Our success in treating cancer, HIV and cardiovascular together with our legacy of pursuing bold science gives us confidence that BMS will continue to rise to each challenge. We’re accelerating the development of new medicines with differentiated research platforms and leading technology.

Associate Director, Global Patient Advocacy, Oncology

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

 

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

 

 

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Patient Advocacy, Oncology role is an integral member of the BMS Patient Advocacy team, serving as a disease area lead with a strong focus on development and implementation of aligned tactics.  This role develops and maintains relationships with US and Global patient advocacy organizations, proactively identifying and working with expert stakeholders / advocacy organizations who understand the short and long-term drivers impacting access to care and patient outcomes.

 

This role builds Bristol Myers Squibb’s reputation as a leading scientific organization with a patient-centric culture, through innovative and aligned projects, and by being a trusted partner (internally and externally) focused on the patient across the continuum of product development and commercialization.

 

The role requires strategic thinking, the ability to build strong relationships, and agility as priorities and business needs evolve.  This role enables the positioning of BMS as a leading partner within the cancer patient advocacy community globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage relationships with multiple patient advocacy organizations, with a primary focus on issues affecting patient access to quality cancer care, improving health outcomes, and health equity.
• Leverage and elevate patient insights learned from the patient community and serve as an internal resource to champion and incorporate patient perspectives into all appropriate initiatives addressing disease-specific challenges, increasing disease awareness, decreasing time to diagnosis and increasing access to therapy.
• Collaborate with the matrix cross-functional teams (commercialization, medical, market access, policy and government affairs, health economics and outcomes research, clinical development, communications, etc.) on a daily basis to build alignment, drive deliverables, and achieve timelines that position BMS as a leading and trusted partner.
• Promote an environment that incorporates the patient perspective across the continuum of product development through commercialization.
• Develop and lead targeted advocacy events and engagements, including internal and external stakeholders, with strong project management skills.
• Develop and share advocacy best practices, create efficiencies, and generate innovative concepts to support the business and patients.
• Minimize compliance risk, and protect and enhance company reputation by ensuring adherence to uncompromising ethics and to relevant guidelines and regulations.
• Support the building of a leading and differentiated patient advocacy function that is well-respected within BMS and by collaborators and advocacy partners.

Qualifications & Experience

• 8-10 years of experience in pharmaceuticals and working with external stakeholders
• Knowledge in oncology patient advocacy is strongly preferred, or strong transferable skills
• Experience in supporting product and indication launches is preferred
• Experience in clinical trial engagement is preferred
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects with a sense of urgency
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently or collaboratively as appropriate
• Ability to connect to the patient experience and pull through strategically
• Demonstrated strategic thinking capabilities with forward looking perspective
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (including PowerPoint proficiency)
• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent is required, Master’s Degree or other advanced degree preferred

 

Position is remote by design with expectation for 30-40% of travel including monthly headquarter meetings in Lawrence Township, New Jersey.

Senior Manager, Agile Sourcing, R&D – Contract Lead

The Senior Manager, Contract Lead will be responsible for the delivery of an industry-leading contracting capability across the R&D continuum through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation and management of escalations to the legal department. Specifically, this role will be focused on contracting for the R&D, Agile Sourcing organization. The individual will both lead complex contracting projects while also acting as the first point of escalation for other contract facilitators.

 

The Senior Manager will need to handle or oversee contract drafting, negotiations, redlines, internal escalations as well as a heavy workload with occasional short and/or expedited deadlines. The individual must have excellent communication skills and must work quickly, diligently, independently and efficiently. The individual in this role must also be able to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner and push a deal through to execution. This individual must be able to build strong relationships of mutual trust and accountability with the internal business clients, contracting teams and legal department.

 

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Drive, conduct, and execute contract facilitation projects

• Support any required pre-transactional steps and prior endorsement, with appropriate risk assessment due diligence as needed.
• Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.
• Execute contracts in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with company standards. Identify and discuss escalation issues with appropriate legal teams.
• Coordinate and perform contract analysis, including redlines and negotiations with legal and other stakeholders as well as suppliers to:
  • Negotiate business terms and collaborate, coordinate, and be able to explain risks and implications of contract terms to the business and other stakeholders.
  • Complete gap analyses, review, redline, and understand contract language, risks and implications of such language.
  • Draft commercial terms as needed as well as defend legal terms on standard internal templates, agreements and third-party paper where necessary.
  • Drive resolution of contract issues in a timely manner.

 

Contracting guidance development, implementation and continuous improvement

• Ensure applicable written guidelines and company policy are followed and/or required SME input is obtained throughout the process (eg, privacy, finance, international and domestic taxation, customs and trade, information security, systems quality, software asset management, etc.). Coordinate with cross-functional and stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant and efficient facilitation of contracts.
• Work with procurement and legal to develop and maintain contracting guidance documents to continually improve on an efficient and effective contracting function.
• Work with contract facilitators to train them on contract guidance, fallback language and other training sessions. Hold meetings, office hours for the contract facilitators.
• Understand the contractual terms and be able to explain their risks and implications to the internal business stakeholders to help drive appropriate decision-making.
• Identify points of escalation for Agile Sourcing to interface with relevant stakeholders regarding contracting and procurement policy and related operational questions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives towards an industry-leading contracting capability by participating in, creating and delivering training to provide opportunities for professional development and further expansion of contracting skillsets.
• Explore new procurement technologies with a focus on AI/ML opportunities.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a Bachelor Degree of Arts or Science.
• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years’ experience including category procurement, sourcing and contracting experience, including but not limited to drafting, redlining, reviewing and negotiating procurement / business contracts, procurement negotiations and familiarity with Master Services Agreements.
• Expertise in contract construction, terms and conditions, with strong preference for working knowledge of facilitating, drafting and negotiating buy-side and other in-scope contracts in the pharma/biotech industry. Understanding of legal terms vs. Business terms.
• Experience collaborating with and participating on cross-functional and global teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.
• Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiples demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology (e.g., Ariba, Icertis) to automate and streamline processes.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• ​Juris Doctorate (JD) / LL.M. preferred. A candidate with strong paralegal experience in lieu of a JD or LL.M. may be considered if they possess at least 8-10 years of direct contracting experience in a complex, regulated industry such as pharma/biotech.
• Interest in learning and using AI/ML solutions to support the contracting process.

Manager, Tax Operations (Consolidation)

As a Manager, Tax Operations, you will provide support to the US Tax Team for income tax provisions under ASC 740-10 for projection cycles, quarterly and annual reporting on a GAAP and Non-GAAP basis, assist with Federal Tax Return compliance support, manage a variety of special tax projects, perform tax technical research, monitor legislation and coordinate support for audits.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and assistance with GAAP and Non-GAAP effective tax rate (ETR) calculations, reconciliations, and supporting documentation inclusive of variance analysis
• Review and approval of assigned entities’ income tax provisions under ASC 740-10 for projection cycles, quarterly actuals and annual reporting.
• Prepare, model, reconcile cash tax forecasts, payments and maintenance of tax accounts along with the worldwide income tax payable and receivable schedule.
• Preparation of worldwide deferred schedule and 10-Q/10-K disclosure tables.
• Support acquisition accounting and integration of acquired businesses, internal reorganizations, divestitures, and oversee accounting and tracking of collaboration agreements and joint ventures.
• Identify opportunities, support and assistance with tax technology strategic imperatives to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach to identification, recommendation and integration of tax technology implementations, automation and analytics to continuously enhance processes and stakeholder value.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; preferably with a Masters of Tax and/or CPA license.
• 5+ years of US income tax provision, compliance, and tax accounting experience with a large multinational organization and preferably 2+ years of public accounting experience working in a complex manufacturing environment, preferable in the pharmaceutical industry.
• In-depth knowledge of tax laws, regulations, and accounting principles, including GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting, legal entity forecasting and accounting.
• Solid technology background with knowledge of OneSource Provision (knowledge of TaxStream is very beneficial), SharePoint, Excel along with other Microsoft Office products, SAP, and preferable experience with intelligent automation such as Alteryx, RPA, Power BI and Tableau.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, strong attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.

Director, Agile Sourcing, Global Product Supply

The Director of Agile Sourcing, Global Product Supply (GPS) focused position plays a critical role in driving the execution of global category strategies and ensuring best practices, continuous improvement, and data-driven outcomes. This role is responsible for leading the Sourcing Execution (Source to Contract) program at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and enabling the Category Management program across a diverse range of GPS Categories including External Manufacturing, Direct Materials, product development and Indirect categories.

 

This role drives resource allocation for sourcing excellence staff and outsourced providers supporting this function. This role is responsible for developing resource allocation plans, balancing critical competing priorities, and getting required buy-in from category leaders and SS&P Functional lead. They will ensure resources have required capabilities in sourcing, contracting, analytics, and are employing leading practices on a fit-for-purpose basis. This role will be a Change leader using a data-driven approach to sourcing and contracting activities, utilizing analytics and insights to inform decision-making and optimize outcomes.

 

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Sourcing Execution

• Accountable for developing and driving the sourcing strategies to support GPS business spend. Drive compliance to optimal buying channels.
• Lead team to use appropriate methods of procurement and perform cost benefit analysis, prepare and solicit competitive bids, quotations and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms and conditions.
• Evaluate and advise on competitive offerings to determine the overall best offer for a product or service while overseeing relationships with external partners to support sourcing facilitation and administration of contracts where appropriate.
• Ensure negotiated terms are translated into contractual terms, following BMS templates provided by Legal Dept / Strategic Corporate Transactions, and working in close partnership with BMS Lawyers when needed.
• Manage team performance using data to drive continuous improvement mindset.

 

Provide management of organization for team spanning across internal resources and external providers

• Ensure Procurement alignment with organizational goals; develop or utilize criteria for evaluating procurement department and staff performance, including evaluating and resolving department performance and procurement audit report issues.
• Oversee compliance programs and ensure compliance and risk responsibilities are appropriately staffed and training conducted.
• Accountable for projects and their full compliance with BMS policies and external regulations/laws, including FCPA, FDA, EMA, SOX, Sunshine Act, and others).
• Recruit, hire, onboard, train, and develop a fungible talent pipeline spanning across levels. Manage service partners as well as full-time employees, contractors and service provider. Manage dynamic staffing changes (promotion, rotation) and knowledge transfer due to pipelining and development responsibilities.

 

Transformation and Change leadership

• Drive organizational strategy and continuous improvement to deliver S2C goals.
• Direct all initiatives and strategic sourcing for GPS categories, including all budgetary matters and management of resources.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of an Undergraduate Degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business management, Life Sciences, or Pharmaceutical.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of business experience in which five (5) plus years are multi-disciplined procurement experience.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of experience managing a direct team, with ability to manage large group of professionals. Hands on manager, who provides close leadership and support to his/her team.
• Relevant Procurement & Subject Matter experience.
• Experience leading and participating on cross-functional and/or global teams.
• Procurement process knowledge, agreement management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization, strategic planning and integrated supply chain experience.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant professional certifications [e.g. Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).