Jamaal Sebastian Barnes
About Jamaal Sebastian Barnes
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes is the Vice President of Talent, Performance, & Workforce Experience at Bristol Myers Squibb, with over a decade of experience in talent management and digital innovation.
Title
Currently holding the position of Vice President Of Talent, Performance, & Workforce Experience at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Company
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes works for Bristol Myers Squibb in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
Education and Expertise
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes studied at Harvard Business School Online, achieving a Certificate of Specialization in Business Strategy. He holds a Master's Degree in Prevention Science from Harvard University and a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from St. John's College. He has over a decade of experience in integrating digital innovation into talent acquisition and management processes.
Career at Novartis
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes held multiple significant roles at Novartis. From 2022 to 2023, he served as Executive Director, Global Head of Talent Management for Research and Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Between 2021 and 2022, he was the Executive Director, US Country Head of Talent and Workforce in Greater Boston. Prior to that, from 2019 to 2021, he was the Director, Global Head of Digital Talent Acquisition in the Greater Boston Area.
Career at Google and Previous Positions
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes worked at Google as the Global Engineering Program Manager, Machine Learning Fairness at Google AI from 2018 to 2019 in San Francisco Bay Area, and as Internal Mobility Project Manager & Tech Recruiter at Google People Ops from 2016 to 2018 in Mountain View, CA. Before joining Google, he was a Business Analyst Recruiter for McKinsey & Company in Boston, MA.
Early Career and Education Sector Involvement
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes began his career in education, working at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education as Assistant Director of Admissions & Manager of Multicultural Recruitment from 2012 to 2015, then moving to Associate Director Of Admissions in 2015. He also had roles at the American Academy for Liberal Education as Special Assistant To The President and Research Intern, as well as co-founding The Epigenesis Program.
Leadership Initiatives at Bristol Myers Squibb
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes led a global team to implement a new digital talent management system at Bristol Myers Squibb, significantly enhancing workforce engagement and performance metrics. He played a key role in cultural transformation initiatives, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and developed a comprehensive talent retention strategy that reduced employee turnover.
Mentorship and Industry Contributions
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes actively mentors emerging leaders within Bristol Myers Squibb, ensuring the growth of future talent management professionals. He regularly contributes to industry conferences and panels on workforce engagement and talent management. He implemented a performance management framework at Bristol Myers Squibb aimed to align with the company's mission of transforming patients' lives through science.
Data-Driven Talent Strategies
Jamaal Sebastian Barnes has a strong background in leveraging data analytics to drive talent management decisions and strategies. His data-informed approaches have been instrumental in optimizing talent acquisition and retention, performance management, and workforce experience.