Job Description

Associate Director, Pulmonary Fibrosis & Immunology, Patient Advocacy

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Position Summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an experienced and motivated patient advocacy professional to join our rapidly growing organization. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Global Patient Advocacy, Immunology, Cardiovascular & Autoimmune Cell Therapy, this critical position will be responsible for building and strengthening relationships with patient advocacy organizations and people with lived experience across BMS's current and future therapeutic areas in pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, PPF) and immunology (psoriatic arthritis, lupus, Sjogren's disease). This work includes co-creating strategies and initiatives with internal and external colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen relationships with patient advocacy organizations in relevant therapeutic areas, including national, regional and global organizations.
• Educate the patient advocacy community and patient/care partner thought leader community on BMS's pipeline, data and approved products.
• Manage grants, sponsorships and memberships and represent BMS at patient advocacy organization events.
• Collaborate with early asset team and with patients and patient advocacy organizations on clinical trials initiatives, including patient insights, trial enrollment and increasing diversity.
• Identify and engage patients, care teams and advocacy organizations to provide insights internally and externally in BMS' therapeutic areas to drive enhanced understanding about lived experience through advisory boards, 1:1 engagements and aggregate insights.
• Collaborate with Federal and State government affairs teams, strategic alliance, market access and advocacy organizations to drive education and understanding of how policy impacts patient access to innovative therapies. Collaborate on national level campaigns and coalitions to address related opportunities and challenges.
• Prepare internal reports as needed to convey key insights, advocacy issues, and community feedback that may affect company operations and plans.
• In partnership with People Resources and Communications and other internal colleagues, identify and execute opportunities to educate and engage employees with patient advocacy organizations.
• Collaborate directly with internal staff including, but not limited to medical, clinical development, marketing, government affairs, market access, and sales to coordinate and lead sensitive and appropriate engagement with patients, care teams, and patient organizations. Contribute to positioning BMS as a leader in pulmonary fibrosis and immunology.

Qualifications & Experience

• Competitive candidates will possess 7+ years experience in a non-profit patient advocacy organization, professional society or health care organization or in an external, patient-facing role within a biotech or pharmaceutical company.
• Substantial and direct experience establishing, nurturing and strengthening sustainable relationships with patients, patient advocacy organizations or health care providers.
• Knowledge of compliance, legal, regulatory, and other issues that impact the biopharmaceutical industry and patient engagement and advocacy practices.
• Comfort with explaining complex scientific concepts in a compelling way to a non-medical audience.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, allowing for an open and effective dialogue throughout the company.
• Attention to detail and quality are critical to success.
• Highly accountable for the results and outcomes of their responsibilities and understands the impact of their efforts, results, and attitudes on others.
• Uses teamwork to work cooperatively toward the most effective solutions, championing the best ideas of team members, and assisting where help is needed yet is capable of highly independent work when efficiency is required.
• Results-oriented individual who is highly motivated, decisive, flexible in thought, and has the creativity to excel in and contribute to a rapidly growing company.
• Forward thinking mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects, and identify and resolve issues.
• Broad experience in an emerging, publicly traded company environment is a plus.
• BA or BS required. Masters degree or other advanced degree preferred.
• Travel required minimum 40%

Position is remote by design with expectation for at least 40% of travel including bimonthly headquarter meetings in Princeton, New Jersey.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Compensation Overview:

Field - United States - US: $165,410 - $200,438

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

Work-life benefits include:

• Paid Time Off
• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

With a single vision as inspiring as "Transforming patients' lives through science ", every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

BMS has an 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

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Hourly pay, Full time, Temporary work, Part time, For contractors, Summer work, Work at office, Remote work, Flexible hours, Shift work,

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