Associate Director, US Medical Learning – Oncology Thoracic/H&N/Emerging Tumors

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

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About The Position

The Associate Director, US Medical Learning – Oncology is accountable for planning, communicating, and assessing scientific and skills training needs, with a focus on the US Oncology portfolio and support for priority US clinical trials. The role leads development and execution of the US Oncology Medical Strategic Learning Plan, helping ensure US Field Medical (FM) and Home Office Medical (HOM) teams can engage compliantly in high-quality scientific exchange with the healthcare community. This is a home office-based position reporting to the Director, Oncology, US Commercialization Learning.

The role works across a complex matrix organization, including WW Medical Learning, WW Commercialization Learning, Enterprise Learning, HOM, and Medical Communications. It may involve time in the field with FM colleagues to identify training gaps, coach or assess performance, and implement learning plans. The Associate Director leads and develops a high-performing learning team; aligns staffing, budgets, and capacity with business needs; and cultivates cross-functional relationships, consistent learning standards, and high-quality training experiences. The position requires approximately 20% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 5–7 years of experience delivering learning in the biopharmaceutical industry or another highly regulated environment.
• Proven track record of building, inspiring, and leading teams to meet or exceed objectives.
• Experience with modern learning methodologies and multimodal delivery processes, including designing and implementing capability-development programs.
• Strategic, forward-thinking, agile, enterprise mindset.
• Customer-service mindset and skill in consulting and influencing across a complex, global, matrix organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including understanding and communicating business needs and communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated corporate maturity.
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, and programs in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to prioritize business needs and make timely decisions based on available data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, and AI applications such as ChatGPT, MS Copilot, and Claude.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% for meetings and training engagements.

Nice To Haves

• Doctor of Pharmacy or master's degree.
• Prior Oncology experience, including Lung/Thoracic.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of annual medical learning plans supporting HOM and FM team needs and aligned with strategic business priorities and relevant US and worldwide stakeholders.
• Oversee needs assessments, program evaluations, and quarterly learning updates to keep onboarding and ongoing training aligned with stakeholder needs.
• Set strategic direction for FM launch readiness and ensure innovative learning solutions, readiness milestones, and aligned execution plans are delivered.
• Oversee the design, development, deployment, and continuous improvement of therapeutic-area medical and scientific education for US FM and HOM teams.
• Guide training related to BMS scientific data releases at major US congresses, including embargoed-data training, data workshops, and post-congress contextualization.
• Provide governance and direction for evaluation and use of external speakers, consultants, and subject matter experts.
• Establish regular review processes for learning materials and programs and guide incorporation of stakeholder input, leadership feedback, and approved updates.
• Partner with HOM and FM leadership to establish predictable training windows and portfolio planning rhythms that protect field time while meeting learning priorities.
• Champion adoption of innovative learning approaches, processes, and technologies to improve learner experience, efficiency, and training impact.
• Provide strategic oversight for team-led training supporting priority tiered clinical trials, coordinating with relevant medical, field, and R&D colleagues.
• Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing learning team, setting priorities, allocating resources, developing talent, and building a future leadership bench.
• Align the learning team's staffing model, budget, and capacity plans with business priorities, portfolio needs, and expected outcomes.
• Foster an inclusive, connected, and empowered team culture that supports accountability, learning agility, individual development, and collaboration.
• Build and maintain cross-functional relationships to support strategic alignment, best-practice sharing, consistency, and effective execution.
• Establish operating standards that support consistent, high-quality learning across brands while allowing for business-specific needs.
• Ensure the team maintains product, business, and learning expertise to consult effectively and deliver high-impact training.
• Synthesize stakeholder input, business signals, and learning-performance data to identify trends, anticipate capability needs, and guide priorities.
• Collaborate with enterprise learning and business leaders to align learning strategies with business priorities, enterprise standards, compliance expectations, organizational performance, and culture goals.
• Maintain current knowledge of adult-learning trends and best practices.
• Participate in and/or lead strategic initiatives across WWCL with WW and US CL Leadership Teams.
• As needed, spend time in the field identifying training gaps, coaching or assessing FM colleague performance, and implementing training plans and strategies.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits may include wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), subject to manager approval, and 11 paid company holidays each year.
• Depending on eligibility, additional time-off benefits may include paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer-hours flexibility, and leaves 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.

What This Job Offers

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