Director, RCO Regional Operations Strategy Lead, Americas

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Position Summary The RCO Regional Operations Strategy Lead, Americas works closely with the Head of RCO Business Management to enable the pull through of operational strategy. The RCO Regional Operations Strategy Lead plays a key role supporting the RCO Regional Head of South America and the RCO Regional Head of North America in ensuring workforce planning, monitoring of key performance indicators for region and communications. 

Key Responsibilities Responsibilities involve a combination of strategy, execution, and oversight to ensure deliverables and include:    • Project Lead RCO transformational activities and execution of operational activities, in partnership with relevant functions. 

• Responsible for partnering with the RCO Regional Heads and Regional Delivery Lead Head to create and integrate executional plan for the strategic portfolio.  

• Provide operational support and coordination for the RCO Regional Leadership Team meetings, including agenda setting, priorities and objectives.  

• Help drive RCO operating model, including Business Development integration efforts resulting from M&A activities at the country level. 

• Track progress against plans through leadership dialogue, highlight risks and facilitate dialogue to remediation strategies. 

• Partner with HR, GDD Operations, project management, Finance, and other enabling roles to support RCO priorities. 

• Develop annual budget for the RCO organization and monitor progress throughout the year. 

Project Management /Change Management & Communications  • Proactively identifies potential risks, develops/implements actions, and makes the appropriate trade-offs of balancing risks deliverables and costs. 

• Identifies, participates and/or leads initiatives with cross-functional/global teams

• Creates, maintains, and implements project management tools at the study level (e.g., actions, decisions, issues log and risk management plan). 

• Ensures interdependencies are identified across the RCO portfolio. 

• Identifies and plans for appropriate workforce changes and communications. 

Stakeholder Management  • Proactively develops/maintains collaborative relationships with internal partners/stakeholders across the multidisciplinary teams. 

• Collaborates across the R&D function, Medical and additional BMS stakeholders. 

Leadership Competencies  • Holds self and others accountable for accomplishing goals. 

• Makes timely, data-driven decisions while balancing against daily priorities. 

• Incorporates global considerations in everyday decision-making. 

• Encourages collaboration across teams, functions, and geographies. 

• Displays a willingness to challenge the status quo and take risks. 

• Maintains optimism and composure in times of change, uncertainty, or stress. 

• Supports development of Reginal and Global RCO best practices. 

• Leverages interpersonal and influencing skills to foster partnerships across multidisciplinary teams. 

• Adaptable and flexible—willing/able to adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities and demonstrates ability to meet day-to-day challenges with confidence and professionalism.  

• Ability to effectively lead a cross-functional team in a matrix environment. 

• Fosters a continuous learning mindset. 

Qualifications & Experience Degree Requirements • BA/BS in Science or Business Management equivalent degree (advanced degree, preferred) 

Experience Requirements • 10 + years of experience in the pharma industry with core understanding of clinical operations and associated business parameters. 

• Experience in pharmaceutical consulting or clinical research organization a plus. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. 

• Strategic thinker and possesses high business acumen and can translate strategy into executional plans. 

• Experience managing capabilities in a matrixed environment. 

• Excellent project management, leadership and execution skills and can manage multiple projects & deadlines. 

• High level of autonomy

• Enterprise mindset with proven track record in influencing with authority. 

Technical Competencies • Extensive experience translating strategy to actionable projects and initiatives.   

• Effective written and verbal communication and influence skills, including ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences (inclusive of senior leader audience) 

• Must possess the ability to build alignment and drive performance across complex matrix teams through personal influence. 

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills 

• Ability to work independently in a fast moving and increasingly complex environment with limited direction is required. 

• Strategic, with an ability to take an enterprise view. 

• Passion for building and leading culture and talent engagement initiatives 

• Financial budgeting and forecasting skills. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead change. 

• Computer skills - Microsoft applications including (but not limited t

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