Associate Director, BI&T Technical Engineering Lead - Analytics & AI, Drug Development

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

20d

About The Position

The Technical Engineering Lead is responsible for the technology strategy, architecture, delivery, and lifecycle management for analytics and AI capabilities supporting Clinical Operations, anchored in GDO Workbench and extending to analytical and AI needs elsewhere across Drug Development. The role partners with Global Development Operations and BI&T leadership to deliver digital solutions that improve study execution, increase operational efficiency, enable AI-driven decision making, and accelerate medicine delivery. The successful candidate leads a matrixed team of architects, engineers, data specialists, and vendor partners while driving platform modernization, enterprise integration, and AI-enabled innovation across Clinical Operations.

The role defines and executes technology roadmaps, owns target-state architecture for GDO Workbench and related platforms, and leads cross-functional engineering teams across product workstreams. It enables integrated data, analytics, AI, automation, and decision-support capabilities while building partnerships across Global Development Operations, BI&T, R&D, enterprise technology, and external partners. It also ensures that solutions meet quality, security, privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements and supports continuous improvement in engineering and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience leading technology platforms, digital products, or enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional technology teams.
• Proven experience developing and executing technology roadmaps.
• Experience leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic mindset and strong business acumen.
• Ability to influence across complex matrix organizations.
• Strong product and customer orientation.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and organizational change.
• Passion for innovation, talent development, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Clinical Development, or Life Sciences organizations.
• Experience with cloud platforms, data platforms, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience leading Agile product development organizations.
• Experience managing strategic technology vendors and consulting partners.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology strategy and roadmap for Clinical Operations Intelligence platforms.
• Partner with business, product, and digital leaders to translate strategic priorities into technology solutions.
• Drive innovation through analytics, AI, automation, and digital capabilities, and ensure investments deliver measurable business value and user adoption.
• Advise on platform capabilities, scalability, and future direction.
• Own the target-state architecture for GDO Workbench and related platforms; lead platform modernization and technology transformation initiatives.
• Define architecture across applications, data, analytics, cloud, and integrations, and drive decisions on platform convergence, data architecture, and enterprise integration.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise technology, security, and data standards.
• Lead cross-functional teams responsible for design, development, testing, deployment, and support, providing technical leadership across product pods and development workstreams.
• Establish delivery governance and release management processes; drive Agile delivery and engineering best practices.
• Balance innovation, stability, technical debt reduction, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Data Products and enterprise data teams to deliver integrated data and analytics solutions.
• Enable AI-driven insights, intelligent recommendations, automation, decision support, self-service analytics, and next-generation digital user experiences.
• Build partnerships across Global Development Operations, BI&T, R&D, enterprise technology teams, and external partners.
• Present technology roadmaps, architecture recommendations, risks, and investment opportunities to senior leadership; lead governance discussions on platform strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Ensure solutions meet BMS quality, security, privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish governance processes for architecture, development, release management, and operations; improve engineering quality and operational excellence.
• Identify and proactively mitigate technology and business risks.

Benefits

• Wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance offerings, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) without a set accrual limit for eligible U.S.-based exempt employees, subject to manager approval.
• Paid company holidays; eligible employees may receive 11 paid holidays, and certain employee groups receive 3 optional holidays.
• Depending on eligibility, paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs.
• Eligible employees may receive an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
• Additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director