Associate Director, Clinical Integration & Enablement, Clinical Supply Chain Business Capabilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and oversee a team of Managers and Specialists who support IRT, CSCL, and other CSC business capabilities.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, encouraging team members to achieve their full potential.
• Business support for CSC operational activities:
  • Assist the Director of Clinical Integration and Enablement (CI&E) with compiling, maintaining, and monitoring the CSC portion of the R&D portfolio budget (inclusive of IRT, Logistics, and Comparator support) to achieve established CSC R&D Savings Targets.
  • Provide input into monthly budget projections and contribute to the preparation of formal corporate projections.
  • Oversee contracts administration, financial metrics and ad-hoc reporting for the CSC organization by leading individuals responsible for executing and managing contract activities, ensuring compliance, efficiency, value creation, and adherence to financial targets.
• Logistical support and Operations Management:
  • Within the APAC region, oversee operations across a network of distribution centers, ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and supporting the distribution needs of BMS clinical trials for Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs).
  • Support the collection of relevant metrics, conduct analysis to support budget and expense management, vendor performance management, and continuous improvement goals.
  • Oversee Returns and Destruction operations across a network of distribution centers, ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and supporting the compliance needs of BMS clinical trials for Investigational Medicinal Products.
  • Work with 3rd party and internal partners to monitor and drive returns and destruction reporting, evaluation, trending, and operational activities to reflect the BMS portfolio, business model, and evolving regulations.
• IRT Study Support and Vendor Management:
  • Ensure an excellent level of support and service is provided by on site IRT personnel to promote seamless execution and alignment with IRT study objectives.
  • Support time zone appropriate departmental audits.
  • Manage vendor contractual obligations in conjunction with Global Procurement through documents such as Master Services Agreement, Quality Agreement, Service Level Agreement, rate cards, etc
• Additional tasks within scope of expertise and experience as assigned by the supervisor in pursuit of BMS goals.
• Evaluate and refine operational processes to yield strategic improvements, cost savings and operational efficiencies.
• Provide regular feedback to division and departmental heads of personnel within IRT, CSCL, and other CSC business capabilities functions.

Qualification & Requirements

• Undergraduate/graduate degree in business, science, supply chain management or related field.
• Certification in supply chain, clinical research, or logistics (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, APICS) is preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in supply chain operations, logistics, budget management, operational excellence, or related fields in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team while fostering collaboration and honing individual strengths.
• Strong interpersonal skills to drive team engagement and lead organizational change initiatives.
• Proficiency in managing financial operations, budgeting, and contract administration.
• Expertise in facilitating and overseeing Interactive Response Technology (IRT) studies and systems is highly desirable.
• Thorough understanding of supply chain logistical systems, including transportation, distribution, returns, and destruction across multiple regions is highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial processes and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) handling.
• Experience in driving regulatory compliance across functions.
• Effective conflict resolution and relationship management skills across departments and external partners.
• Ability to oversee multiple ongoing projects, prioritize timelines, manage resources, and align projects with organizational goals.
• Advanced organizational skills, negotiation skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proficient with MS Office suite

Benefits

Rewards & Recognition
We recognize, reward and celebrate those who consistently embody our mission and behaviors to reach above and beyond, driving our business forward. We do this in a few ways:

• Compensation: Our competitive compensation program aligns with a pay-for-performance culture and an unwavering commitment to the company’s mission. We provide competitive base salaries and significant opportunities to earn variable compensation in the form of annual bonuses and/or stock-based compensation.
• Recognition Awards: We believe in the power of “thank you“ and celebrating the extraordinary behaviors, efforts and achievements of our employees. With our global Bravo platform, you can recognize fellow employees from across the aisle or around the world, encouraging others to join in through social recognition.

Financial / Savings
When you participate in our tax-advantaged 401(k) plan, we match your contribution dollar-for-dollar up to 6% of eligible pay for U.S. employees. (excludes employees who participate in a collective bargaining agreement)

Time off

• Extended Time Off: For extended absences, paid and unpaid leaves, we offer extended time away from work so you can focus on what is important to you, such as adoptions, family and parent care. Our policies are designed to be inclusive of the diversity of families at all life stages and to help you bring your best energy to the important work we do each day for patients.
• Vacation: Beginning with your hire, we offer three weeks of vacation. Vacation time increases to four weeks at five years of service, five weeks at 15 years of service and six weeks at 25 or more years of service.
• Holidays: Ten fixed holidays and three optional holidays for celebrations that are meaningful to you. There is also a global shutdown for most sites during the last week in December.
• Sick Time: Paid time off for illness, and short-term and long-term disability plans for an extended absence mean you can focus on one thing: healing.

Life, Work & Family
Our benefits extend to all employees’ spouses, both opposite-sex and same-sex, as well as children.

• Flexible Ways of Working: We offer the opportunity to explore creative approaches to work that can help you be more effective and still meet business results. The company’s goal is to offer flexible options to better serve employees’ diverse needs and enhance bottom line results. Flexible hours, summer hours and work from home options offered at most U.S. based offices.
• Childcare Onsite: On campus full-time, part-time, back-up daycare, and summer camp programs available at many of our larger offices.

Health & Well-Being

• Health Care & Employee Health Services: We provide competitive medical and dental plans as well as our Living Life Better wellness program and, at our larger campuses, onsite employee health services that offer annual health screenings, flu shots, travel advice, job-related medical surveillance.
• Living Life Better: To support steps to a healthier life, we offer a web-based wellness platform that provides a number of health resources including online and telephonic health coaching, with the opportunity to earn wellness incentives through healthy actions.
• Fitness Centers: Available for membership at our larger campuses, fitness centers provide a wide range of workout equipment and classes.
• Pharmacy Benefits: When you enroll in one of our medical plans, pharmacy benefits are included.