Associate Director, Business Risk Lead (EU)

Biopharma Careers; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an Associate Director, Business Risk Management Lead (EU) to oversee risk management for global clinical programs from its Uxbridge, UK site. You will guide risk oversight, quality excellence, and inspection readiness, shaping the risk culture across multiple teams and regions.

With 8+ years in clinical trial operations or GCP compliance, you will lead through influence, translate data into actionable decisions, and partner across R&D Quality and Global Drug

Qualifications

• 8+ years in clinical trial operations and/or GCP compliance.
• Comfortable in complexity - navigating global matrices, multiple priorities.
• Able to communicate risk to scientists to executives to drive action.
• Leads through influence, not hierarchy, and mentors others.
• Data-fluent: visualise insights and translate numbers into narratives.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality risk management end-to-end to protect GCP compliance and trial delivery.
• Turn data into decisions using clinical analytics and monitoring systems.
• Influence cross-functional teams across R&D Quality and Global Drug Development Operations.
• Manage risk across processes, studies, regions, suppliers, and investigators.
• Foster a culture of Quality Excellence and Inspection Readiness.

Skills

Clinical trial operations

GCP compliance

Risk management

Influence without authority

Data fluency

Communication across audiences

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Advanced degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Advanced degree

Job description

Self introduction

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.

Bristol Myers Squibb | Global Drug Development | Trial Risk & Integrity Management

What if your expertise could protect the integrity of clinical trials and the patients depending on them?

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we're on a mission to transform patients’ lives through science. And behind every successful clinical trial is a team of brilliant people making sure the work is done right, done safely, and done with integrity. That's where you come in.

Associate Director, Business Risk Management Lead (EU)

We're looking for an Associate Director, Business Risk Management Lead (EU) to join our Trial Risk and Integrity Management (TRIM) team in Uxbridge, UK- a role where your instinct for risk, your passion for quality and your ability to influence people at every level will directly shape the future of clinical research.

This isn't just a compliance role. It's a leadership platform.

You won't be ticking boxes or writing reports that gather dust. You'll be the person who sees risks before they become problems and who builds the culture, the tools, and the confidence across teams to stay ahead of them. You'll work at the intersection of science, strategy, and people, touching global clinical programmes that matter.

In practice

You’ll lead quality risk management end-to-end – identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks that could threaten GCP compliance, clinical trial delivery and inspection readiness. Your work will directly protect patient safety and trial integrity on a global scale.

You’ll turn data into decisions – using clinical data analytics and performance monitoring systems to spot trends, surface insights, and equip senior leaders with the evidence they need to act with confidence.

You’ll influence without authority – partnering across R&D Quality, Global Drug Development Operations, Regional Clinical Compliance, and beyond. Your ability to connect, align, and inspire cross-functional teams will be your greatest tool.

You’ll think globally, act locally – managing risk across processes, programmes, studies, regions, countries, suppliers, sites, and investigators. You’ll ensure the right risks reach the right people at the right time.

You’ll build a culture people feel proud of – championing Quality Excellence and Inspection Readiness not as a mandate, but as a mindset. You'll coach colleagues, mentor new team members, and make risk management feel like a business enabler, not a burden.

What's in it for you?

Real impact, real visibility.You'll sit within BMS's broader Risk Governance structure, giving you direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making. Your recommendations won't disappear into a committee - they'll shape how clinical operations run globally.

A seat at the table for innovation.You'll lead risk-based innovation and education efforts. If you have ideas about how clinical risk management should evolve, this is a place where those ideas are welcomed and acted upon.

Career growth baked in.With 8+ years of experience, you're ready to lead and this role stretches you further. You'll manage complex, multi-layered projects, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and develop the skills that open doors at the highest levels of clinical development.

A team that actually collaborates.Cross-functional, global, matrixed - yes, it sounds complex, but it means you'll never work in a silo. You'll build relationships across geographies and disciplines, growing a professional network that lasts a career.

The BMS difference.We're a company that genuinely believes in putting patients first. When you're doing this work here, every risk you mitigate, every process you improve, and every team you empower connects back to a patient who needs a therapy to work.

Qualifications and experience

You're likely a great fit if…

• You have8+ years in clinical trial operations and/or GCP complianceand you're known as a go-to expert in risk management within your organisation.
• You’re comfortable in complexity - navigating global matrices, managing multiple priorities, and keeping your cool when stakes are high.
• You can walk into a room of mixed audiences - from scientists to senior executives - and communicate risk in a way that lands and drives action.
• You lead through influence, not hierarchy, and you take genuine pride in helping others grow.
• You’re data-fluent: you love a good trend, know how to visualise insights, and can translate numbers into narratives that move people.
• You hold aBachelor's degree (life sciences preferred) and an advanced degree? Even better.

Occasional travel required - because some of the best conversations still happen in person.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working .

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Bristol Myers Squibb is Disability Confident – Employer

A UK Government scheme

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