Senior Manager Biospecimen Lead

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 131,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible Time Off

Paid holidays

Global holiday shutdown

Disability insurance

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks a Senior Manager, Biospecimen Lead to partner with Clinical Teams across Phase 1-4 trials, developing and implementing biospecimen management strategies. You will oversee specimen lifecycles, vendor relations, and data delivery timelines to enable timely decision-making and protect competitive advantage.

The role requires experience in biospecimen operations, regulatory knowledge (GCP/GLP/CLIA), and strong cross-functional communication.

Qualifications

• Clinical biospecimen procedures and lifecycle knowledge.
• Experience in clinical trials healthcare or pharmaceutical environments.
• Vendor experience (labs, CROs, biospecimens).
• Ability to make decisions to resolve complex problems.
• Stakeholder management across functions.
• Independently manage projects and initiatives.
• Serve as SME/coach for junior staff.
• Plan and execute protocol-related activities.
• Communicate data and findings to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrate Change Agility and inclusion.
• 5–6 years in biotech/pharma or related fields.
• Knowledge of GCP/GLP/CLIA, data/risk management, regulatory issues.
• Biospecimen lifecycle/operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee lifecycle of biospecimens for clinical studies.
• Create Specimen Management Plan with the Clinical Team.
• Manage shipping, sample movement, queries and inventories.
• Review protocol vs vendor SOW and provide feedback.
• Vendor management and inventory access for specimen tracking.
• Create biospecimen tracker using Excel/Tableau/Polaris.
• Identify biospecimen risks and manage C2Q processes.
• Communicate status and issues to stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional team meetings.

Skills

Biospecimen procedures

Vendor management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Scientific degree

Project management experience

Tools

MS Excel

Spotfire

Tableau

Polaris

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.

Position Summary

Senior Manager, Biospecimen Lead is an independent contributor who will work closely with our Clinical Teams to develop and implement biospecimen management plan for BMS-sponsored Phase 1-4 clinical trials and externally acquired biospecimens. Will develop and execute asset and protocol-level biospecimen strategies and work across the organization and with BMS’s partners to implement and project manage efforts to execute these strategies. Critical to this role is the ability to provide innovative solutions to oversee timelines for specimen data delivery and thereby, enabling quick decision-making and ensuring BMS’s continuous competitive advantage. Responsible for supporting biospecimen management for assets with opportunities to contribute toward optimizing work streams cross functionally throughout the organization as it relates to biospecimens

Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of biospecimens (collection, storage, use, and final disposition) for clinical studies with minimal to no supervision.
• Core Clinical Team member responsible for creating the Specimen Management Plan and facilitates discussions to operationalize strategy.
• Providing Shipping/sample movement and management including requests, query and inventory reports, follow up active issues with vendors, prepare sample management related reports, review/prepare tracking activities (such as vendor manifests/inventories, tissue/blood match pairing, depleted/non-viable samples, loading documents to Shared Drive folders, etc.).
• Independently reviews clinical study protocol providing comparison of vendor statement of work and biospecimen relevant sections and provide feedback.
• Performs routine vendor management responsibilities. Able to request and/or access necessary vendor/system inventory files to perform specimen tracking with minimal Data Integration with enrollment and vendor specimen inventory.
• Able to create biospecimen tracker using various tracking tools (MS Excel, Spotfire, Tableau or Polaris (if applicable)) with minimal support.
• Able to identify biospecimen related risks with support from risk library as well as de novo. Manage Critical to Quality (C2Q) processes with clinical teams. Can identify and resolve vendor related issues in addition to vendor management responsibilities.
• Exercises judgment within policy and procedure boundaries. Troubleshoots routine problems and provide mitigation proposals to stakeholders. Prioritize BOW activities during critical deadlines with little or no supervision.
• Maintain advanced working knowledge of compound and study related biospecimen requirements. Seeks knowledge beyond own area of specialty.

Qualifications

• Scientific degree (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or higher), Project management or equivalent experience.
• Deep knowledge of clinical biospecimen procedures and lifecycle including: collection and tracking procedures, logistics considerations, chain of custody, issue escalation/resolution and data management highly desired.
• Demonstrated clinical trial experience, healthcare/medical/laboratory or equivalent. Has developed Knowledge of the drug discovery or development process.
• Vendor experience (e.g., Central Labs, Bioanalytical, Biomarker, CROs, Biospecimen Storage Vendors, etc.).
• Makes decisions that require choosing between multiple options to resolve complex problems/issues.
• Ability to display skills for stakeholder management including conflict and change management.
• Actively participates and demonstrates the ability to independently manage projects and initiatives in addition to assigned BOW.
• Serves as SME/coach for junior staff to autonomously support trials.
• Plans, directs, and executes functional area processes for protocol related activities.
• Key participant in cross functional team meetings. Effectively communicate, create and deliver presentation/information/data to knowledgeable audiences, without supervision.
• Demonstrates "Change Agility" by accepting new tasks and effectively working in multiple different operating models.
• Demonstrates inclusion by a) ready and willing source of information for CBI colleagues b) acting as mentor to colleagues b) active listening and gathering various points of views.
• Identifies issues and suggests solutions.
• Acts as CBI and GDO "ambassador" by exhibiting general knowledge of other GDO departments and responsibilities and willingly educates stakeholders.
• Minimum of 5-6 years academic, biotech, healthcare or pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Solid understanding of clinical and biomedical research including aspects such as: GCP, GLP, CLIA, data management, risk management, and regulatory issues.
• Experience preferred but not limited to: biospecimen life-cycle/operations, biospecimen result and data flows, compliance, management, and vendor management.

Travel

Travel : Travel required is minimal, 0%- 5% of time, when required per study team request to support site training or vendor due diligence activities

Compensation Overview

Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $130,660 - $158,332

Princeton - NJ - US: $130,660 - $158,332

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

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