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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
As a key member of the Congress Excellence Team, the Associate Director, Congress Engagement will play a pivotal role in shaping and guiding the overall direction of the company's congress initiatives. This leadership role oversees cross-functional collaboration and budget management. Additionally, the role owns the strategic planning and coordination of all elements within the congress ecosystem, including sponsorship strategy, thought leader engagement execution, exhibition booth-build and content, educational activities, and pre- and post-congress deliverables.
The Associate Director, Congress Engagement is responsible for championing effective execution across these diverse components, ensuring best practices are maintained, continuous improvement is achieved through congress metrics, and actionable insights are translated into impactful outcomes. Through the cultivation of strong partnerships and strategic collaborations, this role positions the Congress Excellence Team as a subject matter expert-ensuring alignment with organizational goals and enhancing the overall congress experience for both customers and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
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.
Compensation Overview:
Princeton - NJ - US: $149,860 - $181,589
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 [email protected] . Visit careers.bms.com/ eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
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
As a key member of the Congress Excellence Team, the Associate Director, Congress Engagement will play a pivotal role in shaping and guiding the overall direction of the company's congress initiatives. This leadership role oversees cross-functional collaboration and budget management. Additionally, the role owns the strategic planning and coordination of all elements within the congress ecosystem, including sponsorship strategy, thought leader engagement execution, exhibition booth-build and content, educational activities, and pre- and post-congress deliverables.
The Associate Director, Congress Engagement is responsible for championing effective execution across these diverse components, ensuring best practices are maintained, continuous improvement is achieved through congress metrics, and actionable insights are translated into impactful outcomes. Through the cultivation of strong partnerships and strategic collaborations, this role positions the Congress Excellence Team as a subject matter expert-ensuring alignment with organizational goals and enhancing the overall congress experience for both customers and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic sponsorship planning and tactical execution by aligning internal teams and building strong relationships with external congress societies to ensure effective execution and results.
- Provide input and maintain accountability for BMS congress standards to ensure consistent, high-quality, and efficient execution across all congress-related activities.
- Support the Congress Excellence Director with the content development of Functional Planning, Annual Congress Strategy Set-Up, and the development of specific strategy objectives as needed.
- Execute the congress pre-planning operations roadmap and assist Senior Managers, Congress Operations and Planning as needed.
- Lead congress planning as an Engagement Lead or Tactical Lead, as defined by the Director, while concurrently coordinating multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 congresses, demonstrating exceptional multitasking and strategic oversight.
- Lead governance processes in partnership with the CE Director and ensure full compliance with global and local regulations by partnering closely with legal and compliance teams.
- Leads and delivers congress communications and briefings.
- Engage proactively with cross functional colleagues to enhance planning and execution in all phases of the congress to drive continuous process improvement.
- Design and implement innovative approaches to enhance customer experience at congresses.
- Develop and implement Thought Leader Encounter strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams, while leading the planning, coordination, and budget management for their execution at congresses.
- Lead overall booth exhibition, including booth planning, development of materials, booth staffing and budget management.
- Model BMS behaviors and company values at all organizational levels, serving as a role model and advocate.
- Travel as needed to ensure successful execution and implementation of congresses.
- Minimum of 7 years' congress management experience or relevant experience in pharmaceutical marketing and/or medical affairs preferred
- BA/BS degree required
- Proven ability to lead without authority and influence across the matrix team.
- Excellent collaboration skills, employing a diplomatic approach to situations.
- The ability to think strategically, communicate clearly and negotiate with key stakeholders across a large cross matrix team
- Demonstrate an innovative mindset, focusing on simplification, doing things better, faster, and more cost effectively
- Proactive, resourceful results oriented and self-directed individual with the ability to work independently.
- Possess excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines with a positive, inspiring attitude
- Possess exceptional agility, with the capacity to prioritize and quickly make critical decisions in a changing environment.
- Proven project planning and management skills with strict adherence to timelines
- Possesses a knowledge of global markets and stakeholders
- Proven strength in communicating effectively across different cultures, business situations and matrix partners.
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.
Compensation Overview:
Princeton - NJ - US: $149,860 - $181,589
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 [email protected] . Visit careers.bms.com/ eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
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