Director Translational Medicine Lymphoma

**Working with Us**
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 rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company leading the way in medical innovation to help patients live longer, better lives. Our purpose as a company is to discover and develop therapies that will change the course of human health. We value our passion for patients, quest for innovation, spirit of independence and love of challenge. With a presence in more than 70 countries - and growing - we look for talented people to grow our business, advance our science and contribute to our unique culture.

BMS R&D is at a critical and exciting phase of development. As it expands and integrates its portfolio including small molecules, biologics and cell therapies, there is an opportunity for a dynamic and resourceful individual to lead our clinical lymphoma efforts in Translational Development.

**Translational Medicine at BMS**

Translational Medicine is part of the Global Research and Early Development organization in BMS and leads late stage clinical, pharmacological and translational research and development activities for the pipeline and supports late stage portfolio for regulatory, translational development and life cycle management. Translational Medicine Hematology drives strategy for multiple disease areas of interest including Myeloma, Lymphoma, CLL, AML, MDS, anemias and other hematological malignancies. This group integrates laboratory science, clinical trial/biomarkers and asset development as well as disease research to maximize the potential of BMS current and future therapeutics.

**Summary**

**Responsibilities**
- Leads the translational component of the late stage BMS portfolio of compounds to support annual goals and objectives for the Lymphoma and CLL group (for internal /external, translational collaboration, compound specific plans etc).
- Responsible for all facets of translational strategies including biomarkers, patient selection, dose and schedule, combination strategies, resistance mechanisms and differentiation
- Works directly with lab head and laboratory scientists to integrate clinical questions into lab-based translational research internally and externally
- Supports regulatory submissions, regulatory interactions, writes/reviews translational sections for regulatory response and answers to regulatory queries for the TM group
- Represents Translational Medicine in cross-functional project and strategy teams
- Interfaces with early development organization to ensure seamless transition of assets to TM
- Interfaces with commercial including early commercialization group and Medical Affairs to provide scientific support for cross-functional TM goals and support external clinical studies
- Manages and supervises preclinical collaboration strategy across the pipeline compounds for clinical assets
- Assists in managing key strategic and/or collaborative projects along with TM scientists
- Interfaces with the diagnostic group for projects that need diagnostics development
- Communicates regularly and prepares and makes presentations within the department, externally and to internal governance committees as required
- Assists in developing and maintaining group budget and workforce plan

**Basic Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- 15+ years of academic and / or industry experience

Or
- Master’s Degree
- 12+ years of academic and / or industry experience

Or
- Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in the Life Sciences
- 8+ years of academic and / or industry experience

**Preferred Qualifications**
- PhD or MD with at least 10 years of relevant work experience, including a minimum of 10 years of experience in drug development in an industry setting (hematology experience a plus)
- Track record of success in large and/or small companies, leading innovative efforts to deploy technologies and assays for enhanced translational capabilities
- Excellent communication, managerial and scientific qualities are expected
- Ability to interact effectively across boundaries using influencing and relationship building skills
- Competence in analysis and solving of problems, and the ability to prioritize and make tradeoffs to achieve goals

**Technical Skills**
- In-depth understanding of cancer biology (hematology a plus), clinical landscape, evolving therapies, competitive scenarios
- Good understanding of drug development process in an industry setting with clear examples of s