Senior Vice President, Worldwide Head of Medical Affairs, Immunology & Cardiovascular

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

6d • $425,000 - $515,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is seeking a world-class physician-executive to serve as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Head of Immunology & Cardiovascular (ICV) Medical Affairs. This leader will define and drive the global medical vision, strategy, and execution across one of BMS’s most scientifically complex and strategically critical portfolios—spanning immunology, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and cardiometabolic conditions. This is a mission-defining enterprise role for a highly credible leader who operates seamlessly across early development through lifecycle maturity, shaping evidence, influencing global practice, and ensuring BMS delivers practice-changing, equitable impact for patients worldwide. As the senior-most medical leader for ICV, the SVP will sit on the Worldwide Medical Leadership Team, partner deeply with R&D, Commercial, Market Access, and Policy leaders, and serve as the global medical face of BMS to regulators, academia, professional societies, and patient communities.

Requirements

• MD (or MD/PhD) with deep expertise in Immunology, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, or a closely related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in biopharma and/or academic medicine with significant global medical or development responsibility.
• Demonstrated leadership across early and late-stage development, regulatory interactions, medical launch excellence, and lifecycle management.
• Recognized scientific credibility, including publications, guideline involvement, or leadership within professional societies.
• Proven ability to lead large, global, matrixed organizations and operate effectively at enterprise executive level.
• Exceptional executive presence, communication, and influence skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience across major markets and global roles required; R&D experience strongly preferred.
• Accountability: Clear ownership and decisive leadership
• Execution Excellence: Focus, urgency, and disciplined delivery
• Enterprise Mindset: Balancing patient impact with business value
• Scientific Leadership: Shaping the future of care through evidence and insight
• Patient-Centricity: Unwavering commitment to improving lives

Nice To Haves

• R&D experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute an integrated global medical strategy across Immunology & Cardiovascular aligned to enterprise priorities, patient imperatives, and portfolio value creation.
• Serve as a senior enterprise advisor, shaping clinical development, regulatory strategy, evidence generation, and commercialization from early pipeline through mature brands.
• Anticipate and navigate evolving scientific, regulatory, payer, and competitive landscapes, positioning BMS as a global leader in immune-mediated and cardiovascular disease innovation.
• Contribute to portfolio strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions, including lifecycle expansion, indication strategy, and external innovation.
• Partner with R&D to shape early development strategies, including trial design, endpoints, biomarkers, and translational approaches aligned with real-world standards of care.
• Drive early signal-seeking and differentiation strategies to de-risk assets and expand pipeline and lifecycle value.
• Integrate clinical trial data, real-world evidence, and medical insights to deliver scientifically differentiated narratives that inform practice and policy.
• Support scientific diligence for external opportunities, partnerships, and acquisitions.
• Lead the design and execution of integrated global evidence plans across the ICV portfolio—spanning interventional studies, RWE, registries, and observational research.
• Ensure evidence strategies support regulatory success, reimbursement, access, guideline inclusion, and practice change.
• Embed the patient journey and lived experience into evidence planning, ensuring relevance across diverse populations and healthcare systems.
• Partner closely with HEOR, Market Access, Clinical Development, and Commercial teams to align scientific, economic, and outcomes-based narratives.
• Lead a high-performing, globally distributed medical organization, fostering a culture of accountability, scientific rigor, inclusion, and execution excellence.
• Implement globally aligned, fit-for-purpose operating models that enable speed, focus, and measurable impact.
• Leverage digital innovation, advanced analytics, and GenAI-enabled insights to elevate decision-making, insight generation, and external engagement.
• Establish outcome-based metrics to ensure medical activities deliver tangible patient, practice, and enterprise impact.
• Champion timely, appropriate, and equitable access to ICV therapies across major and emerging markets.
• Partner with advocacy groups, policymakers, and health systems to address disparities in immune-mediated and cardiovascular care.
• Ensure medical strategy proactively supports access pathways, including early access, real-world evidence needs, and health system readiness.
• Serve as the global medical voice of BMS Immunology & Cardiovascular, engaging regulators, academic leaders, professional societies, and patient organizations.
• Build and lead strategic external collaborations that accelerate innovation, evidence generation, and global impact.
• Strengthen BMS’s scientific reputation through credible, visible, and influential leadership in the global ICV community.

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: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree