Sr. Manager, Culture Partner

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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.

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Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Culture Partner plays a critical role in advancing the employee experience at BMS by enabling and executing enterprise‑wide culture, experience and engagement initiatives. This role owns defined workstreams across content, digital platforms, and culture solutions—ensuring experiences such as People Week and related culture programs are well‑governed, scalable, and launch‑ready for global audiences.

The role blends hands‑on execution with enablement, translating strategy, external trends, and leadership direction into clear content, tools, tactics and processes that foster belonging, appreciation, and alignment with company values. This role also supports change and adoption by providing structure, clarity, and follow‑through across complex, cross‑functional initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Culture & Engagement Program Delivery

• Lead and execute defined workstreams for enterprise culture and engagement initiatives, with ownership for day‑to‑day planning, coordination, and delivery
• Manage culture‑related content and tools (e.g., agendas, session content, visuals, templates) to ensure consistency, quality, and readiness
• Identify and implement practical, scalable ideas that drive employee engagement and participation
• Monitor external culture and engagement trends and translate them into relevant, actionable internal applications

Solution Enablement & Digital Platforms:

• Enable successful delivery of culture and engagement solutions across digital platforms (e.g., event platforms such as Cvent, SharePoint, internal hubs such as myBMS, and more.)
• Partner with IT, vendors, and platform providers to support content builds, translations, on demand assets, and platform requirements
• Establish and manage content workflows, timelines, and dependencies, proactively identifying risks or gaps
• Ensure platforms are organized, accurate, and compliant with access, naming, and visibility standards

Change Management & Adoption:

• Support the development and execution of change management approaches for culture and engagement initiatives
• Manage change plans aligned to business goals, stakeholder needs, and employee experience outcomes
• Partner with leaders and stakeholders to reinforce adoption and sustain engagement over time

Cross‑Functional Coordination & Enablement:

• Serve as a central enablement and coordination partner across multiple organization such as Corporate Affairs, Learning, Events, IT, PBRGs, and site teams
• Translate high‑level direction into clear instructions, timelines, and expectations for contributors
• Facilitate working sessions, office hours, and touchpoints to drive clarity, accountability, and progress
• Escalate risks and issues appropriately, with recommended options and next steps

Global Readiness & Scale:

• Support enterprise‑wide readiness of engagement solutions for global audiences, including translation coordination and regional considerations
• Ensure programs are designed to scale while allowing for appropriate localization
• Apply prior‑year lessons learned to continuously improve execution efficiency and contributor experience

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise culture, engagement, or employee experience initiatives, with accountability for end to end execution—not just strategy or coordination.
• Strong operational ownership mindset, with the ability to manage workstreams from concept through launch, including run of show planning, content readiness, digital publishing, and launch governance.
• Proven project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple, interdependent workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders in a fast moving, matrixed environment.
• Advanced capability in digital experience enablement, including ownership of enterprise platforms (e.g., event platforms, SharePoint, Teams, internal hubs), content workflows, and cross functional dependencies with IT and vendors.
• Excellent judgment and content curation skills, including the ability to assess, simplify, retire, or refine culture content to ensure clarity, relevance, and alignment with enterprise priorities.
• Strong change and adoption orientation, with a demonstrated ability to translate complex initiatives into simple, actionable tools and experiences that are easy for sites, leaders, and employees to adopt.
• Ability to produce executive ready, high quality materials (decks, toolkits, templates, communications) with a high bar for polish, clarity, and anticipation of leader needs.
• Experience synthesizing qualitative and quantitative inputs (feedback, insights, lessons learned) into clear recommendations and continuous improvement actions.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills, with confidence working across Corporate Affairs, HR COEs, IT, Events, regional/site teams, and senior leaders.
• Experience supporting global, virtual, or hybrid enterprise initiatives, with an understanding of scale, localization needs, and global readiness considerations.
• Growth mindset, sound judgment, and a passion for inclusion, belonging, and creating meaningful employee experiences.

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.

Princeton - NJ - US: $116,030 - $140,595

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 in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

​Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the 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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

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/

Data Protection

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