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Responsibilities involve a combination of execution and oversight, dependent on the sourcing model, to ensure deliverables and may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Project Management

• Spearheads collaboration with internal study teams and vendors to ensure clinical trial delivery meets established timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks.
• Provides strategic input on study feasibility and oversees operational activities of internal and external contributors.
• Identifies and proactively manages risks, balancing trade-offs between cost, deliverables, and quality**.**
• Manages scope of work (SOW) for CROs and Vendor Partners, ensuring alignment with contractual terms, budgetary targets, and quality standards.
• Participates in vendor selection and evaluation processes.
• Reviews, approves, and reconciles vendor invoices, accruals, and scope amendments.
• Utilizes performance metrics and quality indicators to monitor and optimize trial execution.
• Maintains and ensures accurate data records in study management systems such as Veeva (i.e. CTMS, eTMF, etc.)
• Develops and enforces trial-specific standards aligned with broader portfolio strategies to promote operational consistency.
• Leads development and execution of cross-functional and global best practices.
• Establishes and maintains study-level project management tools, including action logs, decision trackers, issue registers, and risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure timely knowledge and information sharing.

Study Input & Strategic Guidance

• Offers therapeutic and operational guidance on study protocols and execution strategies.
• Provides consultation across programs/studies with a focus on risk mitigation and operational excellence.
• Monitors trends in clinical operations and advises teams on proactive responses.
• Mentors global GDO Study Team members within assigned therapeutic areas and others, as applicable
• Supports the development of others within the department and/or enterprise

Budgeting & Resource Planning

• Drives upfront planning of study timelines and budgets in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Manages program-level vendor logistics and escalates resourcing needs appropriately.
• Identifies and resolves issues impacting budget and timeline adherence.
• Leads quarterly budget reviews, flagging anticipated variances for assigned trials and collaborating with Finance on forecasting.

Program & Study Oversight

• Oversees strategic planning and execution of multiple clinical trials, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables. This may include program/study oversight for multiple clinical trials.
• Provides lifecycle leadership and oversight from start-up to close-out phases.
• Leads cross-functional Study Teams and coordinates with clinical and development departments.
• Analyzes operational metrics to optimize study execution and ensure alignment with franchise objectives.
• Identifies organizational and procedural challenges, proposing actionable solutions.
• Builds and maintains strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders (e.g., Clinical Research, Affiliates) and external collaborators (e.g., CROs, AROs).

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.

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 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.

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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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R1598473 : AD Global Trial Lead