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Position Summary:
The Diversity Strategy Lead has an awareness of the current state of diversity in clinical trials from an R&D, enterprise as well as external environment lens. He/she has knowledge of the regulatory environment and its implications for our clinical trial activities across the entire portfolio. The ideal candidate will have expertise in the communication and stakeholder management skills needed to influence senior leaders within R&D and their teams in order to drive change. The Diversity Strategy Lead will partner with other enterprise representatives to create and execute an integrated R&D strategy focused on achieving measurable increases in the diversity of clinical trial populations.
Position Responsibilities:
- Responsible for leading the development and implementation of a diversity plan which includes tactics that seek to enhance clinical trial awareness in various patient groups (age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation) and result in greater recruitment of sites/patients that are more representative of the patient population.
- Actively engages with multiple stakeholders both within Global Clinical Operations, R&D as well as throughout the enterprise to ensure alignment and coordination of efforts to enhance diversity in clinical trials; continuously communicates the benefit of tactics which support the engagement of diverse patients.
- Partners with enterprise colleagues on the development/maintenance of internal and external relationships with diversity-focused sites and/or patient organizations to gain insight into their clinical trial experience and better inform our development and recruitment efforts.
- Collaborates with these organizations around awareness of and access to clinical trials and the drug development process.
- Partners with RCO and BI&A to contribute to the site selection process by recommending inclusion of clinical trial sites which represent larger percentages of patients from various racial or ethnic groups relevant to the specific indication being studied.
- Actively collaborates with enterprise site & patient facing teams to ensure awareness of and alignment with ongoing diversity-focused efforts. Partners on topics of mutual interest such as identification of community/diversity sites/networks, collection of the “right” data to address health authority questions, patient-focused drug development, etc.
- Actively seeks opportunities to drive diversity in clinical trials through awareness of external environment, exploration of novel training/engagement tactics and membership and/or engagement with internal efforts like with PBRGs and external partnerships like Transcelerate, Biopharma or key academic institutions.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge of change management principles and assumes the lead change agent role to drive alignment and coordination of efforts across R&D to increase diversity in clinical trials.
- Communicates a compelling vision of BMS clinical trials to outside organizations that generates respect and commitment to BMS as an industry leader in site and patient engagement efforts and functions as a subject matter expert on the drug development/clinical trial process.
Degree Requirements:
BA/BS and/or MS degree
Experience Requirements:
10 years of pharmaceutical clinical development industry experience.
Key Competency Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with limited supervision and build strong relationships with internal and external partners.
- Knowledge of the drug development process and the project management of clinical trials.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with colleagues across multiple functions, geographies and at all levels of the enterprise.
- Strong, proven stakeholder management and communication skills, particularly with senior leaders encouraged.
Travel Required:
Position is based in Central New Jersey and involves limited travel.
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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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 a diverse 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.
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.
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We’re creating innovative medicines for patients fighting serious diseases. We’re also nurturing our own diverse team with inspiring work and challenging career options. No matter the role, each one of us makes a contribution. And that makes all the difference.
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