Associate Director, Training and Deviations

Bristol-Myers Squibb; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cell Therapy site seeks an Associate Director, Training and Deviations, to lead the training strategy and deviation investigations, safeguarding product quality and regulatory compliance. Reporting to the Sr.

Director, you will oversee Manufacturing Trainers and Deviation Assessment Writers, driving learning, accountability, and operational excellence across product lines. This role ensures training readiness across shifts in a 24/7 operation, enabling Right First Time

Responsibilities

• Leads Training and Deviations teams; builds a learning culture and ensures audit-ready quality artifacts.
• Accountable for site manufacturing training programs and deviation assessments; aligns with GMP regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Drives Right First Time (RFT) by identifying training gaps and developing robust training materials; represents the function in quality councils.

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.

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 with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .

At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long‑term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there's no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

The Associate Director, Training and Deviations, is a leadership role that serves as the cornerstone of a compliant, capable, and continuously evolving manufacturing organization. This role is accountable for shaping and delivering a site‑specific manufacturing training strategy while ensuring the consistent production of thorough, high-quality deviation assessments and investigations that safeguard product quality and regulatory compliance.

As an integral member of the Process Improvement and Compliance Team, this leader directly oversees two specialized teams - Manufacturing Trainers and Deviation Assessment Writers - uniting their efforts to drive a culture of learning, accountability, and operational excellence across both product lines. Working in close partnership with the Sr. Director, this role takes a proactive approach to workforce development and quality event management, ensuring that people, processes, and compliance standards at the site level are continuously strengthened.

Given the demands of a 24‑hour, 365‑day manufacturing operation, this role is critical in ensuring that training readiness and deviation management support are consistently available and responsive across all shifts and operational cycles - leaving no gap in compliance coverage or workforce competency.

In summary, this role exists to ensure the right people have the right knowledge at the right time - and that when things go wrong, the organization learns, adapts, and improves.

Shift Available:

Monday - Friday, Onsite Day Shift, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (flexibility to support evening team as needed)

Responsibilities:

• Values Leads by example, modeling BMS values and holding their team accountable to the same standards of integrity, inclusion, and excellence. Builds and sustains an engaging, accountable, and learning-focused team culture that inspires continuous growth and high performance across the Training and Deviation Assessment teams. Actively supports the manufacturing operational team by ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, competencies, and resources needed to perform at their best - fostering a collaborative environment where learning and operational excellence go hand in hand.
• Quality Accountable for the oversight and delivery of the site‑specific manufacturing training programs and deviation assessments, ensuring alignment with GMP regulations, BMS policies, and all applicable regulatory requirements. Ensures training documentation, deviation records, and associated quality artifacts are always maintained in a consistently audit-ready state. Accountable for the integration and adherence to global quality standards and metrics as they relate to training compliance and deviation management. Drives Right First Time (RFT) principles within the manufacturing organization by identifying training gaps that contribute to deviations and implementing targeted interventions to reduce recurrence. RFT in the development of robust training materials by proactively assessing the learning needs of the manufacturing organization and providing flexible, audience-centered delivery approaches - ensuring training content is relevant, effective, and impactful the first time it is introduced. Represents the Training and Deviations function in quality councils and associated review boards, including CCRB, IRB, and other applicable forums, as applicable. Supports and leads internal and external audits related to training and deviation management, developing appropriate improvement strategies to maintain operational processes within compliance and licensure guidance. Identifies, assesses, and pri