Senior Manager - DI, GPS BI&T

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We are seeking a Senior Manager to lead a high-performing decision intelligence team within Global Product and Supply, Business Insights and Technology (GPS BI&T) at BMS. This individual will oversee a team of ~9 data & analytics professionals, including data scientists, software engineers, business analyst and IT QA with a focus on leveraging advanced analytics platforms—particularly Aera—to support GPS operations across manufacturing, supply chain, and quality.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in team leadership, platform development on Aera, and end-to-end data and analytics delivery, with a passion for transforming operational data into actionable insights that improve patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Development
  • Hire, onboard, and manage a diverse team of data scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, agility, and collaboration.
  • Provide coaching, mentorship, and career development aligned with BMS values.
• Platform & Delivery Oversight
  • Lead the design, delivery, and optimization of advanced analytics products and decision intelligence applications, with a focus on Aera platform capabilities.
  • Ensure development follows best practices for scalable, maintainable, and production-ready solutions (e.g., Git version control, documentation, CI/CD, pipeline management).
• Agile Execution
  • Own and evolve team sprint planning and agile ceremonies using tools like JIRA.
  • Manage intake, prioritization, and delivery across a dynamic book of work in partnership with GPS stakeholders and BIA GPS leaders.
• Strategic Partnerships
  • Serve as a key liaison with global GPS stakeholders, including partners across the US and Europe, to co-create solutions addressing business-critical challenges.
  • Collaborate closely with IT and data platform teams to ensure data pipeline availability and integration within the Enterprise Data Lake and Aera Decision Data Models.
• Innovation & Value Creation
  • Identify automation opportunities and unlock additional value from existing solutions.
  • Recommend and prototype innovative use cases on Aera and other platforms with demonstrable ROI.
• Governance & Measurement
  • Build a framework for tracking and communicating the business value delivered by the team.
  • Ensure rigorous adherence to compliance, documentation, and governance standards.

Required Skills & Competencies:

• Proven track record of managing technical teams and delivering data/AI products at scale.
• Expertise in Aera platform development, configuration, and integration into operational workflows.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with agile delivery frameworks and project management methodologies.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving mindset with a focus on impact and usability.
• Deep understanding of modern analytics tooling: Python, R, SQL, GitHub
• Ability to work overlapping hours with U.S. Eastern Time Zone to support global collaboration.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related analytical field.
• 6+ years of experience in data science, analytics engineering, or decision intelligence.
• 3+ years in a leadership role managing or growing analytics teams.
• Prior experience with Aera is required; knowledge of related GPS systems like SAP, MES, LIMS, and Oracle is a strong plus.
• Exposure to biopharma operations (manufacturing, quality, supply chain) preferred.
• Experience deploying predictive models, decision-centric dashboards, and optimization/simulation models.

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 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.

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