About this role
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
The Global Medical Director, Sjogren’s Disease (SjD) is a core member of the Global Medical Sotyktu and SjD Launch Teams. This individual will play a key role in the development and execution of medical and launch strategies across markets with a principal focus on ensuring the evidence needs of markets are met via clinical trial and real-world data analyses. This individual will report to the Senior Director, Global Sotyktu Medical Product Lead.
Key Responsibilities
Therapeutic Area: Rheumatology, Sjogren’s Disease
Be the medical leader for Sjogren’s Disease medical affairs, leading and developing direct reports within the Rheumatology medical team.
Develop, communicate, and execute the medical strategy and tactical plan for SjD globally.
Responsible for requesting and managing medical budget to ensure execution of global strategy.
Represent medical affairs in cross-functional leadership forums and drive alignment with clinical, market access and commercial teams
Provides expert opinion on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and unmet medical needs to inform medical and business decisions.
Partner with the medical matrix team to execute the global medical strategy, launch plans, evidence generation, and medical communications while being aligned with the therapeutic area, brand strategy and market needs
Build and sustain strong relationships with core market medical teams, global key opinion leaders, and professional societies
Lead advisory meetings, robust data analysis of the Phase 3 programs, and collaborate on real world studies
Work with Medical Communications to translate evidence into impactful publications and maintain scientific resources
Maintain strong engagement with key opinion leaders and collaborators advising the SjD program
Qualifications & Experience
Advanced, scientific or medical degree; (e.g. PhD, MD, DO, PharmD)
Minimum 5-7+ years experience in the pharma/biopharma industry
Strong leadership and managerial skills and rapport with team members
Medical evidence generation, Global/US medical affairs, HEOR and/or launch experience
Immunology, Rheumatology and/or clinical development is ideal
Advanced understanding of the scientific principles underpinning data analysis and medical communications
Ability to distill complex scientific questions down to simple, easy to understand analyses, evidence, and communications
Strong interpersonal communication skills commensurate with the need to work closely with both external physicians/scientists and in-house teams while maintaining scientific credibility
Strong listening, problem solving, and prioritization skills
Excellent planning and organization skills including the ability to work under pressure, and to maintain scientific excellence within timelines
Ability to navigate complex topics in a matrix environment with grace and confidence
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong oral presentation skills
Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and integrity; representing the company’s high ethics, moral behavior, and professionalism standards
HQ-based position with global travel expected up to 25%.
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Compensation Overview
Princeton - NJ - US: $207,490 - $251,433