Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs, SLE

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs, SLE is a core member of the Global Medical SOTYKTU and Lupus team. This individual plays a pivotal role in developing and executing global medical and launch strategies, supporting scientific evidence generation, medical education, and congress initiatives. The Associate Director will report to the Global Medical Director, SLE and collaborate broadly across internal and external stakeholder groups.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific or medical degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, DO,).
• Strong scientific or clinical background.
• 3-5+ years of industry experience in Medical Affairs or other relevant functions.
• Core learning and communications competencies, eg principles of adult learning, omnichannel communication, and communications 101
• Creativity, innovation, and outside the box thinking
• Highly organized and motivated individual possessing excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and execute multiple projects at all levels including stakeholder management, strategy, and operations
• Team and goal oriented with a passion for medical education, customer engagement, innovation, simplification, science, and medicine.
• Ability to interpret and translate complex scientific information to simple medical affairs strategies and communications
• Core medical affairs competencies highly preferred, eg execution of advisory boards, medical education, medical strategy
• Excellent planning and organization skills including the ability to work under pressure, and to maintain scientific excellence within timelines
• Strong leadership experience within multi-functional project teams and managing external agencies
• Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and integrity; representing the company’s high ethics, moral behavior, and professionalism standards

Nice To Haves

• Therapeutic area experience in immunology or rheumatology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, execution, and continual enhancement of global medical education and congress strategies for rheumatology, leveraging traditional, digital, and omnichannel approaches.
• Develop and oversee tactical initiatives including exhibits, symposia, advisory boards, expert engagement, and stakeholder events, ensuring strategic alignment across the different rheumatology medical asset teams.
• Support medical evidence generation (e.g., registries, post-hoc analyses, and real-world data initiatives) and manage publication planning, working closely with HEOR, GBDS, medical communications and external experts.
• Cultivate and expand relationships with key stakeholders, including external clinical experts, patient advocacy groups, and multidisciplinary internal teams to support broad scientific and medical advocacy.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer from HQ to regions/markets/field teams through scientific narrative development, lexicon creation, and comprehensive scientific training programs.
• Support BMS markets with pre/post launch medical education planning and post-event impact assessment.
• Define, track, and measure the effectiveness and reach of medical education and scientific exchange activities
• Partner with the Customer Engagement Hub and other stakeholders to execute medical event logistics, contracting, and budget management.
• Provide medical input and perspective at strategic forums, including launch activities impacting the rheumatology portfolio.
• Build, forecast, track, and adjust the medical budget as needed
• Support and prioritize broader Sotyktu activities impacting the overall rheumatology portfolio

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