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.
Strategic Medical Affairs Leadership Roles
Due to exciting growth and expansion of our company, Bristol-Myers Squibb is recruiting x3 newly vacant and created Associate Medical Director roles:
1. Associate Medical Director, Innovative Medicines (Immunoscience & Cardiovascular)
2. Associate Medical Director, Oncology
3. Associate Medical Director, Haematology
Associate Medical Director roles at BMS involve leading teams of Medical Advisors, Medical Managers and Medical Science Liaisons. You will develop and maintain strong working relationships with key senior Thought Leaders across your respective therapeutic/disease areas, conduct field visits and activities such as advisory boards, gathering and understanding insights on current and future disease management and scientific perspectives including unmet clinical needs. You will be a leader in Medical Science across the portfolio, making a strong contribution as a full member of matrix enterprise teams. You are accountable for strategic thinking and medical planning, as well as oversight and support of the tactics such as medical education, advisory boards and research discussions. You will drive desired outcomes including advocacy and activities with impact on speed of access to patients, external and internal partnerships/projects that deliver better patient care and advance the science, exceptional levels of customer experience.
BMS is Australia's fastest growing biopharmaceutical company with an expanding portfolio of innovative medicines to treat serious unmet medical needs. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and the Associate Medical Director vacancies will perform a crucial role in enabling patient’s access vital medications.
Career Development, Rewards, Culture
BMS is focused on developing employees and investing in you. Leaders work with you to define career development goals and facilitate access to new opportunities to broaden your experience, knowledge & skills.
BMS is committed to rewarding workers for great performance, ensuring individuals are compensated fairly for the work they deliver and how it is delivered.
BMS is proud to welcome new employees into a diverse, inclusive and innovative culture. We are diverse in every dimension: from gender to ethnicity, to experiences and skills. We believe inclusivity unlocks the power of diversity, leading to innovation that drives better outcomes for patients.
Responsibilities include:
Lead the Medical Team across specialised therapeutic areas
- Provide leadership of the Medical team into development of brand strategic and tactical plans across the portfolio, oversight of the development and execution of Medical Plans and key Thought Leader interaction plans
- Be a proactive member of matrix enterprise teams providing strong medical leadership
- Oversight and input into the initiation, development and flawless delivery of medical activities such as medical education, advisory boards and research discussions
- Focus on better patient outcomes through innovation and simplification of all activities
2. External Environment and Customer Focus
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key Thought Leaders across the portfolio in concert with Medical Advisors and MSLs, gathering insights on current and future disease management and scientific perspectives including unmet clinical needs. Understand and analyze insights gathered from scientific conversations to inform medical activities and clinical research locally and globally, as well as informing brand team, where appropriate. Engage in scientific dialogue around current and emerging data through field visits, presentations and discussions at advisory boards, and at scientific congresses
- Actively profile the medical landscape and continuously update knowledge and expertise in disease management, patient treatment trends, unmet medical needs, clinical trials and scientific activities
3. Medical Support
- Final review of medical content within promotional and non-promotional materials
- Oversight of development of the medical / scientific sections of regulatory, pricing and reimbursement files
- Oversight of the initial and ongoing medical/scientific training and provide key scientific updates to internal stakeholders (Commercial, Regulatory, OR, PV, Legal, HEOR, Market Access, etc)
4. Clinical Trial Activities
- Partner with Clinical Operations, Contract Research Organizations on Clinical Trials and Non Regulatory Data generation studies , including input on study feasibility, identification and assessment of potential study sites, facilitate BMS and investigator activities, and conduct site visits to support patient recruitment and/or discussions as needed
- Provide recommendations and insights on study and site feasibilities across the portfolio based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators
5. Supervisory Responsibility
- Medical Advisors, Medical Managers, Medical Science Liaisons and other medical team members as operational structures require
Experiences, Skills & Qualifications:
- Medical Doctor qualifications (MBBS, MD) strongly preferred
- PharmD, PhD or Pharmacy qualifications considered
- Demonstrable medical scientific area knowledge and experience working in at least one of the following areas is essential: Oncology, Haematology, Immunology, Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Dermatology, Gastroenterology
- Extensive pharmaceutical industry experience strongly preferred
- Leading teams in a medical, scientific and/or clinical research environment
- Managing high performing teams or experience in bringing a team to a level of high performance.
- Discussing scientific or clinical data to help understand medical and scientific insights from clinicians to improve patient outcomes.
- Effectively listening, communicating and presenting scientific and/or clinical data to research or healthcare professionals
- Developing peer-to-peer relationships with leading doctors, scientists or other healthcare professionals
- Track record of overseeing the delivery of key clinical/medical projects
- Able to collaborate with key stakeholders (internal & external) to deliver key projects
- Knowledge of clinical trial design and process
- Knowledge of the National Healthcare System and the pharmaceutical industry
- Excellent English language skills, spoken and written
- Knowledge of HEOR data and the ability to communicate value data
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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.
