Disease Area Specialist, Clinical Trial & Pipeline

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The Disease Area Specialist (DAS) embodies BMSs medical mission becoming a trusted agile partner who engages in relevant scientific dialogue and delivers timely high-impact data and insights that advance the science accelerate access shape medical practice and drive the appropriate adoption of BMS medicines.

This is a Head Office (HO)-based role with approximately 2030% time spent in the field. The DAS will a) work with the cross functional team and lead the medical strategy for relevant pipeline assets b) lead the clinical development and trial activities in collaboration with the Regional Clinical Operations (RCO) team. The DAS will also work in close collaboration with the MSL team to drive relevant clinical trial related support.

Key Role Accountabilities

• Ensure country medical activities are aligned with worldwide (WW) pipeline strategies and implement Therapy Area (TA) initiatives in line with WW medical strategy

• Participate in theEarly Product Planning (EPP) processand serve as the country medical representative in regional and global pipeline working groups for relevant assets.

• Provideclinical strategic and tactical leadershipfor Phase 13 trials including input into clinical development plans concept sheets and feasibility assessments

• Drive pipeline asset strategyat the country level by monitoring the competitive landscape emerging clinical data and evolving treatment paradigms to proactively shape the commercial and medical strategy of developmental compounds

• Translate global pipeline insights into local medical strategies ensuring that country-level plans are informed by the latest clinical evidence unmet medical needs and patient population characteristics specific to India

• Engage proactively with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and scientific expertsto build scientific advocacy and gather meaningful insights that feed back into pipeline development strategies and clinical program designs

• Leadcountry feasibility assessmentsfor GDD-focused clinical trials by evaluating epidemiology patient journey treatment landscape payer data and competitive environment through physician interviews and local database analysis

• Provide medical support for the trial start-up phase and recruitment planwith the local RCO organization; proactively identify potential delays and develop robust mitigation strategies to protect planned timelines

• Deliverprotocol RMP and disease-area trainingto CRAs CSEs investigators and site personnel; represent BMS at Investigator Meetings and scientific venues to drive trial awareness and recruitment

• Serve as theprimary medical point of contactfor sites and investigators during trial conduct; review and resolve local medical issues and escalate to global teams as needed

• Providemedical/clinical assistancefor IEC/IRB interactions CTA filings NDA meetings label discussions Ministry of Health interactions and post-approval commitments

Support Ministry of Health interaction (or local Board of Health) as required

• Performlocal AE/SAE reviewfor development compounds support the Patient Safety team with medical assessment and follow-up and provide pharmacovigilance expertise including risk-benefit assessments

• Support planning implementation and follow-up ofregulatory agency inspections and internal GCP audits; drive all trial activities in adherence to GCP and ICH guidelines and local regulations

• Closely collaborate withMarket Access HEOR Regulatory Affairs Payer and Commercial to ensure seamless cross-functional alignment on pipeline assets; provide medical input into regulatory filings and commercial evaluations.

• LeverageRWE registries and epidemiology insightsto support innovative study designs build robust access narratives and strengthen cross-functional evidence generation for pipeline products

• Ensure strong medical and scientific knowledge throughcontinuous trainingof MSLs FMSM Sales and Marketing teams; provide scientific mentoring to newcomers

• Actively promote a culture ofperformance innovation ethical behavior and compliance with all applicable BMS policies

Role Qualifications:

• Medical Doctor (MBBS MD) preferredAgility to move fast across different therapeutic areas and indications
• Preferably 3-4 years medical affairs and clinical development experience in pharmaceutical industry
• Proficient in both written and spoken English and local language
• Ability to run a study from the medical/clinical perspective and a demonstrated proficiency to problem solve and mediate complex-clinical / medical / operational issues and
• Sound understanding of the clinical development and ICH/GCP

Skills:

• Strategic Agility: Creates a clear purpose vision strategies and key priorities for competing successfully in the evolving pharmaceutical and health care industry.
• Intellectual Curiosity and Learning Agility: Proven history of seeking out new information and learning quickly ability to absorb new concepts analyze data and ask insightful questions to make effective decisions-experiments.
• Impact and Influence: Builds personal credibility and strong working relationships through quality of contributions trustworthiness openness and candor. Breaks barriers and influences across organizational and/or geographical boundaries leading to efficiency effectiveness and nimbleness for maximized organizational performance.
• Collaboration with matrix team
• Leading Transformation and Change: Demonstrated success in shifting a business or companys strategy mindset culture process and focus to ensure commitment to continuous improvement innovation accountability and nimbleness. Actively engages and aligns others to support the change and take an organization to where it needs to go.
• Functional Expertise: Demonstrates proven skills in functional areas of R&D and GMA.
• Decision Making Skills: Utilizes an effective decision making process demonstrates superb judgment decisiveness and applies a combination of analysis wisdom experience and judgment that enhance the success of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
• Communication Skills: Communicates articulately credibly and convincingly.
• Execution Skills: Demonstrated success in driving execution of key priorities and plans by establishing expectations for work and metrics setting high standards and holding team members accountable for results behaviors and continuous improvement.

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