Director, Clinical Data Acquisition Strategy

About the role

Working at Bristol Myers Squibb is challenging, meaningful, and life-changing. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, transforming 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.

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.

Functional Area

GDM is responsible for clinical trial data acquisition, data management, and data review, ensuring quality data for trials across the BMS R&D portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategy for collecting clinical trial data, including site-based (EDC) data, external vendor data, eCOA data, and other device/digital data, integrating with end-to-end data strategies.
• Develop the technology roadmaps required to deliver the strategy, promote automation, and embed AI.
• Define the processes, technologies, and data flows required to collect new data types and deliver data to end users or make significant updates to existing data types, ensuring standardization and integration across end-to-end data flow.
• Develop key data collection components designed to optimize the site and patient experience while ensuring downstream data requirements for analysis and reporting are effectively met.
• Lead broad cross-functional initiatives to establish industry-leading data capture capabilities, e.g., EMR to EDC to source data directly from EMRs. This includes creating project charters, project plans, sponsorship communications, implementation plans, and driving projects from start to finish.
• Develop senior leadership-level communications to share strategies, make proposals, and update on strategic initiatives, including business cases.
• Make decisions, solve complex problems, and deliver on accountabilities.
• Stay on top of industry evolution to simplify/enhance user experience, leverage automation/AI, deliver operational efficiencies, and make appropriate investments to stay ahead of technology/data trends.
• Lead the development and maintenance of procedural documents reflective of industry standards and regulatory requirements, including optimal processes.
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with key leaders throughout GDM, DQS, Drug Development, and BMS, with the ability to think strategically and effectively express views to senior management.
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with key vendors in the clinical data acquisition space and propose advancements with the right vendors.
• Represent BMS in interactions with key external partners as part of any committee or industry group relating to data collection.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• At least 10 years of relevant strategy, technology, and process experience specifically within clinical data acquisition across modalities (e.g., site-collected, external, eCOA, and device/digital data), including data integration, automation, and incorporation of AI.
• Successful track record of leading, influencing, driving strategy, and making decisions.

Skills

• Expert understanding of clinical data acquisition strategy, processes, technologies, and end-to-end data flows.
• Proven expertise in EDC (including Medidata Rave), external vendor data, eCOA, and digital/device data, including strategy, processes, and tools.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging automation and AI to enable processes.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver tangible impact by planning and executing strategic projects involving cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven record of making decisions, resolving complex problems, and driving significant initiatives to completion.
• Strong, clear oral and written communication skills, including the ability to craft communications and business cases for senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines.
• Demonstrated partnership across various collaborative and industry forums.
• Sufficient technical expertise to be a credible interface to all global development and business partners across clinical data acquisition types.
• Broad intelligence of clinical data acquisition, including future trends.
• Influential leadership and communication skills.

Pay

The starting compensation range(s) for this full-time role are:

• Cambridge Crossing: $225,100 - $272,765
• Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $200,980 - $243,544
• Princeton - NJ - US: $200,980 - $243,544

Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support Programs: BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life Benefits:
  • Paid Time Off:
    • US Exempt Employees: Flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval), 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico, or Rayzebio employees).
    • Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico, and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
  • Based on eligibility, additional time off may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs, and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

All global full- and part-time employees who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

Schedule

This is a full-time, office-based position. BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This role is site-by-design, which may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. Onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive company culture.