Associate Director, International Strategy and Business Operations

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 The Associate Director for International Strategy and Business Operations is responsible for driving profitable growth through international strategic initiatives, ensuring efficient speed to market, and streamlining international business unit processes. The primary portfolio focus for this role is urinary incontinence (PureWick) but will have oversight of initiatives across the UCC portfolio. 

This position will support the development and execution of UCC’s international strategy; working closely with regional commercial leaders to optimize and accelerate commercial performance.

In addition, this position will develop the international roadmap for commercialization of PureWick; executing on priority regions (Canada, Germany, UK, Spain, Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan), addressing market barriers identified through cross-functional collaboration within the business unit.

• Advises and supports the execution of UCC’s international strategy; ensuring strategic initiatives are delivered on-time and at-scale.
• Manages the comprehensive project governance for cross-functional support to the international regions.
• Partners closely with global functional teams and regional leaders for alignment and execution of strategic priorities.
• Ensures timely responsiveness from global platforms for international region needs.
• Builds, communicates, and executes the roadmap for strategic initiatives to/with the international regions.
• Ensures product continuity by aligning with functional partners (supply chain, platform marketing, R&D, RAQA, etc.) on supply decisions, content needs, launch readiness, etc.

• Creates and governs new international process implementation across platform marketing, launch excellence, and operational delivery.
• Partners with the global platform product management team to ensure cross-functional support of New Product Development (NPD) releases, product support, and resource alignment.
• Maintains close communication with regional leaders, countries, and platform product marketers.
• Provides cross-functional engagement to ensure seamless execution in country (regulatory, quality, supply chain).
• Acts as lead in crisis management situations, ensuring optimized resource deployment and recovery.

You are a strategic and collaborative leader who thrives in a global, cross functional environment. You bring strong commercial and analytical acumen, a growth mindset, and a track record of driving results through influence, accountability, and partnership across cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years’ experience in product management, strategic marketing, commercialization, program management, or related business leadership roles in medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare, life sciences, or another regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross functional initiatives across multiple geographies and stakeholder groups within a matrixed global organization.
• Experience partnering with commercial, marketing, operations, supply chain, regulatory, quality, R&D, and regional teams to drive business objectives.
• Proven experience supporting new product development, product launches, commercialization, or lifecycle management initiatives.
• Strong strategic planning and execution skills with the ability to translate business objectives into actionable roadmaps and deliverables.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across global and/or regional teams.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen with experience leveraging data to support decision making and business performance.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to foster understanding.
• Ability to travel up to 20% internally

• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience supporting international or global markets.
• Experience leading crisis management, business continuity, or cross functional issue resolution initiatives.

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.