Director, RCO Regional Operations Strategy Lead, Americas

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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.

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