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.
The Senior Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights serves
as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization,
including its Customs & Trade function. This attorney provides
strategic, regulatory, and transactional counsel across the clinical and
commercial supply networks that deliver BMS medicines to patients
around the world.
This is a high-visibility role focused on issues including tariffs, trade
policy, sanctions, import/export controls, supply continuity, and
human rights due diligence. This attorney will collaborate closely with
others in Law & Policy and the business.
The role sits within the Product Development & Supply (PDS) Law
team, a collaborative and dynamic group within the Global Drug
Development, Manufacturing & Corporate Transactions (GDMCT)
legal team at BMS. The PDS Law team provides comprehensive legal
support for internal and external manufacturing operations, product
development, supply chain, human rights, customs and trade,
engineering, real estate, and EOHSS. The broader GDMCT legal
team also supports Drug Development, Global Quality, and
transactional support across the enterprise.
This attorney will work alongside colleagues with deep subject matter
expertise across manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and transactional
practices, on work that is directly connected to the delivery of
medicines to patients.
The successful candidate brings excellent legal judgment, learns
quickly, navigates complexity, and works with urgency and creativity
across regulatory schemes and stakeholders, always prioritizing the
urgent needs of patients. The ability to build programs and
communicate clearly on complex topics with senior business
stakeholders is critical to success in this role.
Responsibilities
- ✓Serve as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain organization,
advising on complex issues that arise in the supply of product
across the clinical and commercial networks to enable the urgent
delivery of medicines to patients.
- ✓Serve as a legal advisor on global trade matters, including tariffs
and trade remedies, customs and import/export compliance,
economic sanctions, export controls, and trade-related licensing,
working closely with Customs & Trade leads to develop practical
mitigation and compliance strategies.
- ✓Serve as a legal advisor on human rights matters, including due
diligence related to forced labor, responsible sourcing, supply
chain transparency, and emerging human rights laws and
standards, partnering with business and compliance stakeholders
to assess risk and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- ✓Monitor evolving global trade and supply chain regulations and
enforcement trends, and proactively advise senior leadership on
business impact, risk mitigation, and opportunities.
- ✓Draft, review, and negotiate complex supply, logistics,
transportation, and warehousing agreements.
- ✓Advise on supply disruption, business continuity, and crisis
response matters affecting the global network.
- ✓Collaborate across the Law & Policy Department, including
regulatory, ESG, policy, litigation, and IP colleagues, to deliver
coordinated, enterprise-aligned legal support to GSC.
Qualifications
- ✓JD (or equivalent) and admission in good standing to at least one
U.S. state bar; qualified, or able to become qualified, to practice
in-house in New Jersey.
- ✓8 or more years of legal experience across law firm, in-house,
and/or government roles, including experience in the
pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
- ✓Experience in human rights, customs, international trade,
sanctions, or supply chain matters is preferred.
- ✓Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial
transactions is preferred.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and to advise
and influence senior executives, including SVP and C-suite
stakeholders, on high-impact legal and regulatory matters.
- ✓Proven ability to lead across large, global, matrixed organizations
and to bring stakeholders together to resolve complex issues
efficiently and improve the management of legal risk.
- ✓Excellent judgment, with the ability to independently prioritize and
manage multiple projects and to work with speed and quality on a
broad range of matters.
- ✓Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely,
verbally and in writing, to senior leaders.
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