Associate Director, Packaging and Serialization

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PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

The Associate Director, Packaging and Serialization provides technical and strategic leadership to ensure compliant, robust, and sustainable pharmaceutical packaging and serialization solutions across the global BMS supply network.

This role is accountable for defining and executing packaging and serialization strategies across BMS manufacturing sites, CMOs, and 3PLs, ensuring alignment with global regulatory requirements, enterprise standards, and product lifecycle needs. The position serves as a cross‑functional technical authority within MS&T Device & Packaging Technology, translating enterprise commitments into actionable, scalable solutions while maintaining product quality, regulatory compliance, and supply continuity.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead alignment of cross‑functional workstreams (e.g., Logistics, Quality, Master Data, Packaging; internal and external) with overall serialization objectives and interdependencies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with workstream stakeholders to drive awareness, understanding, ownership, and execution of serialization requirements aligned to their roles.
• Ensure serialization technical and non‑technical requirements are fully considered across workstreams and incorporated into negotiations with external partners (e.g., vendors, CMOs, 3PLs).
• Own and deliver serialization technical solutions to ensure timely and compliant execution across all global market regulatory requirements.
• Lead collaboration with alliance partners for serialization of existing products and new product introductions across all markets; guide internal teams to support alliance activities and ensure projects remain on track through closure.
• Manage serialization‑related commercial change management activities; serve as change control owner and/or impact assessor as required based on project scope.
• Oversee daily operational issues for commercial serialized products and develop serialization operational capabilities that drive efficiency, robustness, and long‑term sustainability.
• Support technical assessments associated with quality events, deviations, or alerts impacting serialized products or systems.
• Collaborate with Serialization Data operations to ensure sustainability and robustness of implemented serialization processes by aligning serialized data flow with physical product flow; remediate gaps as needed.
• Drive serialization continuous improvement through standardization, digitization, and automation to enhance efficiency, data integrity, and operational resilience.
• Ensure standardized implementation of serialization capabilities and recommend process improvements across BMS sites, CMOs, and 3PLs to support timely, efficient, and sustainable execution.
• Serve as subject matter expert in barcode standards and data carriers, including GS1 Standards, 2D DataMatrix, linear barcodes, and aggregation hierarchies.
• Lead or support serialization activities related to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including Day 1 readiness and post–Day 1 execution.
• Lead pharmaceutical secondary and tertiary package development activities from development through commercialization and lifecycle management.
• Provide subject matter expertise in packaging component selection, testing, and packaging process engineering; drive continuous improvement in packaging efficiency, reliability, and right-first-time performance.
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, supply chain, logistics, internal and external manufacturing sites, to successfully develop, transfer and launch packaged products for US and export markets.
• Lead packaging related investigations and root cause analysis.
• Mentor and coach team members and stakeholders on package development, package sustainability, and serialization best practices.
• Integrate sustainability principles into package design decisions, including material selection, component rationalization, size and fit optimization, and packaging configuration across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
• Serve as the packaging sustainability subject matter expert (SME) for internal stakeholders, project teams, and leadership forums.

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.

New Brunswick - NJ - US: $167,250 - $202,663

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
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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.

Candidate Rights

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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