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Position Summary:

The Director, EHSS Performance & Systems Innovation provides strategic leadership for driving EHSS performance and enabling systems innovation across the enterprise. This role is responsible for enhancing EHSS performance measurement and analytics capabilities, including data quality, forward-looking metrics, and predictive insights that support a proactive, risk-based EHSS culture. In parallel, the Director defines and leads the long-term vision for a unified EHSS systems strategy, ensuring platforms deliver accurate, actionable insights aligned with BMS’s internal management system requirements. The role governs and prioritizes all EHSS systems and applications, partnering with BI&T and business stakeholders to integrate emerging technologies and optimize digital processes through automation and AI, ultimately improving efficiency and enabling data-driven decision-making across the function.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead EHSS performance enablement across the business, including development of forward-looking metrics, innovative application of data science, improvement of data quality, and delivery of standardized, actionable reporting.
Partner with BI&T to apply data science methodologies, drive predictive analytics and develop visualization strategies in support of proactive risk management and performance improvement.
Define and lead a unified EHSS systems strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives, risk priorities, and compliance requirements across all platforms.
Establish governance frameworks for EHSS systems, including strategic prioritization, lifecycle planning, and performance monitoring.
Champion innovation and emerging technologies (e.g., automation, AI-enabled tools) to optimize EHSS systems processes and enhance efficiency across the function.
Partner with BI&T and other functions to deliver and sustain EHSS systems, enabling robust performance monitoring and reporting.
Lead the multiyear roadmap for EHSS systems and applications, ensuring strategic integration and continuous improvement.
Promote a culture of innovation and change readiness across the EHSS function.

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, life sciences, information systems, or a related field; advanced degrees preferred.
10+ years of progressive experience in EHSS, systems strategy, or related disciplines within a regulated industry.
Proven leadership in developing and executing digital strategies across complex, global organizations.
Experience with AI integration, data governance, and digital transformation initiatives.
Experience and knowledge on application of data science concepts and statistical methods to power predictive analytics and insights.
Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
Professional EHS related certifications (e.g. CIH, CSP etc.)

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Compensation Overview:

Devens - MA - US: $197,230 - $239,001 New Brunswick - NJ - US: $179,300 - $217,268 Princeton - NJ - US: $179,300 - $217,268

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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 an 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/eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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Director, EHSS Performance & Systems Innovation

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