Associate Director, Global Immunology & Cardiovascular Medical Communications (Rheumatology)

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

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About The Position

The Associate Director of Medical Communications is responsible for strategy and execution of medical communication plans for rheumatology within ICV Global Medical Affairs. The role ensures disclosure of data communicating the scientific and health economic value of BMS products to Healthcare Providers, Patients, and Payers in accordance with local regulations. It reports to the Senior Director of Medical Communications.

The role establishes and executes medical communications strategies aligned with the overall Medical vision, strategy, and objectives. It oversees integrated publication and content plans, applies the Scientific Communication Platform, and adjusts plans to reflect clinical trial results, milestones, and changes in the healthcare landscape. The Associate Director manages medical communications budgets and resources, leads timely dissemination of scientific data, and serves as a subject matter expert for internal audiences and external investigators, authors, and journal editors.

The position also drives ethical, high-quality publication practices and process improvements, fosters collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, and uses insights and metrics to improve communications and meet customer needs. The role works across global, regional, and country teams and with third-party vendors to coordinate execution and maintain alignment with applicable standards.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree; PharmD, PhD, or MD preferred.
• 7–10 years of pharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience focused on medical communications; experience in both local-country and global roles preferred.
• Experience working across large or multiple teams and leading teams to high performance.
• Ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate, and collaborate.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments and develop teams focused on quick deliverables.
• Experience leading cross-functional and cross-cultural project teams and collaborating across matrix organizations, multiple markets, and global geographies.
• Demonstrated success achieving business results in a large, complex corporate environment with multiple priorities and tight timelines.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills to manage timelines and work quality.
• Experience establishing strategic direction for teams and achieving objectives; sound judgment and ability to take educated risks and understand broader impact.
• Experience with change leadership and leading teams through change.
• Experience leading medical communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization.
• Ability to analyze and interpret trial data.
• Ability to influence and negotiate solutions and establish strong stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to travel.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical or healthcare industry external compliance, transparency, and conflict-of-interest regulated work environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Good Publication Practices and guidance (GPP, ICMJE), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct, and other guidance related to post-marketing practices and scientific data communication.
• Understanding of clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods, and clinical trial data reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft suite of applications and familiarity with the iEnvision publication management tool.

Nice To Haves

• PharmD, PhD, or MD degree.
• Experience in both local-country and global medical communications.
• Certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP).
• Active membership in ISMPP.

Responsibilities

• Establish a clear, viable medical communications strategy aligned with the overall Medical vision, strategy, and objectives.
• Understand communications needs across markets and lead pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP).
• Oversee integrated medical communications plans and adjust them based on clinical trial results and milestones and changes in the healthcare landscape.
• Manage the Medical Communications budget and allocate funds and resources to business priorities, making trade-off decisions with matrix partners.
• Lead development and timely delivery of medical communications, including journal submissions, publications, congress presentations, and internal and external scientific content.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to internal audiences on the communications landscape, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, and data disclosure and dissemination.
• Represent BMS scientific communications to external investigators, key authors, and journal editors.
• Lead process improvements and transformation efforts to support ethical and credible publication and scientific-content practices aligned with Good Publication Practices and industry standards.
• Ensure employees engaged in publication activities follow Good Publication Practices with integrity, quality, and transparency.
• Build collaborations with internal and external disease-area experts to support quality data analysis, interpretation, communications planning, and data dissemination.
• Apply insights to medical communications to enable impactful dialogue and customer interactions.
• Identify and drive improvements to processes, tools, operating procedures, and outsourcing strategy.
• Foster relationships with academic and clinical experts, publishers, medical associations, and other stakeholders, and participate in external initiatives that build trust with the academic and medical publishing community.
• Collaborate with internal Medical matrix stakeholders and Scientific Communications & Engagement teams to apply external insights to communications planning.
• Partner with third-party vendors to balance internal and external execution of work.
• Establish metrics aligned with customer needs and desired outcomes, and communicate them regularly to key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including 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.
• 11 paid company holidays each year.
• For specified employee groups, 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires, subject to manager approval, plus 11 paid company holidays and 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.
• Eligible employees may be offered discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed