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This position reports to the Sr. Director, Medical Strategy Milvexian and Established Brands and is field-based and regional in scope.  It is anticipated that the employee will spend >50% of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders while supporting internal stakeholders and maintaining a high level of therapeutic expertise.

• This individual will be responsible for partnering with US Commercialization, collaborating with WW Medical, Clinical Development teams to pursue a strategic vision for the product lifecycle within the disease area

• The US Medical Director Established Brands will engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system National Thought Leaders (NTLs) in kidney transplant

• This individual will work with challenging targets to accomplish business objectives consistent with enterprise goals and will engage with high impact thought leaders to identify and translate key insights and to drive adoption of BMS medicines.

• This position will oversee the execution of medical activities to increase knowledge to ensure safe/effective use of BMS products and translate clinical insights into actionable strategies and tactics to meet customers’ needs. 

• Collaborates and communicates with US Commercialization & Access organizations to integrate medical perspectives into the commercialization process and ensure appropriate alignment between commercial and medical plans.

• This role collaborates with colleagues on capturing medical insights and acts as a therapeutic area resource to cross-functional partners. Engagement with TLs should be aligned with medical strategies, and the role should provide insight back to home office to inform strategy. 

• Engages with high impact external thought leaders in kidney transplant to identify and translate key insights

• Undertake Thought Leader identification, mapping and profiling in an evolving transplant environment

• Establish and maintain interactions with external medical and scientific experts, clinical researchers, and academic centers to assess unmet medical needs to develop and execute appropriate medical strategy and engage in scientific exchange.  

• Serve as internal disease expert who is fully integrated into the BMS matrix team and provides critical input into the development of effective communication tools and programs for optimal market access.

• Demonstrate the ability to make effective decisions on selecting external organizations and researchers with appropriate expertise for research collaborations.

• Collaborates with National Thought Leaders to identify and generate insights on evolving care paradigms to inform medical strategy

• Active leadership and participation as core member on the brand team, closely collaborating/partnering with key stakeholders to craft plans that ensure US market needs are addressed.

• Establish US Medical data generation strategies, including oversight of new evidence generation from concept through full execution, including reporting the evidence at scientific congresses, in peer reviewed publications, and proactive/reactive BMS communication tools.

• Provides strategic input into materials for national medical congresses. Collects meaningful medical insights and communicates to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions.

• Engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure the development of a product/disease area-focused medical plan that translates into effective launch and Life Cycle Maintenance (LCM) activities

• Engages with medical societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, and guideline discussions as appropriate.

• Engage account-level decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, PA/NP)

• Prior (5-10+ years) pharmaceutical industry experience in medical affairs is preferred as well as experience working with National and Regional physician thought leaders; multi-brand experience preferred (experience in immunology and kidney transplant a plus)

• Highly organized and motivated individual with the ability to lead multiple projects and initiatives across diverse high performing matrix teams

• The successful candidate must have the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams, have excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written

• He or she should have an understanding of pharmaceutical drug development including: clinical development, regulatory, life cycle management of pharmaceutical products, and knowledge of thought leaders in the field

• The ideal candidate will have clinical expertise, and some relevant experience in the disease area within the pharmaceutical industry, such as within Medical Affairs or Clinical Development

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to navigate complex situations and gain alignment with diverse stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to execute and deliver results in a deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities

• Strong understanding of business acumen including payer and market access challenges

• Proven record of developing peer-to-peer relationships and influence with high impact National Thought Leaders and deep understanding of their environment and needs

• Strong kidney transplant experience required:
  - scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape
  - pharmaceutical industry, including compliance and regulatory guidelines
  - clinical trial design and process
  - national and regional healthcare and access environment

• Ability to engage in a peer-to-peer dialog about data in a fair and balanced manner

• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models

• Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications

• Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.

• Understands treatment paradigms and can frame information in a convincing way that resonates with physicians

• Has a strong learning mindset and passion for science. Prioritizes staying current with the latest data

• Understands the patient journey and experience and able to adopt a patient-focused mindset, making patients a top priority

• Ability to work independently and act as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders

• Be a representative of BMS in all interactions with external stakeholders

• Holds a high level of integrity and good judgment to navigate the requirements of the role effectively and compliantly in accordance with BMS policies and procedures.

• Ability to travel, >50%

• As this position requires the operation of a Company-provided vehicle, offers of employment are contingent upon the candidate meeting the requirements of “Qualified Driver,” as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, including but not limited to the following: 1) at least 21 years of age; 2) a driver’s license in good standing issued by your state of residence; and, 3) a driving risk level deemed acceptable by the Company.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $200,000-$260,000 plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).  The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.  Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.  Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers site. 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program. 

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On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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