infrastructure team to translate development-program complexity into workflows people can actually follow, and then drive the organizational adoption required to make those workflows stick.
Own and continuously improve the stage-gate model, decision criteria, and governance cadence used by Program Managers across development programs
Design and standardize processes related to core PM systems: including governance, risk registers, decision logs, integrated timeline templates
Facilitate cross-functional process design sessions with clinical, regulatory, CMC, and nonclinical stakeholders to ensure PM system workflows reflect real dependencies, not idealized ones
Identify process and system gaps and inconsistencies across programs/therapeutic areas and lead root-cause analysis when governance breaks down (e.g., late escalations, misaligned timelines)
Maintain a living library of SOPs, playbooks, and process documentation, ensuring version control and regulatory-audit readiness where applicable
Training & Change Management (~40%)
Design and deliver onboarding curricula for new program managers, covering both tools and the underlying system governance philosophy
Build job aids, quick-reference guides, and role-based training paths for PMs at different experience levels
Lead change management for every process or system rollout: stakeholder impact assessment, communication plans, training delivery, adoption tracking, and feedback loops
Establish and chair a practitioner steering group (working PMs, not just leadership) to pressure-test new processes before wide release
Director, PM Systems & Infrastructure at Bristol Myers Squibb (Princeton - NJ - US) — aijobsearch
Track adoption metrics (e.g., template usage, governance deck compliance, training completion) and report on process health to leadership
Cross-Functional Leadership (~10%)
Represent PM process and enablement needs in the broader PM Systems & Infrastructure roadmap, alongside dashboarding/tooling counterparts
Act as the primary escalation point when new systems or reporting requirements (from IT, Quality, or Regulatory) require a change to PM-facing process
Qualifications & Experience
8–12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech drug development, including significant time as a program manager or in a PMO/R&D operations role
Demonstrated experience designing or overhauling governance processes (stage-gates, decision frameworks, risk management) in a regulated drug development environment
Direct experience building and delivering training programs or leading organizational change initiatives — this cannot be purely theoretical; the candidate should be able to speak to specific rollouts they drove and what adoption looked like before and after
Strong facilitation skills; comfortable running cross-functional working sessions with senior stakeholders from clinical, regulatory, CMC, and finance
Working knowledge of common PM tools in pharma (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Planisware) — deep technical administration is not required, but fluency in how these tools support governance is
Excellent written communication; this role will personally author templates, SOPs, and training materials that PMs across the organization will use daily
We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.
The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.
Benefits:
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).
U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.
Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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