Inclusion & Community Impact Lead

Inclusion & Community Impact Lead

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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.

The Inclusion & Community Impact Lead serves as a strategic catalyst for advancing inclusion and culture by igniting, steering, and empowering our inclusion communities to deliver impactful outcomes aligned with business and people priorities. This role will provide strategic oversight for designated People Business Resource Groups (PBRGs), ensuring their voices and perspectives are effectively represented and integrated into broader inclusion efforts and business strategies. This role also champions employee-driven community engagement initiatives aligned with organizational priorities, including efforts that advance equitable health outcomes. By fostering broad employee engagement and cross-PBRG collaboration, the role cultivates a dynamic and inclusive experience for both our employees and patients.

Position Responsibilities

• Work with the Global Inclusion & Culture (GI&C) leadership team to drive cross-PBRG collaboration across our key stakeholders to ensure inclusion activities are streamlined, integrated, and strategically leveraged for clear business impact.
• Design and lead the implementation of innovative, focused engagement strategies and activation models that harness insights from varied communities to generate meaningful business value.
• Champion prioritization and amplify the visibility of employee-led community engagement initiatives through PBRGs that deliver measurable impact for the business.
• Establish structured mechanisms to systematically integrate insights from communities across a variety of backgrounds into enterprise decision-making.
• Drive integration of local market inclusion efforts with global enterprise priorities by establishing governance frameworks, aligning regional strategies, and ensuring consistent execution that reflects both local relevance and global impact.
• Monitor and synthesize emerging trends in inclusion and workplace culture, benchmarking against industry standards to guide strategic planning and position BMS as a leader in inclusive innovation.
• Develop and execute processes to enable consistent oversight, prioritization, and evaluation of PBRG activities in collaboration with peers and GI&C management with clear, measurable KPIs that deliver incremental quantitative value for business and people priorities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or global equivalent; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
  • 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in inclusion and culture within multinational, matrixed organizations.
  • Experience providing strategic guidance across both global functions and local site environments
  • Proven ability to identify and distill external trends across inclusion, organizational culture, as well as patient/customer and employee experience, translating insights into forward-thinking strategies and impactful initiatives.
  • Brings a proven ability to shape patient and/or client experiences that reflect individual needs and perspectives, while engaging with communities across varied experiences to inform strategy, elevate voices, and drive meaningful, insight-led outreach and communication.
  • Skilled in driving initiatives and campaigns that elevate visibility, foster engagement, and build connection across a broad array of communities.
  • Demonstrated success in innovation-driven environments where agility, trust, collaboration, and strategic partnerships lead to impactful transformation.
• Leadership, Influence & Change Champion
  • Proven ability to influence and drive strategic decisions.
  • Experience leading transformational change and improving organizational performance.
  • Skilled in navigating matrixed, global environments and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
  • Proactive problem-solver with a growth mindset and strong business acumen.
  • Values-driven leader who exemplifies integrity, innovation, urgency, passion, accountability, and inclusion.
  • People management experience preferred.
• Strategic & Operational Expertise
  • Proven ability to assess critical business needs, develop strategy, and execute plans that deliver measurable value.
  • Strong business and organizational acumen, leveraging insights from a variety of communities to improve outcomes across people, culture, and performance.
  • Skilled collaborator within complex matrixed organizations across multiple functions
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.
  • Mastery of business communication across varied cultural and social boundaries.
  • Ability to facilitate and coordinate large working groups.
• Adaptive Thinking
  • Proven ability to absorb new concepts, analyze data, and ask insightful questions to inform effective decision-making.
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of marketplace dynamics and trends.
  • Ability to scale thinking between global enterprise-level focus and functional/regional needs.
• Additional Requirements: Willingness to travel as needed (1020%).

Key Competencies & Skills

• Strategic & Global Mindset: Skilled at balancing global and regional priorities across cultures and geographies.
• Collaborative Leadership: Builds cross-functional partnerships, aligns stakeholders, and drives inclusive, strategic outcomes. Skilled in building coalitions, influencing decision-making, and sustaining momentum across teams and initiatives.
• Influence Without Authority: Effectively fosters alignment, collaboration, and trust across teams without formal reporting lines in complex, matrixed environments.
• Analytical and Data Insights skills: Proficiency in leveraging analytics and dashboards to assess inclusion initiatives and quantify their impact on business outcomes.
• Digital Fluency: Uses digital tools and AI to enhance inclusion, streamline operations, and generate actionable insights.
• Communication & Storytelling: Translates complex data into compelling narratives that inspire action and fosters shared understanding across varied audiences.
• Program & Project Management: Manages multiple priorities with agility and delivers results in dynamic environments.

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: $182,750 - $221,450. 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 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.

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