Associate Director, Cell Therapy, Medical Communications

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Position Summary

Position reports to the Director of Medical Communications within Cell Therapy and is responsible for the strategy and execution of medical communication plans. This role will ensure the disclosure of the science and health economic value of BMS products and research data to inform Healthcare Providers, Patients, and Payers in accordance with local regulations.

Key Responsibilities

The Associate Director of Medical Communications is accountable for the following :

Medical Communications Strategy :

Establishing a clear, viable and compelling strategy for the Medical Communications, aligned with overall Medical vision, strategy and objectives, and ensure delivery of timely and high-quality medical publications, scientific content, medical education, medical information, and congress presentations.

Understand the communication needs across markets and own the pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, development & execution of functionally integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP).

Lead development of medical communications and ensure timely journal submissions, publications, congress presentations, and deliver of internal and external scientific content

Must have strong business acumen, ability to interface with matrix partners to make trade-off decisions by managing Medical Communications budget and allocation of funds and resources to highest business priorities.

Data Dissemination :

Serve as a subject matter expert to BMS internal audiences related to communication landscape, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, data disclosure / dissemination, and represent BMS scientific communications to external investigators, key authors and journal editors.

Leading internal process improvements to ensure BMS remains an ethical and credible leader in the practice of publications & scientific content; leading transformation efforts and for ensuring BMS publication & scientific content standards are aligned with Good Publication Practices and industry standards, and all BMS employees engaged in publication activities follow Good Publication Practices guidance with the highest degree of integrity, quality and transparency.

Providing oversight to the team for the development and execution of functionally integrated and aligned medical communications plans; adjust communications plans in accordance with clinical trial results / milestones and changes in the healthcare landscape

Demonstrates scientific / research expertise to support the establishment of strong working collaborations with both internal and external disease-area experts to ensure quality data analysis, interpretation, communication planning & data disclosure / dissemination.

Ensures collection of insights to deliver high quality medical communication that enables the most impactful dialogue and interactions with customers.

Identifies and drives opportunities to enhance processes, tools, operating procedures, and outsourcing strategy to ensure consistent delivery and alignment of standards

Stakeholder Engagement :

Fostering collaborative relationships with academic & clinical experts, publishers, medical associations & other relevant key stakeholder groups; participating in external initiatives to foster trust and respect amongst academic and medical publishing community

Collaborating with internal stakeholders across the Medical matrix (e.g., the country and regional medical directors) and other Scientific Communications & Engagement team (e.g., Customer Engagement, Field Medical Excellence, Congress Strategy, Training & Compliance) to leverage external insights to inform medical communications planning

Partners externally with 3rd party vendors to ensure the appropriate balance of internal and external execution of work

Establishes clear metrics aligned to meeting customer needs and demonstrating desired outcomes of activities. Regularly communicates metrics with key stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience

Advance scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred

7-10 years of Pharmaceutical / Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in both local country & global preferred

Experience of leading a large team or multiple teams; and demonstrated strength in leading teams to high performance

Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate and collaborate

Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment, and develop teams with a focus on quick deliverables

Experience leading cross-functional, cross-cultural project teams, and collaborating across matrix, multiple markets and global geographies

Demonstrated success driving optimal business results in a large complex corporate environment with multiple priorities and tight timelines

Ability to manage timelines and quality of work using strong leadership, organizational, communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills

Proven experience establishing strategic direction for teams, and proven ability to achieve set objectives; ability to take educated risk, rise above technical expertise; demonstrating judgement, wisdom and understanding of impact

Experience with change leadership and appreciation for complexity of leading teams through change

Experience leading medical communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization

Ability to analyze and interpret trial data

Ability to influence and negotiate appropriate solutions; ability to establish strong stakeholder relationships

Ability to travel

Knowledge Desired

Pharmaceutical / Healthcare Industry

External compliance, transparency and conflict-of-interest regulated work environments

In-depth knowledge of Good Publication Practices and guidance (GPP, ICMJE), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct, and other guidance related to post-marketing practices and scientific data communication

Certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP), and ISMPP active member highly desired

Understanding of clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements

Working knowledge of Microsoft suite of applications, and familiar with publication management tool (DataVision).