Senior Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights

Bristol Myers Squibb; Washington; On-site; USD 221,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Retirement and financial protection

Medical, dental, vision, life and DIS/

Flexible Time Off (FTO)

11 paid holidays

Paid vacation 160 hours

Global Shutdown during holidays

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Senior Counsel for the Global Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights to provide strategic legal guidance across regulatory, tariffs, and supply chain matters, supporting urgent delivery of medicines worldwide.

The role requires a JD and U.S. bar admission, 8+ years in pharma or life sciences, and the ability to influence senior leaders on high-impact issues. Location-based work models and cross-functional collaboration with Law & Policy are emphasized.

Qualifications

• JD and admission in good standing to at least one U.S. state bar.
• Qualified, or able to become qualified, to practice in-house in New Jersey.
• 8+ years of legal experience across law firm, in-house, and/or government roles, including pharma or life sciences.
• Experience in human rights, customs, international trade, sanctions, or supply chain matters preferred.
• Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions preferred.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives, including SVP/C-suite, on high-impact matters.

Responsibilities

• Advise Global Supply Chain on complex regulatory and transactional matters to enable timely delivery of medicines.
• Provide guidance on global trade issues including tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and licensing.
• Oversee human rights due diligence related to forced labor, responsible sourcing, and supply chain transparency.
• Monitor evolving trade and supply regulations and advise senior leadership on risks and opportunities.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex supply, logistics, and warehousing agreements.
• Advise on supply disruption, business continuity, and crisis response for the global network.
• Collaborate with Law & Policy, ESG, regulatory, and IP teams to provide enterprise-wide legal support.

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.

The Senior Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights serves as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization, including its Customs & Trade function. This attorney provides strategic, regulatory, and transactional counsel across the clinical and commercial supply networks that deliver BMS medicines to patients around the world.

This is a high-visibility role focused on issues including tariffs, trade policy, sanctions, import/export controls, supply continuity, and human rights due diligence. This attorney will collaborate closely with others in Law & Policy and the business.

The role sits within the Product Development & Supply (PDS) Law team, a collaborative and dynamic group within the Global Drug Development, Manufacturing & Corporate Transactions (GDMCT) legal team at BMS. The PDS Law team provides comprehensive legal support for internal and external manufacturing operations, product development, supply chain, human rights, customs and trade, engineering, real estate, and EOHSS. The broader GDMCT legal team also supports Drug Development, Global Quality, and transactional support across the enterprise.

This attorney will work alongside colleagues with deep subject matter expertise across manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and transactional practices, on work that is directly connected to the delivery of medicines to patients.

The successful candidate brings excellent legal judgment, learns quickly, navigates complexity, and works with urgency and creativity across regulatory schemes and stakeholders, always prioritizing the urgent needs of patients. The ability to build programs and communicate clearly on complex topics with senior business stakeholders is critical to success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain organization, advising on complex issues that arise in the supply of product across the clinical and commercial networks to enable the urgent delivery of medicines to patients.
• Serve as a legal advisor on global trade matters, including tariffs and trade remedies, customs and import/export compliance, economic sanctions, export controls, and trade-related licensing, working closely with Customs & Trade leads to develop practical mitigation and compliance strategies.
• Serve as a legal advisor on human rights matters, including due diligence related to forced labor, responsible sourcing, supply chain transparency, and emerging human rights laws and standards, partnering with business and compliance stakeholders to assess risk and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Monitor evolving global trade and supply chain regulations and enforcement trends, and proactively advise senior leadership on business impact, risk mitigation, and opportunities.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex supply, logistics, transportation, and warehousing agreements.
• Advise on supply disruption, business continuity, and crisis response matters affecting the global network.
• Collaborate across the Law & Policy Department, including regulatory, ESG, policy, litigation, and IP colleagues, to deliver coordinated, enterprise-aligned legal support to GSC.

Qualifications

• JD (or equivalent) and admission in good standing to at least one U.S. state bar; qualified, or able to become qualified, to practice in-house in New Jersey.
• 8 or more years of legal experience across law firm, in-house, and/or government roles, including experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
• Experience in human rights, customs, international trade, sanctions, or supply chain matters is preferred.
• Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and to advise and influence senior executives, including SVP and C-suite stakeholders, on high-impact legal and regulatory matters.
• Proven ability to lead across large, global, matrixed organizations and to bring stakeholders together to resolve complex issues efficiently and improve the management of legal risk.
• Excellent judgment, with the ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple projects and to work with speed and quality on a broad range of matters.
• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, to senior leaders.

Compensation Overview

Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $221,340 - $268,212Princeton - NJ - US: $221,340 - $268,212Washington DC - US: $221,340 - $268,212

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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplaceaccommodations/adjustmentsand ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplaceaccommodation/adjustmentprior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonableaccommodations/adjustmentsin completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [e-mail]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

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

Data Protection

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