Executive Director, Capital & Facilities Portfolio

Business Unit Overview

The Global Technical Services (GTS) organization is responsible for the safe, sustainable, and cost-effective construction, operation, and maintenance of world-class facilities that enable the discovery, development, and delivery of innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.

As part of GTS, the Capital and Facilities Portfolio team oversees strategic capital and facilities across the portfolio, including strategic site master planning, asset life cycle management, business case build and approval aligned to business and sustainability goals.

In partnership with our Finance, Real Estate, and executive stakeholders across BMS, this role has the responsibility to build and oversee a balanced and best value capital portfolio that delivers compliant, reliable, and innovative technical solutions for projects and facility assets across the BMS network—prioritizing safety, speed, flexibility, and a patient-first mindset.

Position Summary

The Executive Director, Capital & Facilities Portfolio is a critical leadership position within the Global Technical Services (GTS) organization. Working closely with executive leadership across BMS, this position has responsibility for overseeing the capital allocation and approval of greater than $1B of annual capital spend, including all BMS Board-approved capital projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day management of the BMS capital portfolio across the budget and long-term financial plan (LTFP) timelines, ensuring BMS capital investment deliverables are met in an integrated, predictable, prudent, and value-focused manner
• Leverage financial acumen to link project & portfolio outcomes to overall BMS performance, operating as the primary capital portfolio business partner to all business units
• Leverage partnerships with Finance, Global Real Estate, and key stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate delivery of all capital management deliverables, including business cases, strategic alignment, approvals, allocation, and reporting/forecasting
• Build, manage, and optimize global capital management standards and processes across asset lifecycle & investment planning, facilities strategy & site planning, capital governance, external partner strategy, and projection execution that account for both enterprise standardization requirements and site-specific needs
• Drive impactful continuous improvement and transformation in function and across seams
• Directly and indirectly manage multidisciplinary & cultural teams across diverse geographies
• Mentor, drive and lead network learning and professional development of team
• Ensure compliance with and continuous improvement of BMS Global Engineering Governance model, standards, and finance requirements
• Provide leadership in the management of relationships between Global Technical Services (GTS) and key stakeholders across the enterprise

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, finance, business, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years’ experience in life science or life science adjacent industry
• Experience managing a global capital portfolio, with demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, managing senior stakeholder relationships, and managing a large-scale capital budget ($400M+) to achieve business objectives
• Strong background and understanding of end-to-end project delivery requirements
• Strong people leader with experience directly and indirectly managing multidisciplinary & cultural teams across diverse geographies
• Broad knowledge of the functional requirements of pharmaceutical facilities, operations, and engineering best practices, including environmental, GMP, and safety regulations
• Proven success driving operational excellence and/or transformation in a highly matrixed environment
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation communication skills with demonstrated success influencing across all levels of management and interfacing with cross-functional customers (i.e., Manufacturing, Research & Development, etc.)
• Excellent planning, organizing, analysis, and problem-solving skills
• Able to use discretion with sensitive/confidential information
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Project, PowerPoint, & SAP
• Ability to accommodate approximately 25%-50% travel

Compensation Overview

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/.