Senior Manager, PDS BI&T Analytics Development & Demand Forecasting

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

The Senior Manager – PDS Analytics Development and Demand Forecasting will lead a team of Data Scientists in the BMS Hyderabad site focused on supporting Analytics Development, Demand Forecasting and ensuring products/solutions continue to serve the most pressing PDS analytics needs, with the potential to expand to a larger team responsible for advanced analytics capabilities as well. The right candidate would drive transformation, achieving a  balance of business transformation and operations . They should have a strong interest in building teams, solving business problems, and an eagerness to work on all parts of the analytics value chain, from partnering with IT on data pipelines to operationalizing predictive models in the service of our patients around the world. Roles & Responsibilities: Lead recruitment, onboarding, and management of a high-performing, motivated team of data scientists who embody BMS values. Implement and manage an agile work process for the team, overseeing sprint planning, work allocation, SLA adherence, prioritization, and documentation. Contribute technically to the development and scaling of analytics solutions, including architecture, code development, pipeline management, deployment, and documentation. Identify opportunities to enhance analytics capabilities, focusing on automation, adding value, and ensuring the scalability and continued effectiveness of solutions Proactively make recommendations to PDS BI&T Analytics LT on new technologies with significant expected ROI Develop and maintain a framework for measuring value of work output to inform resource deployment and prioritization. Establish close collaboration with BMS IT teams to ensure data availability in the Enterprise Data Lake Collaborate with USA and Europe based PDS Analytics Team members and LT to establish, prioritize and deliver the team’s book of work. Interact directly with PDS stakeholders to solve problems in an agile manner and further advance the use of analytics within PDS. Readily work hours that provide sufficient overlap with standard east coast US working hours. Identify automation opportunities and unlock additional value from existing solutions. Recommend and implement business process transformations to enhance efficiency, establish optimal practices, ensure proper governance, and change management. Recommend, prototype and deliver innovative use cases on artificial and decision intelligence platforms. Collaborate closely with IT and data platform teams to ensure data pipeline availability and integration within the Enterprise Data Lake and other relevant systems. Identify and implement opportunities to enhance advanced analytics, including further automation or addition of value-added features using AI/ML, while ensuring they continue to function effectively. Manage the Demand Forecasting and Planning Data Operations ensuring data availability in multiple systems like Aera, dashboards (PBI, Tableau), etc., Skills and competencies: Strong technical and project management skills to deliver solutions on time and with requisite quality Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including technical and non-technical audiences. Proven leadership and management abilities, driving collaboration and results in dynamic environments. Analytical mindset and problem-solving