External Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management

• Cultivate and manage high-priority relationships with patient advocacy organizations and patient communities within relevant therapeutic areas in immunology and cell therapy, including national, regional and global organizations. Manage grants, sponsorships and memberships and represent BMS at patient advocacy organization events.
• Identify and engage patients, patient/caregiver communities and advocacy organizations to provide insights in BMS’s therapeutic areas to drive enhanced understanding about lived experience through advisory boards, 1:1 engagements and aggregate insights.
• Represent BMS externally at advocacy events, medical conferences, and global forums; serve as a credible and trusted voice for the company with advocacy stakeholders.
• Provide project management leadership across advocacy engagements at key external congresses, disease community events, medical conferences, and educational symposia spanning multiple areas of the portfolio.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Champion the patient voice with internal stakeholders, including BMS leadership, clinical development teams, and commercial organizations.
• Interact with and advise senior BMS leadership, representing the patient and caregiver community perspective and providing strategic counsel on the advocacy landscape, community needs, and emerging issues.
• Collaborate with Research & Early Drug Development advocacy team and with patients and patient advocacy organizations on clinical trials initiatives, including patient insights, trial enrollment and increasing diversity.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., Commercial, Medical, Access, Policy, Corporate Affairs, Strategy & Operations, etc.) to ensure the timely and effective integration of advocacy insights into strategies and deliverables.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships in multiple therapeutic areas as well as other functions within the Global Purpose and Patient Experience team.
• Apply strong business acumen and subject matter expertise to drive project execution, fostering effective cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required; advanced degree (e.g., Master's, MBA, PharmD or other scientific graduate degree) strongly preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with a focus on patient advocacy and commercial/launch strategy.
• Demonstrated success leading patient advocacy strategies in autoimmune/immunology and/or cell therapy experience strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of leading patient advocacy responsibilities related to product launches and driving cross-functional alignment in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong record of superior decision-making and performance in developing and executing strategic projects, including budget management.
• Extensive experience engaging with patient advocacy groups and translating patient insights into actionable strategies within drug development and/or commercialization.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration, build strong internal and external partnerships, and influence stakeholders at all levels including senior and executive leadership.
• Skilled communicator with strong facilitation, synthesis, and presentation abilities; capable of transforming complex input into clear, impactful deliverables.
• Experience developing and tracking KPIs to measure advocacy program impact and drive continuous improvement.
• Outstanding organizational skills; ability to manage concurrent projects within tight deadlines while maintaining excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Strong acumen with digital engagement tools and platforms.
• High ethical standards; exhibits self-awareness, adaptability, empathy, active listening, and cultural sensitivity, particularly in working with patient and caregiver communities.
• Passion for patients with a demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and a strong track record of thinking creatively and strategically while executing tactically.
• Experience working in a global matrixed environment required.
• Travel: Domestic and international travel up to 40%, including bimonthly visits to BMS headquarters in Princeton, NJ.

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.

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.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visithttps://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

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.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
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 participationin clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

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 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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