Director, Oncology Medical Engagement Excellence

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

1d • $204,200 - $247,437 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Medical Engagement Excellence (MedEngageX) team, within the Medical Excellence (MedEx) organization at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), is crucial for educating healthcare professionals on the appropriate use of medicines and providing them with necessary information to improve patient outcomes. MedEngageX develops strategies, tools, and guidance to empower global medical teams (Home Office, Market Field Medical [FM], and Medical Engagement Leads [MELs]) to be aware, informed, engaged, and equipped with the knowledge and skills for effective and compliant role performance. Directors in MedEngageX act as strategic partners across the medical organization, bridging global medical strategy with coordinated field execution to drive consistent, high-impact customer engagement.

Requirements

• Advanced medical/scientific background (PhD, MD, PharmD) with 5+ years of experience within Medical Affairs in Pharma or Biotech company required.
• Experience in developing medical strategy and objectives for an asset portfolio.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data and leverage advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools to generate insights and communicate effectively—both written and verbal—in English.
• Advanced presentation skills required.
• Ability to innovate and adapt in a fast-paced, evolving environment, including rapid learning and adoption of new capabilities such as AI-enabled tools to enhance efficiency and impact.
• Knowledge of regulatory policy & guidance for medical communications in the industry.
• Understanding of the medical landscape and industry trends, and their implications for business strategy.
• Proficiency with tools and technologies used to communicate and train large medical audiences, both live and remotely.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in working on global or above-market level preferred.
• Therapeutic area expertise in oncology (solid tumor oncology) or related fields strongly preferred.
• Ability to lead and influence across a complex, matrixed, and diverse organization, including collaboration across alliance partner, Medical and Commercial functions as well as across multiple Markets.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Senior Director, International Markets Medical Engagement Excellence within the Medical Engagement Excellence (MedEngageX) team.
• Serve as an active partner to global medical strategic planning through participation in Pumitamig and Thoracic Cancers Asset Indication Medical Strategy (AIMS) teams and its Working Groups, launch teams, and other cross-functional teams.
• Inform medical strategy development, drive and leverage medical insights, and represent the voice of Field Medical (FM) teams across global markets.
• Align engagement priorities and coordinate customer-facing activities through Medical Engagement Leads (MELs).
• Facilitate the pull through of medical strategies/initiatives relevant to the (field) medical teams in support of the medical objectives for Pumitamig and Thoracic Cancers, to ensure aligned and coordinated customer engagement across field roles.
• Partner with WW Medical, WW Medical Learning teams to ensure effective communication and the pull through of the scientific narrative(s) and Patient Outcome Imperatives (POIs) for Pumitamig and Thoracic Cancers.
• Partner with WW Medical to ensure strategic alignment and focus of topics and data relevant for scientific exchange, and for the development of corresponding Medical Communication Topics (MCTs) and insights.
• Foster collective efforts across matrix and market medical teams to optimize medical insight quality, analysis, communications and reporting.
• Accountable for high functioning global Fast Insight Review (FIRe) teams, Insights to Action process and evolving this process with the implementation of AI enabled tools.
• Build strong partnerships with Global Drug Development, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), and Medical Evidence Generation teams to ensure field medical teams are equipped with the direction, training, communication, and resources needed to support priority BMS-sponsored studies.
• Identify and drive opportunities to optimize, innovate, and standardize deliverables and ways of working across TAs, assets, and indications—ensuring visibility and maximizing the value of MedEngageX and field medical teams as customer-facing partners in the organization.
• Accountable for FM therapeutic area strategies, guidance, franchise resources, WW FM study support and input into scientific data training in partnership with the Medical Learning team for prioritized new data disclosures.
• Contribute to and shape insights informed Disease Area Medical Strategies through active participation in AIMS, TA forums, and cross-functional planning, ensuring strong Field Medical & MEL input into WW strategies and plans.
• Partner with Medical Outcomes & Impact team to define Medical Care Gaps (MCGs), Patient Outcome Imperatives (POIs), FM priority Medical Communication Topics (pMCTs) and priority Insight Categories (pICs) as well as general MCTs and ICs for stakeholder interactions and insight collection.
• Provide clear direction to market medical teams with external engagement to drive overall execution of scientific communication for the therapeutic area.
• Develop and lead the strategy for global Fast Insight Review (FIRe) forums in alignment with medical matrix stakeholders; facilitate FIRe meetings, prepare summary and insight reports, and ensure timely follow-up of Insights to Action plans.
• Ensure the WW Medical Strategy is reflected in the development of the FM communications and training plans for Pumitamig and Thoracic Cancers.
• Partner with Medical Communications teams to ensure coordination for timely development of high-quality customer-facing materials that meet field needs and reflect internal strategy.
• Lead FM support for congresses, including session coverage, medical insights and booth activities.
• Partner with Global Clinical Operations (GCO) and Medical Evidence Generation (MEG) to coordinate regional FM study support and ensure field enablement & effective execution.
• Provide input into Medical Communications strategy and Field Medical deployment models across geographies to ensure appropriate scientific engagement across lifecycle stages.
• Align with global and regional team and Country Medical Directors/Disease Area Heads/FM FLMs (CMDs/DAHs/FM First Line Managers) to ensure appropriate lifecycle-based deployment of FM Team across markets as appropriate.
• Collaborate with WW Medical teams to select appropriate channels for thought leader (TL) interactions and facilitates integration and review of TL feedback and insights to inform actionable plans.
• Collaborate with WW Medical teams to maximize the value of medical customer engagements.
• Demonstrate consistent ethical and professional behavior and ensures compliance with GMA SOPs, GCP and ICH, Compliance policies and procedures and BMS Compliance Code of Conduct, as well as with legal and ethical standards.
• Ensure alignment with key stakeholders on medical external engagement strategy and related activities.
• Partner with Market Medical leads, Market medical teams, WW Medical teams, and Medical Operations to define clear objectives and measures of success.
• Define and demonstrate the value of medical engagement and scientific communication through measurable impact, including demonstration of impact from coordinated, customer-centric engagement approaches.
• Facilitate FM best practice sharing and implementation across TAs and markets.
• Foster communication and alignment with alliance partners.

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
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree