Senior Manager, Global Medical Oncology, Medical Communications Hematology

Bristol Myers Squibb•Princeton, NJ

4d•$135,750 - $164,491•Hybrid

About The Position

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. Position Summary Position reports to the Director of Medical Communications within Global Medical Oncology (GMO) and is responsible for the planning and timely execution of scientifically accurate and strategically aligned communications plan that support medical communication needs of the markets related to specified asset(s) in GMO.

Requirements

Advanced scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred
5+ years of Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in both local country & global preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate and collaborate
Experience working cross-functional, with cross-cultural project teams, and collaborating across matrix, markets and global geographies
Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment & 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
Outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with exceptional time management skills
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 flexibly schedule and participate in teleconferences and virtual meetings across different time zones
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 (DataVision/iEnvision)

Responsibilities

Leads across the BMS matrix to develop and timely delivery of strategically aligned medical publications, scientific content, medical information, medical education, training content, and congress presentations.
Ensures endorsement of medical communications plans by relevant governance bodies prior to execution, and continuously develops and maintains plans in conjunction with scientific landscape and in alignment with Local Market Medical, Global Medical and medical market-level strategy
Serves as the Medical Communications point of contact between Global Medical/ and other matrix partners
Provides medical communications management oversight
Enhances bi-directional communication by understanding and sharing the Global Medical Communications plans to Medical and raises needs to Global Medical/Medical Communications teams, ensuring country/global level of awareness & connectivity including vendor oversight.
Understand the communication needs and own the pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, development & execution of functionally integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP).
Must have strong business acumen, ability to interface with market matrix partners & manage Medical Communications budget
Serve as a subject matter expert to BMS internal audiences related to 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.
Promotes and reinforces principles among authors and internal publication stakeholder community, ensuring publications are authored, written, and reviewed according to publication best practices and BMS standards and policies 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.
Demonstrates understanding of therapeutic disease areas, 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.
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
Fostering collaborative relationships with academic & clinical experts, publishers, medical associations & other relevant key stakeholder groups; participating in external initiatives to foster trust and respect amongst academic and medical publishing community
Partners with TA Medical Communication Leads, Market Medical and other stakeholder to assess, plan, and allocate resources (budget, medical writing, biostatistical services) to ensure timely delivery of high-quality medical communications
Partners externally with 3rd party vendors to ensure the appropriate balance of internal and external execution of work
Establishes clear metrics aligned & regularly communicates metrics with key medical stakeholders
High performing, externally focused which emphasizes teamwork, cooperation, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality; models BMS behaviors and reinforces such behaviors at all levels in the organization
Serve as mentor to other leads.
Ensure preparation for audit and inspection readiness
Ensuring diversity and inclusion in decision making, organization and talent development

Benefits

wellbeing support
retirement and financial protection benefits
insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
Flexible Time Off (FTO)
11 paid company holidays
160 hours of paid vacation annually
3 optional holidays
paid sick leave
up to two paid volunteer days per year
summer hours flexibility
leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs
annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day