Associate Director, US Medical Promotional Review Scientist, Neuroscience

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

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About The Position

The Associate Director, US Medical Promotional Review Scientist - Neuroscience, is part of the Medical Communications team within Global Medical Affairs. This role serves as a strategic, solutions-oriented partner to help ensure the medical accuracy and scientific validity of promotional and non-promotional materials across Neuroscience brands and disease areas, supported by robust scientific evidence and compliance with US laws and regulations. The position reports to the Director, Medical Promotional Review, Neuroscience (Medical Communications) within Global Medical Affairs.

The role maintains therapeutic-area and product knowledge, provides medical guidance across promotional review and business initiatives, evaluates materials and supporting evidence, and advises stakeholders on medical interpretation, labeling, and compliant promotional approaches. It also contributes to review-team leadership, process improvement, and the application of digital and AI-driven solutions. The position requires collaboration across multiple internal functions and participation in relevant internal and external meetings. Travel of 10–25% domestically and internationally is required.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree; PharmD, PhD, or MD preferred.
• At least 3–5 years of direct pharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience within Promotional Review.
• Thorough understanding of medical writing and promotional material review in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, solve problems, deliver on commitments, and work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong scientific and medical written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and external compliance, transparency, and conflict-of-interest environments.
• Experience delivering customer-focused service.
• Flexibility in response to changing needs and competing demands.
• Business acumen and ability to influence senior internal stakeholders.
• Strong teamwork, individual initiative, positive attitude, and accountability.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with success driving business results in a complex matrix organization.
• Strategic leadership, performance management, alignment building, negotiation, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment and experience working through change and navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Ability to analyze and interpret trial data.
• Significant experience with FDAMA 114 content, Real World Evidence, and other data consistent with FDA-approved labeling (CFL).
• Strong stakeholder relationship-building and negotiation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Therapeutic-area experience is preferred.
• PharmD, PhD, or MD.

Responsibilities

• Maintain therapeutic-area and product knowledge by assessing relevant neuroscience literature, treatment guidelines, internal resources, and data.
• Provide medical guidance in interdisciplinary meetings and initiatives, including promotional review, disease and brand planning, launch planning, labeling changes, and business reviews.
• Review promotional, non-promotional, and proactive materials for scientific and medical validity and adherence to BMS standard operating procedures.
• Critically evaluate complex promotional and non-promotional tactics and offer solutions that ensure message balance, accurate clinical findings, robust support, and appropriate content in accordance with relevant guidelines.
• Build and maintain relationships with marketing, access, medical, corporate communications, training, legal, and commercial regulatory affairs to support consistent messaging.
• Demonstrate leadership within the medical review team, promote best practices and awareness of changing regulations and Commercial strategy, and participate in process-improvement initiatives.
• Provide medical advice on draft product labeling to support commercially viable US labeling for future promotion and advertising.
• Participate in internal and external meetings, including training, education, medical congresses, and matrix team meetings, to stay current on regulations and medical, scientific, Commercial, and Medical developments.
• Review evidence supporting promotional claims for comprehensiveness, balance, lack of bias, and statistical reliability, and advise stakeholders on appropriate scientific interpretation.
• Apply digital and AI-driven solutions to improve the efficiency, consistency, and scalability of promotional review activities.
• Stay informed about industry trends and promote best-practice sharing across medical and promotional review teams.
• Complete assigned SOPs and training within required timeframes and follow job-specific SOPs and work instructions.
• Conduct business in accordance with BMS Values and contribute as an individual contributor to a collaborative, accountable, quality-focused culture.
• Travel 10–25% domestically and internationally.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plans, including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance offerings.
• Flexible Time Off for eligible U.S.-based exempt employees, subject to manager approval.
• 11 paid company holidays each year.
• For eligible non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico: 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires, subject to manager approval, 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.
• Annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day for eligible employees.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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