Senior Manager, Global Medical Immunology & Cardiovascular, Medical Communications (Rheumatology)

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

14h • Hybrid

About The Position

This role reports to the Senior Director of Medical Communications within Global Medical Immunology & Cardiovascular, Global Medical Affairs. The primary responsibility is to develop and execute the rheumatology medical communication strategy. This includes ensuring the timely creation and delivery of scientific content and disclosures of clinical and health economic data for BMS products to inform Healthcare Providers, Patients, and Payers, all while adhering to local regulations.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred
• 3-5 years of Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in both local country & global preferred
• Experience of leading a large team of cross-functional partners; and demonstrated strength in leading teams to high performance
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Industry
• External compliance, transparency and conflict-of-interest regulated work environments
• Understanding 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 (DataVision)

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute a clear medical communications strategy aligned with the TA-specific Medical Communications strategy and the overall Medical strategy, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality scientific content, medical education, medical information, medical publications, and congress presentations.
• Understand communication needs across markets and own the pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, including development and execution of the content/publication plan in alignment with the Medical Communication Platform (MCP).
• Lead the delivery of internal and external scientific content; support the development of medical communications; and ensure timely journal submissions, publications, and congress presentations.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen and the ability to interface effectively with matrix partners to make trade-off decisions by managing the Medical Communications budget and allocating funds and resources to the highest business priorities.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to internal stakeholders on the medical communications landscape, HCP information needs, scientific content strategy, and data dissemination approaches, representing BMS scientific communications internally and externally.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the development and execution of high-quality medical content, ensuring scientific rigor, clinical relevance, and alignment with medical strategy across channels and audiences.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Medical Affairs, Field Medical, and Market partners to develop scientifically credible, evidence-based medical materials that translate complex clinical data into practice-relevant insights for healthcare professionals.
• Oversee content planning and execution in alignment with clinical trial milestones and emerging evidence, adjusting communication strategies as needed to ensure continued relevance and impact.
• Guide the planning, development, and execution of scientific publications as a key component of the broader medical communications strategy, in alignment with Good Publication Practice standards.
• Ensure systematic collection and application of customer and field insights to optimize medical content, publications, and scientific exchange, enabling impactful engagement with external stakeholders.
• Contribute to governance and process workstreams to ensure medical communications activities are conducted with the highest standards of scientific integrity, quality, transparency, and ethical compliance.
• Foster collaborative relationships with academic & clinical experts, publishers, medical associations & other relevant key stakeholder groups; participate in external initiatives to foster trust and respect amongst academic and medical publishing community.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the Medical matrix (e.g., the country and regional medical directors) and other Scientific Communications & Engagement teams (e.g., Customer Engagement, Field Medical Excellence, Congress Strategy, Training & Compliance) to leverage external insights to inform medical communications planning.
• Partner externally with third-party vendors to ensure the appropriate balance of internal and external execution of work.
• Establish clear metrics aligned to meeting customer needs and demonstrating desired outcomes of activities. Regularly communicate metrics with key stakeholders.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees