Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Summary:

The Senior Contract Manager functions as a direct line negotiator between Investigators, and collaborators and BMS. They will interact primarily with BMS legal and other internal stakeholders to ensure that BMS’ legal and financial positions are implemented in our Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) and supporting agreements.  The Contracts and Grants Associate will also support in negotiating other agreements as needed, to support CTCG under the direction of the Associate Director

Responsibilities:

• Execution of Investigator Sponsored Research Agreements with Investigators and Institutions within the region
• Negotiate contract terms and conditions with sites/investigators/institutions
• Develop and maintain template  negotiation and decision history for ISR agreements including utilizing many  levels of associated fall back language as provided by BMS Legal
• Assure that contractual terms and provisions comply with corporate processes, guidelines, and policies.
• Escalate to appropriate BMS colleague  when significant legal risk is identified
• Support the budget analysis as received from sites and conduct Fair Market Value (FMV) analysis.
• Ensure contracting compliance and appropriate prioritization and execution with the ISR/NRDG Book of Work
• Strong project management skills, highly inquisitive, externally-focused, creative problem- solver. Ability to establish key relationships and work effectively with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders, including GECI and OAR sites and all collaboration agreements.
• Ensure proper filing and status reporting of all agreements within approved company systems

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) and 5+ years direct contracting experience, preferably within the Pharmaceutical industry; or Master’s degree or J.D. and 3+ years contract experience.
• At Least 5 Years of an in depth  working knowledge of contracting process and associated policies, procedures, business practices and systems.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer focus.
• Highly skilled in conflict resolution with the ability to resolve problems independently.
• Ability to multi-task within and across projects, prioritize and manage timelines effectively.
• Ability to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
• Innovative, proactive, and motivated, with a focus on continuous improvement and a strong desire to succeed.
• Ability to think strategically and implement contract simplification.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and project management skills needed to effectively convey information.
• 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.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

This position reports to the within the Global Outsourcing team. 
Key responsibilities include:
•    Direct management of the Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations group
•    Align critical resources, management and stakeholders
•    Assess and manage business risks and organizational dynamics.  Allocate Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations resources to support the Global Development Operations portfolio
•    Driving costing, invoicing and resourcing optimization across GDO vendors.  Business and operational process improvement

Responsibilities:

·        Direct management of the Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations group

·        Creating an impactful vision for the function and communicates a supporting strategy with clarity, force and impact to align critical resources, management and stakeholders

·        Responsibility for ensuring alignment with other tangential organizations including GDO, Global Procurement, etc. as it pertains to outsourced study execution, procedures, processes and vendor interactions

·        Ensuring Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations resources are effectively allocated to support the Global Development Operations portfolio

·        Monitoring trends and performance indicators across portfolio related to outsourcing management issues and successes across all contract service categories

·        Ensuring the Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations team leads the outsourcing processes as per relevant strategies and scope of work to leverage our external partners or the external Contract Service Providers (CSPs) to execute the GDO portfolio

·        Effectively monitors outsourcing processes and ensures team compliance with BMS outsourcing and purchasing policies and procedures, ethical practices, and adherence to relevant laws and regulations

·        Focusing the Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations team on business and operational process improvement to simplify processes and tools and bring new value to BMS. Anticipates needs, assesses and manages business risks and organizational dynamics as well as their implications based on developing alternate plans and choices. Assures adequate implementation / execution of plans

·        Takes action or makes commitments under conditions of uncertainty

·        Researches best practices across a variety of industries and disciplines and translates into relevant actions for improvements within BMS. Displays organizational savvy and knows how to leverage networks to bring information and points of view from different areas inside and outside the company

Desired Experience    
•    Minimum of a BA or BS Degree in a business administration or relevant field (advanced degree a plus)
•    Clinical development experience of 5-7 years required;  Scientific, Financial, and business problem solving experience desired
•    Experience with clinical service providers: initiating, negotiating and executing legal and/or financial agreements in the clinical trials environment- biotech or pharmaceutical industry
•    Direct people management experience 
•    Proven ability to drive teams to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment
•    Proven experience in managing key internal and external stakeholders (including senior leaders) effectively by frequently soliciting input and gathering and incorporating feedback into processes and driving change as appropriate
•    Demonstrated understanding of the needs of stakeholders and mediates between the CSP and stakeholders while being sensitive to their respective unique needs. Proven ability to build and maintain relationships under undesirable and confrontational situations
•    Effective management of cross-functional, multi-cultural teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure
•    Effective management of cross-functional, multi-cultural 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 multiple demands on role in a responsive and professional manner
 

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Key Role Accountabilities:

Strategy & Execution

In joint partnership with World Wide Commercialization teams, Intercon Strategy & Ops.,General Managers and market roles, the Strategy and Commercialization Excellence Lead is accountable for:

•        Designing and implementing new innovative business models and commercialization solutions across LATAM.  Sharing learnings with the LATAM, Intercontinental region, the World Wide Commercialization teams and the other markets.

•        Drive specifically identified transformational and growth projects across LATAM.

•        Shaping the products for competitive profile that achieves pricing, reimbursement, access and penetration for favorable shareholder return by developing target product profile and creating economic value dossier

•        Overseeing the Product Development and Commercialization (PD&C) plan for the selected asset and the achievement of key milestones  

•        Lead the Long Term Business Plan process in coordination with the LATAM GM, Finance Director and the General Managers

•        Prepare and coordinate all the Business Reviews with the LATAM Markets and the Intercon SMT

•        Build the LATAM strategy for all Brand prior to T – 12 in coordination with the Worldwide and Intercon Teams

•        Work closely with the Medical, regulatory, access and R&D teams in order to improve approval dates of the New portfolio

•        Guide the local teams on the “Speed to Market” and ¨Launch executions plans for all brands moving to T - 12

•        Organize launch readiness reviews for brands ranging from T – 12 to T + 6

•        Collaborate and contribute actively on the Strats & Ops committee of INTERCON

•        Represents LATAM at any relevant Inter-exchange meeting organized by the WW teams for Brands at T – 12 to T + 6 stage

 Leadership & Matrix Alignment

•      Liaise with markets to ensure adequate Go-to-Market resources

•      Creating Value Propositions that are relevant to customers and maximizes access

•      Oversees relevant sub-teams and ensures clear goals and performance standards are in place, provides feedback and coaching, and holds sub-team members accountable for key deliverables.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

•      Building and managing relationships with internal stakeholders to streamline Global to Market commercialization processes (i.e., WWC, WWCO, Markets and Matrix partners).

•      Managing integration points and outbound/inbound communications with key stakeholders across all BMS functional and market areas to ensure alignment and minimize risk  

•      Building and managing relationships with external stakeholders (Strategic alliance partners)

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

This position reports to the Associate Director, Partnerships Finance and Resourcing Operations.  As an integral member of Global Outsourcing Management, the Partnerships Finance and Operations Manager assists various team members by coordinating tasks related to outsourcing processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational expertise and strategic leadership, support, guidance and training to teams on all aspects of outsourced work
• Ensure alignment of teams to the related BMS outsourcing strategies.  Drive costing, invoicing and resourcing optimization across GDO vendors by:
  • interfacing with operational teams and vendor stakeholders
  • support resource management standards through effective analysis and reporting
  • supporting groups and service providers for successful selection, contracting and execution of outsourced studies
  • ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, ethical practices, BMS outsourcing and procurement policies and procedures
  • support internal and external Audits / Inspections and ensure readiness at all times
  • deliver on all contract deadlines and communicate with business partners and internal clients regarding contractual issues

Desired Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Legal, Life science, Business Administration or equivalent.  Advanced degree a plus
• Clinical development experience of 3 to 5 years required, with Scientific, Financial and Project management experience desired
• Experience interacting with a wide range of suppliers (e.g. Contract Research Organizations, Cooperative groups, Clinical laboratories, Core laboratories including ECG and Imaging service providers) to initiate, negotiate and execute legal and/or financial agreements in the clinical trials environment (biotech or pharmaceutical industry)
• Proven experience in managing key internal and external stakeholders effectively by frequently soliciting
• Effective management of cross-functional, multi-cultural teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure
• Proven time management skills and ability to be flexible to meet job demands and take on new initiatives and improvement efforts
• Ability to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.
• Proficient in use of MS Office suite

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Role & Responsibilities

Providing leadership of clinical data management activities across one or more clinical development programs enabling planning, coordination, and timely delivery of complete, high quality and reliable clinical trial data for internal decision making, regulatory approval and market acceptance.

A key role (Data Management Lead) that serves as the primary point of contact to the wider clinical trial team for clinical trial data related matters. The DML will, in turn, coordinate activities across clinical data management, clinical data acquisition and standards, clinical data reporting and analytics, centralized monitoring, and medical coding to ensure cohesive support to clinical trial data collection, review, and reporting.

A consistent approach to the gathering of data collection requirements from various stakeholders for systems/applications deployed to collect clinical trial data (eCRFs, ePRO, eCOA, etc.), including ensuring adherence to defined standards, and also responsibility for user acceptance testing to ensure high quality deliverables and inspection readiness at all times.

Leading activities with external vendors developing systems/applications for clinical trial data collection (e.g. ePRO/eCOA) to ensure quality and timely deployment.

Implementation of the Data Quality Management Plan (DQMP) defining and documenting the data quality review strategy for each clinical trial in collaboration with various BMS stakeholders (e.g. statistics, medical, safety, development, GDO, etc.), enabling the quality review of patient data supporting regulatory filings, publications and other high-profile business activities.

Supporting clinical study report creation with input to the data quality assurance section as well as provisioning of sample and completed eCRFs/ePROs/eCOAs.

Ensuring effective quality oversight and management of external partners (e.g. Function Service Providers, CROs, technology providers, etc.) performing data management services on behalf of BMS.

Contributing to the development and application of smart systems and optimal approaches to support the collection, integration, monitoring, review, and reporting of data to simplify and enhance user experience or lead to efficiencies in execution.

Participating in continuous improvement activities, defining and implementing the changes required to create an industry-leading clinical data capability, including electronic data capture, external data integration, ad-hoc analysis and end-to-end data standards.

Representing the Company in interactions with key external partners as part of any committee or industry group relating to data management.

Developing strong and productive working relationships with key stakeholders throughout BMS with the ability to think strategically across a broad portfolio and effectively express his/her views to senior management.

Experience and Expertise Required

Bachelor’s degree required with an advanced degree preferred. At least 5 years of relevant industry experience. Project management certification (e.g. PMP) is desirable.

Global clinical trial expertise and a successful track record of leading through influence, working across complex, global organizational matrices. Immuno-Oncology therapeutic experience is highly desirable.

Knowledge of industry leading eCRF tools (e.g. Medidata Rave, Oracle, etc.) and well versed in industry trends and emerging technologies supporting data collection.

An understanding of database and dictionary structures (e.g. MedDRA, WHODrug).

Technical expertise, technical writing ability, and proficiency in Systems Development LifeCycle (SDLC) principles.

Experience in data management and well versed in industry trends and emerging industry dynamics concerning data review.

A good understanding of the drug development process with proven expertise in clinical trial execution and management in a global arena.

Demonstrated partnership across various collaborative forums, CROs, SMOs and/or local site networks.

Diverse and sufficient technical expertise to be a credible interface to all global development and business partners (medical, development, commercial, regulatory & quality etc.).

Broad intelligence of the clinical trial environment across key regions, and anticipation of future trends and impact.

Leadership and communication capabilities with a proven ability to engage, manage, develop and inspire a geographically diverse team

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Operation Analyst/Senior Analyst – External Manufacturing & Strategic Sourcing - Cell Therapy Development Operations (CTDO)

Position Summary:

The Operation Analyst will be a member of External Manufacturing (EM) Project and Operations Management team. He/She will be a key resource in managing Change Controls and deviations for BMS Cell Therapy Contract Manufacturing sites around the globe.  In addition to this responsibility, we are looking for an individual who can support external manufacturing other operational and project management functions. This role requires the ability to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with team members to effectively close compliance related activities on time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Initiate and manage Change Controls (CC) for EM and Strategic Sourcing Teams, ensure the CC are closely tracked till they are fully closed.
• Initiate CMO notified deviations in BMS system.  Follow up on CAPAs, work with team members, and QA to track and close them off.
• Work closely with QA team to close internal CC & Deviation impacting CMOs.
• Assist EM teams in other operational and project management functions as needed.
• Assist in preparation of monthly dashboards and tracking KPIs for EM and Sourcing teams.
• Create and maintain reports that are utilized by EM and Sourcing team to drive decisions and advance projects.

Leadership, Values and Behaviors:

• Deliver business results through timely and quality decision making
• Create an environment of teamwork, open communication, and sense of urgency
• Drive strong collaboration across the company and amongst external partners

• Build trust and effective relationships with peers, suppliers and stakeholders
• Foster a culture of high ethics and compliance
• Promote a mindset of continuous improvement, problem solving, and prevention

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Engineering or Science

Requirements:  

• 3-5 years of pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing clinical or commercial area
• Experience in Quality or technical writing function is a plus
• Experience working with compliance systems e.g. EQRM, Trackwise
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Project management skills is a plus
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Capabilities Needed for Success:

•       5+ years Pharmaceutical marketing experience  required

•       Experience in content review processes  (medical, legal and regulatory review process) and approvals

•       Experience in pharmaceutical marketing

•       Strong communication and negotiation skills

•      Demonstrate complex Project planning and management skills with strict adherence to timelines

•       Budget management

•      Proven strength at communicating effectively across global audience

•      Proven ability to balance multiple priorities

•       Demonstrate Innovation mindset (simplification - doing things better, faster and more cost effectively)

•       Ability to translate & articulate complex issues into efficient and clear communication taking into consideration English as second language in many situations

•       Ability to flex across different types of cultures, complexities, business situations and matrix partners

•       Problem solver and results oriented

•       Strong partnership skills; ability to influence and build and maintain relationships across diverse stakeholder mix

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.

One shared journey is moving us forward at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious disease. Empowered to apply our individual talents and ideas so that we can learn and grow together.  Driven to make a difference, from innovative research to hands-on community support.  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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Expected Areas of Competence

Coordinate with partner counterpart with focus on overall portfolio delivery including ensuring timely execution of the book of work while adhering to the MSA and Quality Agreement.

Co-lead and drive efficient and effective governance meetings, including Operational and Strategic Management Committees and additional project meetings as necessary.

Liaise with internal clinical teams, regional colleagues, key subject matter experts and stakeholders in other functions and within partner’s organization to embed the operational model, and to identify and resolve issues and gaps.

Drive collaborative continuous improvement initiatives with the partner to streamline and improve operational processes.

Drive communication and training to ensure adherence to the operating model and efficient execution.

Collaborate with the BMS quality organization and partner to drive effective quality management of outsourced trials.

Support MSA/partnership contract negotiations as necessary

Collaborate with other BMS business units that outsource clinical trials to ensure alignment of information, best practices, and to standardize processes were applicable.

Provide outsourcing perspective and ensure proactive consideration of impact to outsourced studies, for BMS processes and requirements, and facilitate change management with partner for associated process revisions.

Ensure proper communication to development organization and stakeholders regarding outsourcing strategies and activities.

Experiences Desired

Minimum of a Bachelors degree required

Clinical development experience of 10 or more years

Strong Project Management and Stakeholder Management skills

Ability to review contracts and negotiate contracts preferred

First-hand experience of working directly with Contract Service Providers (CSPs), investigators, customers, opinion leaders and professional staff as well as broad exposure to the pharmaceutical industry

Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate to a diverse audience at multiple levels within the company

Demonstrated ability of managing and working with cross-functional / global cross-country people/teams in a complex, changing environment

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Associate Director, Research & Early Development Alliances

Expected Areas of Competence

The candidate will manage alliances of lower complexity that typically only involve reporting. Under the guidance of alliance management leadership, the candidate will interface with internal and partnership leadership to ensure strategic and executional alignment for Tier 3 and “no governance” alliances. The candidate will also execute strategies for alliances and implement routine decisions. 

Key activities

• With guidance from AM leadership, ensure strategic and executional alignment for Tier 3 and “no governance” alliances (e.g., low-touch and typically only involve reporting); potential to support manager on additional alliances.
• Execute strategies for alliances and implement routine decisions.
• Work with AM leadership to map out relationship management strategy, oversee and approve supplementary contracting and documentation, and develop thorough understanding and monitoring of contracts.
• Support less senior interactions at VP / ED level or below and occasionally support more senior interactions with oversight from manager.
• Assist senior AM on amendments, expansions, extensions and terminations of existing collaborations
• Serve as alliances’ point of contact for counterpart.
• Travel to partner sites to maintain relationships and manage in-person interactions with external stakeholders.
• Provide mentoring across less senior internal stakeholders.
• Attend various external and Alliance Management conferences on behalf of BMS.
• Provide mentoring across less senior internal stakeholders.

Experience Desired

• Advanced degree (e.g., PhD, MBA, etc.) preferred.
• Minimum 5 years pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Track record of managing third-parties at various service levels.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and exercise diplomacy.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference.  We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming patients’ lives through science.  At the core of that mission are the talented individuals who contribute their “unique” skillsets to help us drive innovation and deliver truly life-changing drugs for our patients. As we continue to pursue that mission, we’re looking for talented professionals like you to join our team. What unique gene will you bring?

This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to transactional matters that support Bristol Myers Squibb’s Enabling Services.

Position will report to the Head of SCT Legal Enabling Services/IT, Capital Infrastructure and Real Estate.

Introduction:

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced attorney to join its Law Department. Bristol Myers Squibb is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. We are looking for an experienced attorney who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.

Position Overview:

This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to transactional matters that support Bristol Myers Squibb’s Enabling Services.

Position will report to the Head of SCT Legal Enabling Services/IT, Capital Infrastructure and Real Estate.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate and provide direct counseling to internal clients on routine and moderate complexity transactional matters for the Company’s Enabling Services, including IT, HR services, consulting, contingent workforce, legal services, fleet, travel and meetings and capital infrastructure. 
• Advise internal clients in structuring and advising on various transactions in a way that advances the Company’s strategy while addressing legal and regulatory risks.
• Provide support within the SCT Legal team for agreements pertaining to BMS’ Enabling Services.
• Draft, negotiate and finalize routine and non-routine contracts in an effective, efficient and time-sensitive manner.
• Identify and resolve legal issues and identify and help resolve business issues arising from related transactions.
• Provide legal advice and legal interpretation on rights and obligations under executed agreements.
• Assist with resolution of disputes under executed agreements.
• Proactively identify the need for, and assist with the creation of, new or improved contract templates for common transactions.
• Proactively identify the need for, prepare, and deliver training, written guidance and other aids for internal clients.
• Proactively advise internal clients regarding transaction issues in close collaboration with lawyers from other practice areas and relevant subject matter experts throughout the Company.
• Consistently prioritize significant workload based on business needs and communicate this prioritization.
• Work cooperatively with peers to leverage skills and knowledge within the SCT Legal team and the Law Department.
• Actively contribute to maintaining a solid SCT Legal team, through participation in discussions, sharing best practices, collaboration on projects, etc.
• Demonstrate a service-oriented approach to advising internal client groups. 
• Demonstrate full commitment to Bristol Myers Squibb’s mission and values.

Qualifications/Competencies:

• Law degree from recognized university. Qualification to practice law in New Jersey or ability to obtain NJ in-house counsel limited license (including application in process).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a mix of a major law firm or the legal function of a major corporation, including through equivalent experience with contracting and transactional matters in an operational or contract management capacity.
• Practical experience drafting and negotiating agreements related to the bio/pharmaceutical or life-sciences industry, including master services agreements and associated statements of work, confidentiality agreements, software licenses and software-as-a-services agreements.
• Has working knowledge of life-science/pharmaceutical law, including regulations, rules and laws relating to, anti-kickback, anti-bribery, intellectual property, financial transparency, and data privacy.
• Understanding of health care industry.
• Excellent administrative and organization skills.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and can successfully manage internal client expectations and can work/operate well with a variety of personalities/capabilities in cross-functional teams, matrix environment.
• Creative, thoughtful and practical problem-solving skills.
• Must have high integrity, ability to assess risk, ability to make decisions and think strategically while applying knowledge of applicable legal issues.
• Listens to internal client needs and communicates with clients with confidence and diplomacy.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills and business judgment are required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with management and senior management personnel.
• Ability to work independently, effectively and efficiently and perform against broad objectives.
• Possess strong business acumen and work ethic.
• Enthusiastic, energetic and self-motivated.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.