Associate Director, Global Medical Neuroscience, Medical Communications

Bristol Myers Squibb EU Policy; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb in Princeton, NJ is seeking an Associate Director, Global Medical Neuroscience Medical Communications to lead and execute medical communications strategies across Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, and related areas.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop publications, scientific content, and congress materials, ensuring ethical, high-quality communications and alignment with GPP/ICMJE guidelines across development and commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of medical communications strategies for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas, ensuring alignment with the broader Global Medical Communications function, disease area medical strategies, and portfolio priorities as directed by the Senior Director.
• Participate as a core member of the respective AIMS teams, contributing to the development of clear, compelling, and viable execution plans aligned with disease area-specific Medical Communications strategies and overall Neuroscience objectives.
• Support the execution of Scientific Narrative pull-through, Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) application, functionally integrated publication plans, and content strategies for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas.
• Contribute to the development and execution of high-quality, personalized medical communications, including timely journal submissions, peer-reviewed publications, congress presentations, and internal and external scientific content for assigned Neuroscience indications.
• Partner within the global matrix organization to support quality planning and timely communication of key scientific information for BMS Neuroscience assets across assigned therapeutic areas and markets.
• Support the development and execution of functionally integrated, aligned medical communications plans across key markets and assets; help adapt communications plans in accordance with clinical trial results, milestones, and changes in the healthcare landscape.
• Support the Senior Director in budget management for assigned therapeutic areas, contributing to resource allocation and disciplined execution against defined priorities and financial targets.

Job description

Working with Us

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. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Working with Us

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. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Global Medical Neuroscience Medical Communications is a key contributor within the Global Medical Communications organization, responsible for supporting the development and execution of medical communications strategies across the BMS Neuroscience portfolio — spanning Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Alzheimer’s Disease, Neurodegeneration, Multiple Sclerosis, Spasticity, and emerging pipeline assets. This role partners closely with the Senior Director, Global Medical Neuroscience Medical Communications and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scientifically rigorous, ethically grounded, and strategically aligned communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization. The Associate Director will contribute to the development and execution of high-quality publications, scientific content, medical education, and congress presentations — serving as a subject matter expert for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas and ensuring BMS’s scientific voice is communicated with clarity, credibility, and impact. This position reports to the Senior Director, Global Medical Neuroscience, Medical Communications.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Communications Strategy & Execution

• Support the development and execution of the medical communications strategy for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas, ensuring alignment with the broader Global Medical Communications function, disease area medical strategies, and portfolio priorities as directed by the Senior Director.
• Participate as a core member of the respective AIMS teams, contributing to the development of clear, compelling, and viable execution plans aligned with disease area-specific Medical Communications strategies and overall Neuroscience objectives.
• Support the execution of Scientific Narrative pull-through, Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) application, functionally integrated publication plans, and content strategies for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas.
• Contribute to the development and execution of high-quality, personalized medical communications, including timely journal submissions, peer-reviewed publications, congress presentations, and internal and external scientific content for assigned Neuroscience indications.
• Partner within the global matrix organization to support quality planning and timely communication of key scientific information for BMS Neuroscience assets across assigned therapeutic areas and markets.
• Support the development and execution of functionally integrated, aligned medical communications plans across key markets and assets; help adapt communications plans in accordance with clinical trial results, milestones, and changes in the healthcare landscape.
• Support the Senior Director in budget management for assigned therapeutic areas, contributing to resource allocation and disciplined execution against defined priorities and financial targets.

Data Dissemination & Scientific Excellence

• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas on the communication landscape, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, and data disclosure and dissemination — representing BMS scientific communications to external investigators, key authors, and journal editors as appropriate.
• Support process improvements to ensure BMS remains an ethical, credible, and innovative leader in the practice of publications and scientific content; ensure all activities for assigned therapeutic areas are fully aligned with Good Publication Practices (GPP), ICMJE guidance, and all applicable industry standards, consistent with standards set by the Senior Director.
• Ensure all BMS team members and external partners engaged in Neuroscience publication activities for assigned areas follow Good Publication Practice guidance with the highest degree of integrity, quality, and transparency.
• Apply scientific and research expertise to support strong working collaborations with internal and external disease-area experts for assigned Neuroscience therapeutic areas, contributing to quality data analysis, interpretation, communication planning, and data disclosure.
• Partner internally to identify, set timing, and support execution of data dependencies and related disclosures across multiple communication channels for assigned Neuroscience assets