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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is seeking a highly skilled Biospecimen Lead - Cell Therapy & Early Oncology to join our team. As a key member of our Biospecimen & Imaging Management - HOCT department, you will be responsible for overseeing the strategic and tactical planning, as well as operational management of biospecimens, which contribute to asset development.

• Oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of biospecimens collected for clinical studies with minimal supervision.
• Serve as a Core Clinical Team member responsible for shipping/sample movement and management, including requests, query and inventory reports, follow-up on active issues with vendors, preparation of sample management related reports, and review/preparation of tracking activities (such as vendor manifests/inventories, tissue/blood match pairing, depleted/non-viable samples, and loading documents to Shared Drive folders).
• Independently review clinical study protocols, providing comparisons of vendor statements of work and biospecimen-relevant sections with feedback as needed.
• Perform routine vendor management responsibilities and request/access necessary vendor/system inventory files for specimen tracking.
• Create biospecimen trackers using various tracking tools (MS Excel, Spotfire, Tableau, or Polaris) with support.
• Identify biospecimen-related risks with support from the risk library, and assist in developing mitigation strategies. Support the Critical to Quality (C2Q) process with guidance if needed.
• Exercise judgment within policy and procedure boundaries, troubleshoot routine problems, and understand when to ask for guidance. May need assistance to prioritize BOW activities during critical deadlines.
• Maintain intermediate working knowledge of compound and study-related biospecimen requirements.

• Minimum of 3-4 years of academic, biotech, healthcare, or pharmaceutical industry experience or equivalent.
• Basic understanding of clinical and biomedical research, GCP, GLP, CLIA, data management, risk management, and regulatory issues.
• Demonstrated clinical trial experience in healthcare/medical/laboratory settings or equivalent.
• Preferred vendor experience (e.g., Central Labs, Bioanalytical, Biomarker, CROs, Biospecimen Storage Vendors).
• Ability to develop skills for stakeholder management, including conflict and change management.
• Preferred but not mandatory biospecimen management experience.
• Developing knowledge of the drug discovery or developmental process.
• Ability to apply scientific and/or functional knowledge to conduct studies in assigned areas.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to create and deliver presentations/information/data to knowledgeable audiences with limited supervision.
• Ability to adopt a biopharma enterprise-wide and entrepreneurial mindset, act with a sense of urgency, accountability, and integrity, and enjoy the process.
• Demonstrates change agility and willingness to pivot current ways of working to new models.

• Scientific degree (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or higher) or project management or equivalent experience.

• Minimal travel required, 0%-5% of the time, as requested by the organization.