Director of Innovation, Innovative Models & External Partnerships, Global Market Access

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

23d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Innovation (Innovative Models & External Partnerships) is a critical role within Market Access Intelligence & Innovation (Global Pricing & Health Systems Analytics). As part of a lean, integrated innovation team, this role contributes across the innovation lifecycle, with primary ownership for identifying, shaping, and incubating innovative access and pricing models before transition to pilot execution. The team’s near-term focus is PBM disruption, including new pricing, access, rebate, contracting, and alternative reimbursement models, with learnings extending over time to broader market access priorities. This leader translates emerging signals (e.g., PBMs, policy shifts, ecosystem changes, new technologies) into actionable innovation concepts and new business models, and activates external partnerships to accelerate development. The role works in close partnership with a complementary team focused on AI and digital execution, ensuring innovative models are effectively translated into scalable, digitally enabled solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years in pharma/healthcare with experience in Market Access, Pricing, Commercialization, or related areas
• Strong experience in innovative access or pricing models, business model strategy, or external partnerships
• Deep understanding of market access ecosystem dynamics (e.g., PBMs, payer behavior, policy trends)
• Proven ability to translate external signals into actionable strategic opportunities
• Experience managing or working with external partners and vendors
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to structure ambiguous challenges
• Excellent executive communication skills
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable operating in ambiguity

Nice To Haves

• MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD, or equivalent advanced degree preferred (or comparable experience)

Responsibilities

• Build and Manage the Innovation Pipeline: Support the day-to-day management of the innovation pipeline — from intake, triage, and prioritization support through portfolio shaping — translating external signals into clear value hypotheses, pilot-ready concepts, and recommendations for leadership review
• Lead Innovation Concept Development & Incubation: Develop and pressure-test new pricing and access models, by defining feasibility, success criteria, risks, outcomes, and stakeholder alignment before pilot handoff
• Activate and Manage External Partnerships: Identify, evaluate, and engage targeted external stakeholders — such as transparent PBMs, benefit consultants, alternative reimbursement players, and other non-traditional market access partners — to inform PBM disruption opportunities, shape new model concepts, and accelerate readiness for pilot consideration
• Connect Intelligence to Innovation: Partner with Intelligence team to convert market signals into actionable innovation opportunities, ensuring a clear link from signal detection to concept development, portfolio progression, and executive decision-making
• Enable Portfolio Governance & Decision-Making: Develop structured inputs for annual strategic-theme alignment, early-signal stakeholder discussions, and quarterly steering committee reviews, applying evaluation frameworks to surface risks, tradeoffs, recommendations, and success measures such as pilot-ready concepts, signal-to concept cycle time, and adoption of learnings by business owners
• Partner Across Functions: Collaborate across Access Strategy, Pricing, GPGA, Legal, Digital/AI, and senior leadership to shape viable innovation concepts and define business requirements

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: Director