Associate Director, Packaging and Serialization
New Brunswick, NJ - USA
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The Associate Director Packaging and Serialization provides technical and strategic leadership to ensure compliant robust and sustainable pharmaceutical packaging and serialization solutions across the global BMS supply network.
This role is accountable for defining and executing packaging and serialization strategies across BMS manufacturing sites CMOs and 3PLs ensuring alignment with global regulatory requirements enterprise standards and product lifecycle needs. The position serves as a crossfunctional technical authority within MS&T Device & Packaging Technology translating enterprise commitments into actionable scalable solutions while maintaining product quality regulatory compliance and supply continuity.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead alignment of crossfunctional workstreams (e.g. Logistics Quality Master Data Packaging; internal and external) with overall serialization objectives and interdependencies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with workstream stakeholders to drive awareness understanding ownership and execution of serialization requirements aligned to their roles.
- Ensure serialization technical and nontechnical requirements are fully considered across workstreams and incorporated into negotiations with external partners (e.g. vendors CMOs 3PLs).
- Own and deliver serialization technical solutions to ensure timely and compliant execution across all global market regulatory requirements.
- Lead collaboration with alliance partners for serialization of existing products and new product introductions across all markets; guide internal teams to support alliance activities and ensure projects remain on track through closure.
- Manage serializationrelated commercial change management activities; serve as change control owner and/or impact assessor as required based on project scope.
- Oversee daily operational issues for commercial serialized products and develop serialization operational capabilities that drive efficiency robustness and longterm sustainability.
- Support technical assessments associated with quality events deviations or alerts impacting serialized products or systems.
- Collaborate with Serialization Data operations to ensure sustainability and robustness of implemented serialization processes by aligning serialized data flow with physical product flow; remediate gaps as needed.
- Drive serialization continuous improvement through standardization digitization and automation to enhance efficiency data integrity and operational resilience.
- Ensure standardized implementation of serialization capabilities and recommend process improvements across BMS sites CMOs and 3PLs to support timely efficient and sustainable execution.
- Serve as subject matter expert in barcode standards and data carriers including GS1 Standards 2D DataMatrix linear barcodes and aggregation hierarchies.
- Lead or support serialization activities related to mergers acquisitions and divestitures including Day 1 readiness and postDay 1 execution.
- Lead pharmaceutical secondary and tertiary package development activities from development through commercialization and lifecycle management.
- Provide subject matter expertise in packaging component selection testing and packaging process engineering; drive continuous improvement in packaging efficiency reliability and right-first-time performance.
- Collaborate with R&D marketing supply chain logistics internal and external manufacturing sites to successfully develop transfer and launch packaged products for US and export markets.
- Lead packaging related investigations and root cause analysis.
- Mentor and coach team members and stakeholders on package development package sustainability and serialization best practices.
- Integrate sustainability principles into package design decisions including material selection component rationalization size and fit optimization and packaging configuration across primary secondary and tertiary levels.
- Serve as the packaging sustainability subject matter expert (SME) for internal stakeholders project teams and leadership forums.
KNOWLEDGE / SKILL
Education:
- Bachelors degree (BS or BA) in Package Engineering Supply Chain Management or a related technical discipline.
- Advanced degree (MS MBA or equivalent) preferred.
Experience / Knowledge Desired:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical packaging serialization or related technical roles.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and sustaining global serialization programs ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple markets.
- Knowledge of barcode standards and data carriers including GS1 Standards 2D DataMatrix linear barcodes aggregation hierarchies.
- Solid understanding of key relationships dependencies and interfaces among business units IT and external partners.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical packaging systems materials and testing (primary secondary and tertiary).
- Experience in end-to-end package development from concept through commercialization.
- Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise strong independent judgment while keeping leadership and stakeholders appropriately informed.
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Compensation Overview:
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 employees 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 visit 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.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines for patients with serious diseases. Our medicines are helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immu ... View more