Director, WW Medical Affairs, Cell Therapy, Lupus

Lensa; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 254,000 - 383,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharma company seeks a Director for WW Medical Affairs specializing in Cell Therapy for Lupus. The role involves strategic leadership, scientific engagement with experts, and a focus on drug development in rheumatology. Ideal candidates will have advanced degrees and extensive experience in the pharma industry.

Benefits

Competitive benefits and resources for personal growth

Global travel opportunities up to 20%

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years experience in pharma/biopharma industry or clinical practice.
• Rheumatology and/or Lupus experience strongly preferred.
• Strong leadership in matrix environments required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the WW Medical strategy for Cell Therapy in Lupus.
• Drive scientific engagement with international lupus experts.
• Manage resource allocation and project execution in line with medical plans.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Advanced scientific or medical degree (MD, DO, NP, PA, PhD, PharmD)

Job description

Director, WW Medical Affairs, Cell Therapy, Lupus

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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 .

The Worldwide (WW) Medical Director for Cell Therapy in Lupus is a core member and leader within the WW Medical Matrix Team. This individual will lead development and implementation of the WW Medical strategy for Cell Therapy in Lupus with an emphasis on CD19 CAR-T and the BMS NEX-T platform. This individual will lead scientific engagement with international lupus experts and represent WW Medical in key development and commercialization decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Therapeutic Area: Rheumatology/Lupus
• Collaborate with stakeholders in key markets to assess unmet needs and clinical practice dynamics; and shape the cell therapy, lupus medical strategy globally
• Drive strategic alignment with the cross-functional medical matrix team across multiple levels and departments
• Drive scientific engagement and collaboration with lupus experts globally
• Ensure evidence generation strategies are implemented and realized including the identification of evidence gaps and unmet needs; and alignment on the integrated evidence generation plan
• Provide strategic leadership in the development and execution of medical communication initiatives, including publications and educational content.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners to implement disease specific congress strategies and engagement activities
• Represent WW Medical on the lupus clinical development team and in professional society engagement
• Drive the identification of expert insights to inform medical, development, and commercialization decisions globally
• Collaborate with the WW Medical leads for SOTYKTU and afimetoran to ensure alignment on lupus medical strategy
• Manage resource allocation and project execution in line with the medical plan and budget
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced, scientific or medical degree, e.g. MD, DO, NP, PA, PhD, PharmD
• Minimum 5+ years experience in the pharma/biopharma industry or clinical practice
• Rheumatology and/or Lupus experience strongly preferred
• Advanced understanding of drug development, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
• Strong leadership experience in a matrix environment with multi-functional project teams and managing external agencies
• Strong interpersonal communication skills commensurate with the need to work closely with both external physicians/scientists and in-house teams
• Ability to navigate complex topics in a matrix environment with grace and confidence
• Strong listening, problem solving, and prioritization skills
• Excellent planning and organization skills including the ability to work under pressure, and to maintain scientific excellence within timelines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong oral presentation skills
• Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and integrity; representing the company's high ethics, moral behavior, and professionalism standards
• HQ-based position with global travel expected up to 20%.
  
  

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [e-mail] . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1592313

Updated: 2025-05-31 02:14:02.286 UTC

Location: Princeton-NJ

Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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