Senior Director, Global Medical Oncology, Strategic Alliances

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As BMS Oncology evolves toward a more targeted, biomarker-driven portfolio, it is critical to maintain deep, sustained engagement across the global oncology ecosystem to inform and shape long-range portfolio strategy. The Senior Director, Strategic Alliances is an enterprise level leadership role within Global Oncology Medical Affairs with end-to-end accountability for the oncology external engagement ecosystem. This role sets the overarching vision, operating model and enterprise priorities for strategic oncology alliances, spanning medical/professional societies, academic centers and global thought leader networks across the BMS portfolio. The Senior Director oversees a team of 5 and acts as a central architect, ensuring a strategic partnership approach to how we engage the external oncology ecosystem. The role serves as a senior enterprise integrator across Medical Affairs, R&D, Commercial, and Medical Communications, aligning external partnerships to long‑range oncology strategy, development priorities, and lifecycle needs. This role represents Oncology Medical Affairs and the broader BMS enterprise as a senior external leader with key global partners and societies.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, MD, PharmD) required; additional business or strategy experience strongly preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in oncology medical affairs, R&D, portfolio strategy, alliance leadership, or related enterprise roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading leaders and managing complex, multi‑layered teams.
• Proven ability to operate at enterprise scale, influencing senior executives across functions.
• Recognized credibility with external oncology leaders, academic institutions, and professional societies.
• Deep understanding of oncology development, biomarkers, lifecycle strategy, and decision‑making frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and continuously evolve the enterprise oncology alliance vision and operating model, ensuring alignment with long range portfolio, development, and commercialization strategy.
• Establish governance, prioritization frameworks, success metrics, and investment principles across all oncology alliances.
• Ensure disciplined portfolio level decision‑making regarding where BMS engages, how deeply, and to what strategic end.
• Serve as the senior enterprise lead for engagement with oncology medical and professional societies, shaping BMS’s long‑term partnership strategy and scientific presence.
• Ensure insights from alliances are integrated at enterprise decision points (e.g., portfolio prioritization, MEG, CDP, GPT) with clear executive‑level framing, informing investment decisions and long range planning.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of alliance leaders, fostering strategic thinking, external credibility, and enterprise mindset.
• Build scalable capabilities, tools, and best practices that enable consistent, high‑impact alliance execution.

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: Senior