Associate Director, AI Policy and Channel

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Role Overview

The Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence, Policy and Channel (AIPC) is a senior technical leader who sits at the intersection of advanced data science and commercial strategy at BMS. This role goes beyond hands-on technical delivery — it requires the ability to shape how AI and machine learning are applied across BMS's commercial operations, while leading a team and driving broad organizational adoption.

The Associate Director provides AI-driven insights that help BMS anticipate and respond to channel-level business trends, payer contract dynamics, legislative policy shifts, and new indication launches. In a rapidly evolving reimbursement and pricing landscape, this role is critical for maintaining BMS's agility and effectiveness across Market Access and Commercial operations. The Associate Director acts as a key bridge between technical teams and senior business stakeholders, translating complex analytical outputs into commercial decisions that matter.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership and ML Pipeline Development

• Architect and Oversee ML Pipelines: Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, end-to-end machine learning pipelines that solve critical business challenges in Market Access, Pricing, and Value Demonstration.

• Drive Technical Standards: Set and enforce best practices for reliability, scalability, and maintainability across all deployed solutions, including CI/CD workflows, version control (Git/GitHub), MLOps, and workflow orchestration.

• Apply Advanced Modeling Techniques: Direct the application of time series forecasting, Monte Carlo simulations, supervised/unsupervised learning, and emerging technologies such as NLP and Large Language Models (LLMs) to commercial business problems.

• Automate and Scale: Oversee the automation of complex data workflows (e.g., biopharmaceutical rebates, contracts, government policies), ensuring solutions are robust and ready for real-time decision support.

• Stay Ahead of the Curve: Proactively evaluate and introduce new AI/ML technologies and frameworks that can strengthen BMS's commercial analytics capabilities.

2. Strategic Program Oversight

• Translate Strategy into Delivery: Work closely with the Director, AIPC to execute on the multi-year AI program roadmap, ensuring individual workstreams are aligned with commercial priorities and organizational goals.

• Manage Competing Priorities: Balance technical delivery, innovation, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring focus remains on high-impact outcomes.

• Drive the GTN AI Accelerator: Play a lead role in extending the GTN AI Accelerator across BMS's portfolio — scaling forecasting models to additional brands, payer channels, and product archetypes (e.g., specialty pharmacy, medical benefit).

• Governance and Compliance: Support adherence to program governance standards, regulatory requirements, and budget targets across all AI initiatives.

3. Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build Strategic Partnerships: Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with cross-functional teams including Business Insights & Technology, Commercialization, Finance, Brand, and Market Access groups to co-develop solutions that align with business priorities.

• Lead Requirements Gathering: Engage directly with brand finance directors, pricing and access leads, and forecasting teams to define AI solution requirements and ensure outputs meet real business needs.

• Bridge Technical and Business Worlds: Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams and non-technical senior stakeholders, translating model results and insights into clear, decision-ready strategies.

• Drive Adoption: Champion the integration of AI tools into core business workflows, ensuring stakeholders understand, trust, and actively use AI-driven insights in their decision-making.

• Executive Communication: Present confidently to senior leadership and diverse stakeholder groups, clearly communicating model performance, business impact, and strategic implications.

4. AI Product Lifecycle Management

• Own the Full Lifecycle: Take end-to-end ownership of AI products — from initial ideation and requirements definition through development, deployment, integration, and ongoing performance monitoring.

• Plan and Execute Delivery: Develop detailed project plans that align with business timelines, ensuring high-quality delivery against key milestones (e.g., integration into the Anaplan forecasting platform, rollout to new brands).

• Measure and Improve: Conduct post-deployment impact analysis to validate business value and drive continuous improvement through structured stakeholder feedback loops.

• Adapt to Change: Incorporate evolving market data, policy changes, and new commercial priorities into existing models and solution roadmaps.

5. Team Leadership and People Development

• Lead Technical Projects: Drive technical projects from conception through delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical excellence throughout.

• Mentor and Guide: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior data scientists and analysts, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.

• Foster a Learning Culture: Create an environment that encourages knowledge sharing, experimentation, and continuous skills development, consistent with BMS's people values.

• Enable Matrixed Collaboration: Effectively collaborate across teams and influence outcomes without formal authority, driving delivery across organizational boundaries.

• Support Talent Acquisition: Partner with the Director, AIPC on hiring plans, candidate evaluation, and onboarding of new team members.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a quantitative field — Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or equivalent.

• Preferred: Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, or a closely related field.

Experience

• Minimum 5–7 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions to solve complex, real-world business problems.

• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams or projects with measurable business outcomes.

• Proven track record of managing AI product lifecycles, from concept through deployment and iteration.

• Experience in biopharmaceutical, healthcare, or similarly complex commercial environments is strongly preferred.

Technical Skills

• Programming

  • Python (required); R or other statistical languages (a plus)

• Machine Learning

  • TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn; supervised, unsupervised & reinforcement learning

• Forecasting

  • Time series forecasting, Monte Carlo simulations

• Statistical Methods

  • Strong foundation in applied statistics for business problems

• MLOps & Cloud

  • CI/CD, Git/GitHub, MLOps workflows, AWS/Azure, Airflow/Dagster

• Advanced AI

  • NLP, LLMs (training/fine-tuning), agentic AI frameworks (preferred)

Soft Skills and Competencies

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect technical work to broader commercial goals and organizational strategy.

• Communication Excellence: Proven ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.

• Stakeholder Influence: Strong interpersonal skills with a track record of building relationships and driving alignment across functions.

• Ownership and Accountability: Takes initiative, drives projects to completion, and holds themselves and their team to high standards.

• Adaptability: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adjusting approaches in response to new data, policy changes, or shifting priorities.

• Inclusive Leadership: Committed to building a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive team environment.

Preferred Expertise

• Deep understanding of biopharmaceutical market access, pricing, value demonstration, and the reimbursement landscape.

• Familiarity with channel dynamics, payer contracting mechanisms, and the legislative policy environment affecting pharmaceutical commercialization.

• Experience operating effectively in matrixed organizations and driving outcomes across teams without formal authority.

Why Join BMS AIPC?

Performance — Deliver accelerated, high-impact technology and analytics initiatives that directly advance BMS's strategic goals.

Pipeline — Pioneer innovation that optimizes and accelerates the discovery of new medicines and the design, planning, and execution of our most critical studies.

People — Embrace innovation, own outcomes, and foster an inclusive, learning culture where people and technology grow together to accelerate impact.

Additional Notes

• This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership — candidates who excel in only one area may not be the right fit.

• The position involves regular collaboration across multiple business functions and, at times, geographies — flexibility and adaptability are essential.

• Occasional travel may be required for stakeholder meetings, team events, or collaboration sessions.

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

Princeton - NJ - US: $167,540 - $203,013

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 employee’s 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 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 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.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
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On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

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 presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive 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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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