Director, Worldwide Medical Oncology, Medical Communications

Bristol Myers Squibb•Princeton, NJ

About The Position

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . We are seeking a WWMO Medical Communications Director with a deep understanding of the relevant disease states, medical education, scientific customer experience and communication within WWMO. In this exciting role you will be responsible for creating scientific communication strategic plans for the specific disease areas, publication tactics, materials for scientific exchange, scientific narrative and platform, and external communication tools in alignment with the business needs within Medical Affairs and Clinical Development. The Director will be responsible for building and fostering relationships across the alliance partners and ensuring alignment and pull through of the strategy across the medical communication plans. Position reports to the Director of Thoracic, H&N Medical Communications within WWMO, Global Medical Affairs and is responsible for the strategy and execution of Pumitamig (BNT327/BMS986545) medical communication plans and execution of high quality, medical communications to ensure pull-through of the Scientific Narrative across multiple potential therapy areas (i.e. lung, breast, GI).

Requirements

Advance scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred
8-10 years of Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in TA preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate and collaborate
Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment, and develop teams with a focus on quick deliverables
Experience leading cross-functional, cross-cultural project teams, and collaborating across matrix, multiple markets and global geographies
Demonstrated success driving optimal business results in a large complex corporate environment with multiple priorities and tight timelines
Ability to manage timelines and quality of work using strong leadership, organizational, communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills
Proven experience establishing strategic direction for teams, and proven ability to achieve set objectives; ability to take educated risk, rise above technical expertise; demonstrating judgement, wisdom and understanding of impact
Experience with change leadership and appreciation for complexity of leading teams through change
Experience leading medical communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization
Ability to analyze and interpret trial data
Ability to influence and negotiate appropriate solutions; ability to establish strong stakeholder relationships
Ability to travel (domestically and internationally)

Nice To Haves

Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Industry External compliance, transparency and conflict-of-interest regulated work environments
In-depth knowledge of Good Publication Practices and guidance (GPP, ICMJE), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct, and other guidance related to post-marketing practices and scientific data communication
Certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP), and ISMPP active member highly desired
Understanding of clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements
Working knowledge of Microsoft suite of applications, and familiar with publication management tool (iEnvision/DataVision).

Responsibilities

Alliance Partnership: Collaborate effectively with the alliance partner to drive joint initiatives, ensure alignment on strategic objectives, and facilitate seamless communication across cross-functional teams.
Medical Communications Strategy: Managing across a global matrix organization to drive quality planning and timely communication of key scientific information for BMS assets within specified therapeutic area. As a core member of the respective AIMS team, responsible for establishing a clear, viable and compelling strategy for TA-specific Medical Communications, aligned with overall WWMO vision, strategy and objectives, and ensure delivery of timely and high-quality medical publications, scientific content, medical education and congress presentations worldwide. Responsible for chairing the Medical Communications Working Group, a critical AIMS sub-team, and the delivery associated AIMS deliverables (3-year strategic/18-month tactical Medical Communications plan and Scientific Narrative & Platform)
Own the development, pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative aligned with portfolio strategy, development & execution of functionally integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP). Lead development of personalized medical communications and ensure timely journal submissions, publications, Congress presentations, and deliver of internal and external scientific content. Leverage digital, omnichannel tools, and AI-driven solutions to innovate and enhance Medical Communication strategies, ensuring impactful and data-driven engagement with healthcare professionals and stakeholders
Must have strong business acumen, ability to interface with matrix partners to make trade-off decisions by managing Medical Communications Asset/Indication-level budget and allocation of funds and resources to highest business priorities.
Data Dissemination: Serve as a subject matter expert to BMS internal audiences related to Asset/Indication-level communication landscape, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, data disclosure / dissemination, and represent BMS scientific communications to external investigators, key authors and journal editors.
Leading internal process improvements to ensure BMS remains an ethical and credible leader in the practice of publications & scientific content; leading transformation efforts worldwide and for ensuring BMS publication & scientific content standards are aligned with Good Publication Practices and industry standards, and all BMS employees engaged in publication activities follow Good Publication Practices guidance with the highest degree of integrity, quality and transparency.
Providing oversight to the team for the development and execution of functionally integrated and aligned medical communications plans with a focus on major markets and key assets; adjust communications plans in accordance with clinical trial results/milestones and changes in the market healthcare landscape
Demonstrates scientific/research expertise to support the establishment of strong working collaborations with both internal and external disease-area experts to ensure quality data analysis, interpretation, communication planning & data disclosure/dissemination. Partners internally to identify, set timing and execute data dependencies and related disclosures of information in multiple communication channels, encouraging innovation to keep BMS medical communications in the forefront of advancing understanding of the science and maximize BMS product value for our customers
Ensures collection of insights to deliver high quality medical communication that enables the most impactful dialogue and interactions with customers. Identifies and drives opportunities to enhance processes, tools, operating procedures and outsourcing strategy to ensure consistent delivery and alignment of standards across therapeutic areas worldwide
Stakeholder Engagement: Providing expert scientific guidance and support to cross-functional colleagues, as to positively impact the business broadly and globally
Fostering collaborative relationships with academic & clinical experts, publishers, medical associations & other relevant stakeholder groups; participating in external initiatives to foster trust and respect amongst academic and medical publishing community
Collaborating with internal stakeholders across the matrix and other Scientific Communications & Engagement team (e.g., Customer Engagement, Field Medical Excellence, Congress Strategy, Training & Compliance) to leverage external insights to inform medical communications planning
Partners externally with 3rd party vendors to ensure the appropriate balance of internal and external execution of work
Establishes clear metrics aligned to meeting customer needs and demonstrating desired outcomes of activities. Regularly communicates metrics with key stakeholders

Benefits

We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care.
Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP).
Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support.
Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility.
Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources.
Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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