Executive Director, Cardiovascular External Innovation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

Cambridge (MA)

Hybrid

USD 264,000 - 319,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Bristol-Myers Squibb is seeking an Executive Director within Integrative Sciences – Cardiovascular, based in Cambridge, MA. The role identifies, evaluates, and advances high-value external scientific opportunities and assets in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases, coordinating with Global Research, Early Development, Business Development, and external partners.

The position requires a PhD with 10+ years in drug discovery/early development, strong leadership, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

PhD or equivalent advanced scientific training in cardiovascular biology, cardiometabolic disease, or a related discipline relevant to cardiovascular medicine.
10+ years of drug discovery and/or early development experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with deep, hands-on expertise in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease.
Strong understanding of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease biology, including the interaction between the two, with the ability to assess external opportunities against BMS Research priorities.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate external scientific opportunities, including academic collaborations, biotech partnerships, platform technologies, and pre-IND or IND-stage assets.
Experience shaping external collaboration plans — scientific objectives, work plans, milestones, governance structures, decision points, and success measures — and negotiating them with external partners.
Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to represent Cardiovascular external innovation and the broader Integrative Sciences mission to internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Communicate internal Cardiovascular Research pipeline priorities to the Integrative Sciences group, and align external search, evaluation, and triage activities with BMS Research principles and the Enterprise Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area strategy.
Lead the Cardiovascular triage process within Integrative Sciences, ensuring disciplined, criteria-driven evaluation of external opportunities.
Identify, evaluate, and bring forward cardiovascular opportunities — academic collaborations, biotech partnerships, platform technologies, and pre-IND or IND-stage assets — that add to or complement the internal pipeline.
Form and lead cross-functional diligence teams for the evaluation of Integrative Sciences collaboration opportunities, and provide expert scientific opinion during Business Development reviews and due diligence.
Partner with Search & Evaluation and Business Development transaction leads to advance prioritized opportunities on disciplined, accelerated timelines.
Work with Research Finance to ensure activities are aligned, captured, and approved within Research budgets.
Contribute to the design and execution of a blended external innovation strategy spanning corporate and academic collaborations.
Shape opportunities into practical collaboration plans with clear scientific objectives, work plans, milestones, governance structures, decision points, and success measures.
Advise on collaboration structures and contract development as the scientific lead, working closely with Business Development, transaction leads, Legal, and IP.
Serve on joint governance committees and oversight bodies established to coordinate agreed research plans with academic and industry partners, ensuring collaborations remain scientifically focused and operationally accountable.
Represent Integrative Sciences, as appropriate, to other BMS organizations, regulatory agencies, investors, partners, and the broader scientific community.