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Bristol Myers Squibb Senior Director, Development Real-World Data Strategy in Lawrence Township, New Jersey
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The Real-World Data Analytics, Innovation & Partnerships (RWDAIP) Senior Director, Development Real-World Data (RWD) Strategy is responsible for the compliant design, development and execution of BMS’ Global (US and ex-US) development RWD strategy and ecosystem, including: delivering a strategy that reflects BMS’ current data environment, prioritized assessment of data needs / gaps, ongoing monitoring of active and potential opportunities, cultivating and maintaining innovative RWD partnerships & alliances, and proactive development of RWD assets. The role requires a thorough understanding of BMS’ research priorities, innovation initiatives, experience working in development (early and late) and commercial space, mastery of clinical, genomic, specialty pharmacy, traditional, and emerging RWD resources both inside and external to BMS, a strong objective, execution focus to deliver a robust data infrastructure tuned to a broad set of customer needs, and excellent communication skills to establish strong links with strategic senior leaders across the organization. Success in this role will require a strong presence in discussions with senior leaders, constant attention to changing priorities and needs, readiness to proactively develop solutions in the market where none yet exist, and a collaborative approach as this role is embedded in matrix teams to ensure visibility and exchange of information.
Responsibilities:
Deliver BMS’ RWD strategy and ecosystem covering existing, emerging and developmental data sources compliantly and in alignment with BMS’ business priorities, focused on business value and impact
Direct the RWD strategy process including leadership of matrix teams providing research priorities and expert contributors to assess and recommend data opportunities; lead data strategy working group operations supporting data assessments with functional SMEs
Lead, manage and develop the global RWDS team with team members based globally and working in multiple different hybrid working models (e.g. office based and remote by design roles)
Engage at the senior level of the organization to design and build early development solutions for unmet needs and incorporation of RWD into regulatory filings (e.g. external control arms)
Optimize an objective RWD assessment process that brings forward potential value and fit including recommendations on engagement: license, partner to build data products, projects only, or not engage
Collaborate to build custom RWD assets/solutions / products with vendors / suppliers to address high-priority gaps in data sources
Lead design and implementation of compliant utilization (e.g. pooling, dynamic borrowing, etc) of RWD assets to support pooling for regulatory submissions
Collaborate with cross functional leadership teams including: Research, Development (early and late), Translational Bioinformatics, Commercial, Value and Access, and Medical in identifying RWD priorities, use cases and gaps and with external partners in aligning data, platform and capability opportunities with BMS’ needs
Lead and manage strategic data alliances to assure analytical readiness of data and optimize utilization of assets by internal stakeholders
Provide BMS functions with consultative support on RWD strategy, opportunities, assessments and innovations to ensure high quality, value-driven research projects
Establish and maintain the innovative uses of RWD and capabilities to support those uses broadly throughout BMS
Partner with IT (Enterprise Information Management, IT Business Partners, plus) to create and maintain a comprehensive data catalog of licensed & landscaped data assets and associated metadata / descriptive statistics to maximize the value of each asset to the organization
Assess global data and analytics environment, public and private, to ensure current views are comprehensive across geographies and engagement points
Partner with IT (Enterprise Information Management, IT Business Partners, plus) on business requirements and delivery of evolving advanced analytics ecosystem; ensure access to externally hosted databases / platforms is streamlined and secure to mitigate risk
Design and implement a global RWD governance process encompassing business components-work with IT on automating and linking business components with technical governance processes; Promote the mitigation of risk through centralized RWD licensing and governance
Lead global organizational transparency and education around RWD through partnering with key stakeholders GP, Legal (SCT & Privacy), and EIM to design and roll out eLearning modules on RWD (1) compliance, (2) acquisition, and (3) appropriate use to mitigate risk
Design an enabling data acquisition process to ensure appropriate RWD fit for BMS; partner with Legal to embed this process with global SOPs
Ensure BMS complies with Anti-Kickback, Transparency (Sunshine Act), HIPAA, GDPR (and other local regulations), plus; lead financial and FMV assessments, determining value of potential licensed assets
Lead RWD transparency, compliance and education ensuring RWD remain a BMS corporate asset
Qualifications
Master degree in research or quantitative field required; PhD preferred
15+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical health services, outcomes, pharmaco-epidemiologic or related field; experience with clinco-genomic data a significant plus
12+ years’ experience using retrospective healthcare data sets (traditional & emerging), clinical study data and clinico-genomic data in the conduct of epidemiologic, economic and/or operational research
Expertise leveraging RWD throughout the development life cycle (Discovery, Early/Late Development, and Commercialization)
Experience in developing and managing integrated data sources leveraging tokenization
Extensive Experience with US and ex-US data collaborators and licensors; a broad and deep understanding of the global RWD landscape Understanding of global privacy regulations (HIPAA, GDPR, plus) and risks of non-compliance
Expertise in data ecosystem design, data management and governance
Experience building custom, complex RWD products to meet needs across all disease areas
Thorough understanding solid tumor and hematology as well as non-oncology disease areas
Cross-functional knowledge of pharmaceutical lifecycle especially R&D, new product development and commercial data strategy needs including: Medical, Value and Access, plus
Experience working with various RWD channels in early development pre / post launch in oncology, hematology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and/or neuroscience therapeutic areas
Ability to synthesize information from a broad matrix of functional partners into a unified strategy
Extensive experience with partner engagement and alliance management in the development, licensing and application of data to a complex array of research needs and priorities
Thorough technical and scientific understanding of observational research methods
Knowledge of research applications used in the conduct of health services research including SAS, R, Python, SQL, Tableau plus • Strong consulting and influencing skills and proven capabilities in senior stakeholder engagement and matrix team leadership
Proven strong writing and oral communication skills • Awareness of the drug development and commercialization process
Thorough understanding of data platform technologies (access, visualize analytical), databases, data quality assessment and data curation processes
Experience with HCP enterprise data environments
Success working with IT on capabilities that maximize understanding and utilization of current data assets
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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1577952
Updated: 2024-04-30 01:45:15.354 UTC
Location: Lawrence Township-NJ
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