Associate Director, Pulmonary Fibrosis & Immunology, Patient Advocacy

Bristol Myers Squibb • Field, NM

2d • Remote

About The Position

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an experienced and motivated patient advocacy professional to join our rapidly growing organization. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Global Patient Advocacy, Immunology, Cardiovascular & Autoimmune Cell Therapy, this critical position will be responsible for building and strengthening relationships with patient advocacy organizations and people with lived experience across BMS’s current and future therapeutic areas in pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, PPF) and immunology (psoriatic arthritis, lupus, Sjogren’s disease). This work includes co-creating strategies and initiatives with internal and external colleagues.

Requirements

• Competitive candidates will possess 7+ years experience in a non-profit patient advocacy organization, professional society or health care organization or in an external, patient-facing role within a biotech or pharmaceutical company.
• Substantial and direct experience establishing, nurturing and strengthening sustainable relationships with patients, patient advocacy organizations or health care providers.
• Knowledge of compliance, legal, regulatory, and other issues that impact the biopharmaceutical industry and patient engagement and advocacy practices.
• Comfort with explaining complex scientific concepts in a compelling way to a non-medical audience.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, allowing for an open and effective dialogue throughout the company.
• Attention to detail and quality are critical to success.
• Highly accountable for the results and outcomes of their responsibilities and understands the impact of their efforts, results, and attitudes on others.
• Uses teamwork to work cooperatively toward the most effective solutions, championing the best ideas of team members, and assisting where help is needed yet is capable of highly independent work when efficiency is required.
• Results-oriented individual who is highly motivated, decisive, flexible in thought, and has the creativity to excel in and contribute to a rapidly growing company.
• Forward thinking mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects, and identify and resolve issues.
• BA or BS required.
• Travel required – minimum 40%
• Position is remote by design with expectation for at least 40% of travel including bimonthly headquarter meetings in Princeton, New Jersey.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree or other advanced degree preferred.
• Broad experience in an emerging, publicly traded company environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen relationships with patient advocacy organizations in relevant therapeutic areas, including national, regional and global organizations.
• Educate the patient advocacy community and patient/care partner thought leader community on BMS’s pipeline, data and approved products.
• Manage grants, sponsorships and memberships and represent BMS at patient advocacy organization events.
• Collaborate with early asset team and with patients and patient advocacy organizations on clinical trials initiatives, including patient insights, trial enrollment and increasing diversity.
• Identify and engage patients, care teams and advocacy organizations to provide insights internally and externally in BMS’ therapeutic areas to drive enhanced understanding about lived experience through advisory boards, 1:1 engagements and aggregate insights.
• Collaborate with Federal and State government affairs teams, strategic alliance, market access and advocacy organizations to drive education and understanding of how policy impacts patient access to innovative therapies.
• Collaborate on national level campaigns and coalitions to address related opportunities and challenges.
• Prepare internal reports as needed to convey key insights, advocacy issues, and community feedback that may affect company operations and plans.
• In partnership with People Resources and Communications and other internal colleagues, identify and execute opportunities to educate and engage employees with patient advocacy organizations.
• Collaborate directly with internal staff including, but not limited to medical, clinical development, marketing, government affairs, market access, and sales to coordinate and lead sensitive and appropriate engagement with patients, care teams, and patient organizations.
• Contribute to positioning BMS as a leader in pulmonary fibrosis and immunology.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees