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 Responsibilities

• Collaborate and liaise with external partners (e.g., key opinion leaders), and contribute directly to diligence-related conversations with target company scientific/clinical contacts, working alongside senior BD leads
• Seek out and enact best practices with instruction
• Provide regular and timely updates to manager/management as requested
• Conduct literature review, including competitive landscape research, to inform asset valuation and trial design benchmarking on prospective deals in partnership with senior BD team members
• Contribute to developing the clinical development plan spanning early to late development and present these to governance committee and development team meetings as required
• Lead review of clinical trial design elements (endpoints, statistical assumptions, enrollment criteria) of target assets and precedent/competitor trials, in partnership with senior BD team members, to inform feasibility and valuation assumptions
• Partner with senior BD team members to build trial design and feasibility benchmarking materials (sample size, enrollment assumptions, country selection) for asset valuation and deal feasibility assessments
• Contribute clinical input to diligence packages in coordination with senior BD leads
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Biostatistics, Regulatory, Commercial, and Medical Affairs to inform clinical development and diligence assessments
• Maintain working knowledge of key cardiovascular therapeutic areas (e.g., lipid management, coronary artery disease, stroke, and heart failure) relevant to portfolio and pipeline assessment
• May provide guidance to associate or junior clinical scientists on assigned initiatives

Degree Requirements

• Degree in Life Sciences (MD, PhD, Pharm D, MS, RN or other scientific field preferred). Five to seven years industry experience preferred. MBA or business/finance coursework a plus but not required.

Experience Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of GCP/ICH, drug development process, study design, statistics, clinical operations
• Intermediate knowledge and skills to support program-specific data review and trend identification, as well as deal-specific competitive trend identification
• Intermediate medical writing skills and medical terminology, applied to diligence memos/deal narratives
• Intermediate planning/project management skills (develop short range plans that are realistic and effective across both clinical development program and deal timelines)

Key Competency Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of disease area and current clinical landscape
• Intermediate knowledge of the establishment and operation of data monitoring committees, dose review teams, and independent response adjudication committees
• Basic knowledge of deal structuring norms (upfront/milestone/royalty structures) and asset valuation frameworks (NPV/eNPV, PTRS); training provided, not required at entry
• Intermediate to advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Adaptable / flexible (willing and able to adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities across clinical and BD workstreams; ability to meet day-to-day challenges with confidence and professionalism)
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint and data review tools (e.g., report generating tools)

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Bristol Myers Squibb is Disability Confident – Employer

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