Associate Director, Site Contracting Operations

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. Position Summary The Associate Director, Site Contracting Operations provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of the end-to-end site contracting delivery model across assigned regions. This role leads a multi-regional team responsible for contract execution, budget integration, cycle-time performance, systems governance, data accuracy, and operational risk mitigation. The Associate Director owns the operational strategy, resource planning, workload optimization, system adoption, process harmonization, and delivery of performance outcomes across programs and countries. This role serves as a key partner to Governance & Strategy (Pillar 1), Legal, Finance, RCO, CRO partners, and Study Teams, ensuring high-quality, compliant, predictable contracting operations that enable trial acceleration and portfolio readiness. Duties/Responsibilities Strategic Operational Leadership • Define and implement the operational strategy for regional site contracting operations, ensuring consistent, efficient, and compliant execution across the full contract lifecycle. • Lead planning, prioritization, and capacity management across multiple regions and portfolios, ensuring alignment with study start-up targets and organizational priorities. Drive cycle-time optimization, resource forecasting, and removal of operational bottlenecks through proactive performance oversight. Team Leadership & Capability Development • Lead, coach, and develop a multi-regional operations team responsible for contract execution, budget translation, and multilingual template application. • Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, data accuracy, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. • Strengthen team capability through training, mentoring, and readiness programs aligned with the evolving operating model. Operational Governance, Quality & Risk Management • Serve as the operational point of escalation for contracting delays, CRO performance issues, system blockers, and process breakdowns; drive cross-functional resolution. • Ensure consistent application of global templates, fallback language, governance rules, and country requirements across all operational teams. • Oversee quality audits, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and preventive measures related to contracting operations. Systems Ownership & Data Governance • Own operational governance of…