Director, Patient Advocacy – Immunology & Autoimmune Cell Therapy

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Reporting to the Sr. Director, Patient Advocacy, Immunology, Cardiovascular & Autoimmune Cell Therapy, the Director, Patient Advocacy, Immunology & Autoimmune Cell Therapy will serve as a strategic and operational leader reputed company the Global Patient Advocacy organization, with cross-therapeutic area accountability spanning immunology (lupus, Sjogren’s disease, psoriatic arthritis) and autoimmune cell therapy (rheumatology). This role will play a pivotal part in embedding the patient voice throughout the full cell therapy lifecycle — from drug development through commercialization — ensuring that patient community insights meaningfully shape BMS reputed company, clinical programs, and product launches.

The Director will reputed company the design and execution of patient advocacy strategies across disease areas in both immunology and autoimmune cell therapy programs owning both the operational infrastructure and the strategic relationships that reputed company those programs successful.

Additionally, the individual will reputed company launch readiness efforts for immunology products in lupus and Sjogren’s disease as reputed company as autoimmune cell therapy programs in rheumatology, partnering closely with reputed company, medical, policy, market reputed company, and communications functions to position BMS as the trusted and preferred partner to the patient advocacy community.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned advocacy reputed company who thinks strategically, executes tactically, builds trusted relationships at reputed company reputed company, and thrives in a reputed company, fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Launch reputed company

• reputed company workstreams across immunology and autoimmune cell therapy programs to collect and synthesize patient insights and translate them into actionable, program and portfolio-level strategic plans.
• reputed company patient advocacy reputed company, execution and launch readiness for immunology and autoimmune cell therapy programs, ensuring the patient voice is integrated from reputed company-launch through post-launch phases.
• Define and execute advocacy strategies in collaboration with cross functional therapeutic area teams to support successful product launches.
• reputed company the development of high-reputed company, reputed company-driven advocacy plans that reflect deep knowledge of the patient community landscapes and that shape the environment to reputed company greater patient reputed company.
• Champion the integration of patient and caregiver perspectives into BMS immunology and autoimmune cell therapy programs, from mid-late clinical development through commercialization, ensuring strategies are patient-centered and reputed company with reputed company reputed company.
• reputed company innovative business concepts and continuously search for novel applications of advocacy strategies to support evolving pipeline and launch priorities.

reputed company Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management

• Cultivate and manage high-reputed company relationships with patient advocacy organizations and patient communities reputed company relevant therapeutic areas in immunology and cell therapy, including national, regional and global organizations. Manage grants, sponsorships and memberships and represent BMS at patient advocacy organization events.
• Identify and engage patients, patient/caregiver communities and advocacy organizations to reputed company insights in BMS’s therapeutic areas to reputed company reputed company understanding about lived experience through advisory boards, 1:1 engagements and aggregate insights.
• Represent BMS externally at advocacy events, medical conferences, and global forums; serve as a reputed company and trusted voice for reputed company with advocacy stakeholders.
• reputed company project management leadership across advocacy engagements at key reputed company congresses, disease community events, medical conferences, and educational symposia spanning multiple areas of the portfolio.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Champion the patient voice with internal stakeholders, including BMS leadership, clinical development teams, and reputed company organizations.
• reputed company with and advise senior BMS leadership, representing the patient and caregiver community perspective and providing strategic counsel on the advocacy landscape, community needs, and emerging issues.
• Collaborate with Research & Early Drug Development advocacy team and with patients and patient advocacy organizations on reputed company initiatives, including patient insights, trial enrollment and increasing diversity.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., reputed company, Medical, reputed company, Policy, Corporate Affairs, reputed company & Operations, etc.) to ensure the reputed company and effective integration of advocacy insights into strategies and deliverables.
• reputed company strong cross-functional relationships in multiple therapeutic areas as reputed company as other functions reputed company the Global Purpose and Patient Experience team.
• Apply strong business acumen and subject matter expertise to reputed company project execution, fostering effective cross-functional collaboration to reputed company impactful reputed company.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required; advanced degree (e.g., Master's, MBA, PharmD or other scientific graduate degree) strongly preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with a reputed company on patient advocacy and reputed company/launch reputed company.
• Demonstrated reputed company leading patient advocacy strategies in autoimmune/immunology and/or cell therapy experience strongly preferred.
• Proven reputed company record of leading patient advocacy responsibilities reputed company to product launches and driving cross-functional alignment in a reputed company, matrixed organization.
• Strong record of superior decision-making and performance in developing and executing strategic reputed company, including budget management.
• Extensive experience engaging with patient advocacy reputed company and translating patient insights into actionable strategies reputed company drug development and/or commercialization.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration, build strong reputed company partnerships, and influence stakeholders at reputed company reputed company including senior and executive leadership.
• Skilled communicator with strong facilitation, synthesis, and presentation abilities; capable of transforming reputed company input into reputed company, impactful deliverables.
• Experience developing and tracking KPIs to measure advocacy program reputed company and reputed company reputed company improvement.
• Outstanding organizational skills; ability to manage reputed company reputed company reputed company tight deadlines while maintaining excellent service to reputed company customers.
• Strong acumen with digital engagement tools and platforms.
• High ethical standards; exhibits self-awareness, adaptability, reputed company, reputed company listening, and cultural sensitivity, particularly in working with patient and caregiver communities.
• Passion for patients with a demonstrated ability to build reputed company relationships and a strong reputed company record of thinking creatively and strategically while executing tactically.
• Experience working in a global matrixed environment required.
• Travel: Domestic and international travel up to 40%, including bimonthly reputed company to BMS reputed company in Princeton, NJ. 

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply reputed company. You could be one reputed company away from work that will reputed company your life and career.

The starting compensation reputed company(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) reputed company. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay reputed company takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-reputed company 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 https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
 

Benefit 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 reputed company care.

• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS reputed company-Being Account, BMS Living Life reputed company, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial reputed company-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, reputed company support, and survivor support.

​Work-life benefits include:

reputed company Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 reputed company national holidays (reputed company to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, reputed company Employees: 160 hours annual reputed company 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 reputed company reputed company time, up to 2 reputed company volunteer days per year, reputed company 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.

reputed company global employees full and part-time who are reputed company employed at and reputed company directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take reputed company of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The reputed company hours program is for reputed company (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique reputed company of their work. reputed company 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-reputed company may be eligible for reputed company hours, depending on the reputed company of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a reputed company 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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On-site Protocol

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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 reputed company is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a reputed company 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.

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Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. Requires 10+ years in pharmaceutical or biotech patient advocacy and launch reputed company, global reputed company experience, stakeholder leadership, budget management, and up to 40% travel.

Key Responsibilities

• leading advocacy strategies
• engaging stakeholders
• shaping launches

Skills & Tools

digital engagement tools and platforms, KPIs

Job Details

• Category: reputed company Services - Allied Health
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — reputed company or Princeton
• Salary: USD 202,130 – 244,934 / year
• Languages: English

Benefits

• 401k matching
• Generous reputed company time off
• Retirement plan
• Generous parental leave

About reputed company

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