Senior Director, Head of Commercialization Data and AI Delivery

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Position Summary:

Bristol Myers Squibb is building an internal, Databricks-native data and AI organization for Commercial, Medical, and Market Access. The Head of Commercialization Data & AI Delivery will lead this transformation. This role owns a major platform migration effort. It also carries responsibility for building the team, standards, and delivery model needed to sustain the platform on Databricks after migration.

This is a builder-operator role with a clear path to broader leadership opportunities. The successful candidate will run the daily work of the transformation to Databricks. They will evolve the current external delivery model into a stronger internal capability. They will build stakeholder relationships and organizational credibility. Over time, this leads to expanded leadership of the Commercialization Data & AI function.

The Head of Commercialization Data & AI Delivery reports to the Executive Director, Commercialization Data & AI. This role will build and shape the Platform Engineering and AI/ML & Analytics functions for Commercialization. This includes hiring their senior technical leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the operating model and standards for how Commercialization Data & AI delivers, with decisions that affect the function’s ability to meet its commitments
• Lead the transformation of Commercialization Data & AI toward a stronger internal delivery model
• Manage a significant external delivery partnership through a structured evolution of scope
• Build and hire senior technical leadership for Platform Engineering and AI/ML & Analytics
• Lead a combined US and India-based engineering organization
• Partner with Enterprise Data Platforms to hold delivery work to enterprise architecture and governance standards
• Own the pace of the transformation, including hiring sequence, migration milestones, and vendor knowledge transfer
• Engage directly with executive-level stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, and Market Access, including negotiation of vendor and delivery commitments
• Set engineering standards for code review, testing, documentation, and data product delivery
• Build the credibility and judgment needed for expanded leadership of the function

Qualifications & Experience:

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform, or technology delivery, including at least 10+ years in a people leadership capacity managing engineering or technical organizations of significant size
• Experience leading a data organization through a real technology or platform transition, not just steady-state operations
• Direct experience managing an external systems integrator or managed-services relationship through a shift to internal delivery, ideally at multi-million-dollar scale
• Working knowledge of modern cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, or similar) strong enough to evaluate technical hires and hold teams to a standard
• Experience building and leading distributed engineering teams, including offshore delivery centers
• Experience in a regulated industry (pharma, life sciences, financial services, or healthcare) preferred
• A track record of building structure, standards, and discipline in ambiguous environments
• Strong executive presence and experience working directly with business leaders outside IT
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field required; advanced degree a plus

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