Translational Program Manager, Solid Tumor Translational Development
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 We are searching for a highly motivated Program Manager to support Translational Development Leaders within the Solid Tumor pillar of Translational Development to enable the effective and efficient execution of translational development plans. The Translational Program Manager, as part of the Translational Development team in Research, would manage multiple complex, oncology portfolio assets and facilitate broad, integrated biomarker plans to enable delivery of the Translational Development portfolio across solid tumor indications.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in a scientific discipline; project management certification or equivalent project management experience is desirable.
- 5+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related industry experience in operational, scientific, translational development, biomarker, or clinical development roles within a matrixed environment.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects involving cross-functional teams, external collaborators, vendors, laboratories, and operational stakeholders.
- Experience supporting translational, biomarker, clinical development, or research programs, including sample management, data generation, vendor oversight, and deliverable tracking.
- Demonstrated ability to manage timelines, priorities, risks, dependencies, and communications across multiple concurrent projects.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working with project management, collaboration, visualization, and reporting tools.
Responsibilities
- Provide program management support for Translational Development teams across assigned studies, assets, and disease-area workstreams.
- Partner with Translational Development Leads, biomarker scientists, clinical teams, laboratory teams, data and analytics teams, operations partners, and vendors to translate project objectives into actionable plans, timelines, deliverables, and follow-up actions.
- Coordinate execution of biomarker and translational activities, including assay testing, vendor coordination, data delivery, and documentation of key decisions and outcomes.
- Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated timelines for translational activities, including sample logistics, assay development and testing, data transfers, analyses, reporting milestones, and study deliverables.
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings by preparing agendas, tracking action items, documenting decisions, and ensuring timely completion of commitments.
- Coordinate biospecimen, informed-consent, data-use, and data-transfer activities required to support translational studies and collaborations.
- Support management of external laboratories, vendors, and CROs by tracking contracts, statements of work, deliverables, budgets, invoices, timelines, and issue resolution.
- Monitor project risks, dependencies, and critical-path activities; develop mitigation plans and escalate issues when appropriate.
- Support biomarker budget tracking, forecasting activities, contract management, and purchase-order processes as required.
- Maintain project documentation and collaborative tools, including SharePoint sites, dashboards, trackers, meeting repositories, contact lists, and reporting tools.
- Support publication and congress planning activities through tracking abstracts, timelines, authorship coordination, review milestones, and data-readiness requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, transparency, and communication across translational project activities.
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 for new hires
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
