Director of Innovation, Innovative Models & External Partnerships, Global Market Access

Bristol Myers Squibb; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 196,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Retirement plan

Insurance: medical, dental, vision, 
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Life and disability insurance

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb in Princeton, NJ is seeking a Director of Innovation (Innovative Models & External Partnerships) to lead the innovation lifecycle, shaping pricing and access concepts and partnering with external stakeholders to accelerate pilots.

This role collaborates with AI and digital execution teams, translating market signals into actionable opportunities and supporting governance with cross-functional engagement across Pricing, Legal, and senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred or comparable experience.
• 10+ years in pharma/healthcare with Market Access/Pricing/Commercialization experience.
• Strong experience in innovative access or pricing models and external partnerships.
• Deep understanding of market access dynamics (PBMs, payer behavior, policy trends).
• Ability to translate signals into strategic opportunities and partner with external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage the Innovation Pipeline and provide prioritization support and recommendations.
• Lead Innovation Concept Development and incubation of new pricing and access models.
• Activate and manage external partnerships with PBMs, benefit consultants, and other partners.
• Connect Intelligence to Innovation by turning market signals into opportunities for pilots.
• Enable portfolio governance and quarterly reviews with structured inputs and risk assessments.
• Collaborate across Access Strategy, Pricing, Legal, Digital/AI, and senior leadership.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Ambiguity navigation

Collaborative

External partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MPH/MS/PharmD or equivalent

Job description

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.

Summary

The Director of Innovation (Innovative Models & External Partnerships) is a critical role within Market Access Intelligence & Innovation (Global Pricing & Health Systems Analytics).

As part of a lean, integrated innovation team, this role contributes across the innovation lifecycle, with primary ownership for identifying, shaping, and incubating innovative access and pricing models before transition to pilot execution. The team's near-term focus is PBM disruption, including new pricing, access, rebate, contracting, and alternative reimbursement models, with learnings extending over time to broader market access priorities.

This leader translates emerging signals (e.g., PBMs, policy shifts, ecosystem changes, new technologies) into actionable innovation concepts and new business models, and activates external partnerships to accelerate development. The role works in close partnership with a complementary team focused on AI and digital execution, ensuring innovative models are effectively translated into scalable, digitally enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and Manage the Innovation Pipeline Support the day-to-day management of the innovation pipeline — from intake, triage, and prioritization support through portfolio shaping — translating external signals into clear value hypotheses, pilot-ready concepts, and recommendations for leadership review
• Lead Innovation Concept Development & Incubation Develop and pressure-test new pricing and access models, by defining feasibility, success criteria, risks, outcomes, and stakeholder alignment before pilot handoff
• Activate and Manage External Partnerships Identify, evaluate, and engage targeted external stakeholders — such as transparent PBMs, benefit consultants, alternative reimbursement players, and other non-traditional market access partners — to inform PBM disruption opportunities, shape new model concepts, and accelerate readiness for pilot consideration
• Connect Intelligence to Innovation Partner with Intelligence team to convert market signals into actionable innovation opportunities, ensuring a clear link from signal detection to concept development, portfolio progression, and executive decision-making
• Enable Portfolio Governance & Decision-Making Develop structured inputs for annual strategic-theme alignment, early-signal stakeholder discussions, and quarterly steering committee reviews, applying evaluation frameworks to surface risks, tradeoffs, recommendations, and success measures such as pilot-ready concepts, signal-to concept cycle time, and adoption of learnings by business owners
• Partner Across Functions Collaborate across Access Strategy, Pricing, GPGA, Legal, Digital/AI, and senior leadership to shape viable innovation concepts and define business requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD, or equivalent advanced degree preferred (or comparable experience)
• 10+ years in pharma/healthcare with experience in Market Access, Pricing, Commercialization, or related areas
• Strong experience in innovative access or pricing models, business model strategy, or external partnerships
• Deep understanding of market access ecosystem dynamics (e.g., PBMs, payer behavior, policy trends)
• Proven ability to translate external signals into actionable strategic opportunities
• Experience managing or working with external partners and vendors
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to structure ambiguous challenges
• Excellent executive communication skills
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable operating in ambiguity

Compensation Overview

Princeton - NJ - US $196,160 - $237,703

The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https //careers.bms.com/benefits

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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