Executive Director, Performance and Operations Enablement

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. 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. Position Summary The Executive Director, Performance and Operations Enablement serves as a key strategic partner to the Chief Talent & Inclusion Officer and T&I Leadership Team, with accountability for setting T&I strategy, integrating execution across sub-functions, and ensuring enterprise-level operating rigor. This role is the architect and integrator of Talent & Inclusion, deliberately removing seams between Talent, Learning, Inclusion & Culture, Org Effectiveness, and People Science so the function operates as one connected system, not a collection of COEs. The Executive Director owns the T&I strategic agenda and narrative, ensures priorities translate into coordinated execution, and holds the organization accountable to shared outcomes. This is a people leader role, responsible for leading and developing a Strategy & Operations (S&O) team and embedding integration, governance, and clarity into how T&I works every day. The role partners closely with the Chief Talent & Inclusion Officer, T&I Leadership Team, HRBPs, People Services, Procurement, Corporate Communications, and enterprise governance forums. Key Responsibilities * Strategic Leadership & Integrated Execution - Set and steward the T&I strategy and Key Priorities narrative, ensuring alignment to enterprise People and business priorities. * Act as the single integrator across all T&I sub-functions, deliberately removing seams and preventing duplication, misalignment, and handoff gaps across Talent, Learning, Inclusion & Culture, Org Effectiveness, and People Science. * Translate strategy into coordinated roadmaps, sequencing, and execution, rather than parallel or siloed delivery. * Pressure-test priorities, tradeoffs, and resourcing decisions with the T&I Leadership Team to drive focus and clarity. * Represent an enterprise view of T&I in executive, SteerCo, and People Org forums. * Executive Narrative & Leadership Readiness - Serve as the single-threaded owner of executive-level T&I materials (e.g., SteerCo, Org Health, LT forums). * Ensure leaders consistently articulate what T&I is focused on, why it matters, and how work connects across the talent lifecycle. * Prepare senior leaders with clear positions, risks, and asks ahead of decision forums. * Lead, coach, and develop a Strategy & Operations team, setting expectations tied to integration—not silo support. * Build team capability in systems thinking, portfolio management, governance discipline, and executive storytelling. * Foster a culture of accountability, clarity, and continuous improvement. * T&I Acceleration & COE Integration Lead - Drive integration across operating model, partnership engagement, process standardization, and strategic insights. * Ensure integration is embedded into ways of working, not treated as a one-time change initiative. * HRBP Partnership & Enterprise Enablement - Lead HRBP & T&I Rewiring Sessions to establish a clear, integrated engagement model. * Ensure HRBPs experience T&I as one connected function, with aligned priorities and predictable ways...