Director, Global Clinical Physician (Cardiovascular)

About the role

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Director, Global Clinical Physician - Cardiovascular to join our team. This role offers unique opportunities to contribute to transformative work in the cardiovascular therapeutic area.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a clinical/medical contact in diligence-related conversations with target company scientific and clinical contacts, partnering closely with senior BD leadership
• Identifies and enacts best practices with minimal instruction, escalating judgment calls as appropriate
• Provides regular and timely updates to management and governance stakeholders, flagging risks and recommendations as they arise
• Led literature review and competitive landscape assessment, translating findings into asset valuation and trial design benchmarking recommendations for prospective deals
• Leads the development of the clinical development plan spanning early to late development, and presents recommendations to governance committees and development team leadership as required
• Leads clinical assessment of trial design elements (endpoints, statistical assumptions, enrollment criteria, patient population/eligibility risk) for target assets and precedent/competitor trials, providing clinical input on feasibility and valuation assumptions
• Leads the development of trial design and feasibility benchmarking materials (sample size, enrollment assumptions, country selection) and helps shape the medical narrative supporting asset valuation and deal feasibility assessments
• Leads clinical and medical input to diligence packages, including safety risk assessment, and present findings to BD leadership and governance committees
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Biostatistics, Regulatory, Commercial, Medical Affairs, and Clinical Pharmacology to inform clinical development and diligence assessments
• Serves as a therapeutic area medical resource across key cardiovascular areas (e.g., lipid management, coronary artery disease, stroke, and heart failure), providing input on portfolio and pipeline strategy
• Provides medical/guidance to Clinical Scientists and other junior team members on assigned initiatives
• Identifies and escalates medical/safety risk considerations that could materially affect deal terms or timelines

Requirements

• MD (or equivalent) required; board certification/eligibility in a relevant specialty (e.g., cardiology, internal medicine) preferred
• Six to eight years of clinical and/or industry experience preferred
• MBA or business/finance coursework a plus, but not required

Key Competencies

• Uses leading-edge knowledge to lead complex projects
• Influences business and industry decisions that have an impact on the Company
• Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems, typically involving the innovation of new solutions
• Provides leadership and direction through managers and/or expert-level individual contributors performing work in generally the same function
• Develops department strategy and is accountable for execution of the department's business plan
• Advanced knowledge of GCP/ICH, drug development process, study design, statistics, and clinical operations
• Advanced ability to interpret clinical and safety data to identify trends and inform deal-specific medical risk assessments
• Advanced medical writing skills and medical terminology, applied to diligence memos, deal narratives, and governance presentations
• Advanced planning/project management skills (develop realistic, effective medium-range plans across clinical development programs and deal timelines, managing competing priorities across multiple concurrent deals)
• Detail-oriented with commitment to quality and medical/scientific rigor
• Advanced knowledge of disease area, compound, and current clinical landscape, with the credibility to represent the therapeutic area externally
• Advanced knowledge of the establishment and operation of data monitoring committees, dose review teams, and independent response adjudication committees, including experience interfacing with these bodies
• Working knowledge of deal structuring norms (upfront/milestone/royalty structures) and asset valuation frameworks (NPV/eNPV, PTRS); prior BD/diligence experience a plus but not required
• Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with sound independent medical judgment under time pressure
• Adaptable / flexible (comfortable operating with ambiguity across multiple concurrent clinical and BD workstreams; leads with confidence and professionalism under shifting priorities)
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint and data review tools (e.g., report generating tools); comfortable presenting complex clinical/medical concepts to non-clinical BD and executive audiences

Benefits

Bristol Myers Squibb offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. This includes:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as 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 Include Paid Time Off