Translational Program Manager, Solid Tumor Translational Development

Bristol-Myers Squibb; Alabama; On-site; USD 119,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a highly motivated Translational Program Manager to support Translational Development Leaders within the Solid Tumor pillar, enabling efficient execution of translational plans across assets.

The role involves coordinating biomarker activities, cross-functional collaboration, and managing timelines, budgets, and vendor relationships to advance oncology portfolio milestones.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech ops, translational development, or clinical development roles.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Experience supporting translational, biomarker, or clinical programs including data generation and vendor oversight.
• Ability to manage timelines, priorities, risks, dependencies, and communications across multiple projects.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with project management, collaboration, visualization, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide program management support for Translational Development teams across studies and disease-area workstreams.
• Partner with Translational Development Leads, biomarker scientists, clinical teams, laboratory teams, data and analytics teams, operations partners, and vendors to translate objectives into actionable plans, timelines, deliverables, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate execution of biomarker and translational activities, including assay testing, vendor coordination, data delivery, and documentation of key decisions and outcomes.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated timelines for translational activities, including sample logistics, assay development and testing, data transfers, analyses, reporting milestones, and study deliverables.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings by preparing agendas, tracking action items, documenting decisions, and ensuring timely completion of commitments.
• Coordinate biospecimen, informed-consent, data-use, and data-transfer activities required to support translational studies and collaborations.
• Support management of external laboratories, vendors, and CROs by tracking contracts, statements of work, deliverables, budgets, invoices, timelines, and issue resolution.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and critical-path activities; develop mitigation plans and elevate issues when appropriate.
• Support biomarker budget tracking, forecasting activities, contract management, and purchase-order processes as required.
• Maintain project documentation and collaborative tools, including SharePoint sites, dashboards, trackers, meeting repositories, contact lists, and reporting tools.
• Support publication and congress planning activities through tracking abstracts, timelines, authorship coordination, review milestones, and data-readiness requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, transparency, and communication across translational project activities.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Biomarker coordination

Translational development

Timeline management

Communication & stakeholder engagement

PM tools experience

Education

B.S./M.S. in scientific discipline

Tools

SharePoint

Dashboards / reporting tools

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

We are searching for a highly motivated Program Manager to support Translational Development Leaders within the Solid Tumor pillar of Translational Development to enable the effective and efficient execution of translational development plans. The Translational Program Manager, as part of the Translational Development team in Research, would manage multiple complex, oncology portfolio assets and facilitate broad, integrated biomarker plans to enable delivery of the Translational Development portfolio across solid tumor indications.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide program management support for Translational Development teams across assigned studies, assets, and disease-area workstreams.
• Partner with Translational Development Leads, biomarker scientists, clinical teams, laboratory teams, data and analytics teams, operations partners, and vendors to translate project objectives into actionable plans, timelines, deliverables, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate execution of biomarker and translational activities, including assay testing, vendor coordination, data delivery, and documentation of key decisions and outcomes.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated timelines for translational activities, including sample logistics, assay development and testing, data transfers, analyses, reporting milestones, and study deliverables.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings by preparing agendas, tracking action items, documenting decisions, and ensuring timely completion of commitments.
• Coordinate biospecimen, informed-consent, data-use, and data-transfer activities required to support translational studies and collaborations.
• Support management of external laboratories, vendors, and CROs by tracking contracts, statements of work, deliverables, budgets, invoices, timelines, and issue resolution.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and critical-path activities; develop mitigation plans and elevate issues when appropriate.
• Support biomarker budget tracking, forecasting activities, contract management, and purchase-order processes as required.
• Maintain project documentation and collaborative tools, including SharePoint sites, dashboards, trackers, meeting repositories, contact lists, and reporting tools.
• Support publication and congress planning activities through tracking abstracts, timelines, authorship coordination, review milestones, and data-readiness requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, transparency, and communication across translational project activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.S. or M.S. in a scientific discipline; project management certification or equivalent project management experience is desirable.
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related industry experience in operational, scientific, translational development, biomarker, or clinical development roles within a matrixed environment.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects involving cross-functional teams, external collaborators, vendors, laboratories, and operational stakeholders.
• Experience supporting translational, biomarker, clinical development, or research programs, including sample management, data generation, vendor oversight, and deliverable tracking.
• Demonstrated ability to manage timelines, priorities, risks, dependencies, and communications across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working with project management, collaboration, visualization, and reporting tools.

Compensation Overview

• Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $119,030 - $144,241
• Princeton - NJ - US: $119,030 - $144,241

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 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/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. For roles based in Los Angeles County only: If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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