Scientific Advisor, Cardiology & Pipeline

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Role Summary:

The Scientific Advisors embodies our medical mission by serving as a trusted, agile partner who engages in influential dialogue and delivers timely, high impact data and insights that advance science or accelerate access, shape medical practice, and drive appropriate adoption of BMS medicines.

 

The Scientific Advisor, Cardiology role is a blend of field-based and office-based time; the proportion depending on the life cycle for the compound/therapeutic area of responsibility. It is anticipated that a scientific advisor fulfilling their internal and external duties will spend a minimum of 60 percent of their time in the field with external customers. SAs will perform their activities in an ethical and compliant manner, in adherence with all BMS policies and external laws and regulations. The Scientific Advisor is responsible for actively engaging with Thought Leaders and to serve as the Therapeutic Area (TA) reference point within their geographic scope. The SA is responsible to design and deliver the medical plan, provide medical support to internal matrix partners, and foster effective and open relationships with the partners. Support the development Brand Strategies in collaboration with BMS commercial teams, by communicating medical insight and knowledge about the product or disease area, with reference to patients’ needs and treatment trends.

 

Key Responsibilities

External Environment and Customer Focus

• Actively profile the medical landscape in the country within the Disease Area and continuously update this knowledge, including knowledge and expertise in pipeline, products, patient treatment trends, unmet medical needs, clinical trials, and scientific activities.

• Develop and maintain Thoughts Leaders-TLs/Health Care Professionals-HCPs engagement plan.

• Using various channels (1:1, group presentations, remote engagements) proactively or reactively interact with TLs/HCPs via face-to-face meetings, web-conferences, teleconferences, e-mail, etc.,

• Contribute to involvement of TLs in local and/or Global Development Organization-GDO driven studies, Compassionate Use Program-CUP/Early Access Programs-EAPs and other scientific activities.

• Identify the need for and execute local Advisory Boards,

• Effectively present scientific information to HCPs ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures, ethical and legal guidelines, and directives.

• Propose scientifically meaningful medical programs such as Continuous Medical Educational Programs and Symposia and ensure flawless execution of such activities.

• Identify potential speakers for BMS educational programs and ensure that these speakers receive all necessary product and disease state training,

• Provide scientific information to and collaborate with relevant local functions.

• Understand the competitive landscape and proactively prepare to address informational needs.

• Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to inform strategy development

• Prepare early portfolio readiness materials by integrating scientific evidence, key clinical narratives, and core value messages to support cross-functional launch planning and informed decision-making.

• Drive early engagement by mapping the end-to-end patient journey and analyzing the treatment landscape to identify unmet needs, stakeholder touchpoints, and strategic opportunities for the portfolio.

 

Medical Planning/Executions

• Delivers scientifically meaningful medical programs and ensure flawless execution of medical activities to support overarching medical plan execution (e.g. Advisory Boards, Expert Exchange Meeting, Satellite Symposia, etc.)

• Contributes to the development of Brand Plans and Brand Strategies by communicating medical insight and product or disease area knowledge with reference to patients needs and treatment trends,

• Participates in the development of the Local Medical Plan contribute to the overall Brand Plan by leveraging medical insight and product or disease area knowledge of recent scientific publications,

• Works with the PV responsible to help ensure that all the information regarding AEs in the field is collected, to facilitate the correct and transparent communication of AEs internally and to the competent Health Authorities externally.

• Partner with Regulatory and Market Access teams to develop an integrated planning strategy that anticipates requirements and timelines, ensuring a clear in-market patient access pathway for the portfolio.

Medical Support Clinical Trial Activities

• Contribute to the initial and ongoing medical/scientific disease area and product-specific training of internal BMS stakeholders (specifically to Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal Counsel and Market Access), Investigational Site staff, Site Managers and Monitors in BMS products.

• Contribute to supervising and coordinating the development of the medical / scientific sections of pricing and reimbursement files.

• Contribute to the development and review of non- promotional material (consistent with the Non-Promotional Review SOP) and participates in the review process of Risk Minimization Materials / ARMA materials.

• Accelerate start-up and in-market performance of priority clinical studies by proactively addressing site needs, enabling investigator engagement, and partnering cross-functionally to remove execution barriers.

Medical support for internal stakeholders

• Contribute to the initial and ongoing medical/scientific disease area and product-specific training of internal BMS stakeholders (specifically to Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal Counsel and Market Access), Investigational Site staff, Site Managers and Monitors in BMS products.

• Contribute to supervising and coordinating the development of the medical / scientific sections of pricing and reimbursement files.

• Contribute to the development and review of non- promotional material (consistent with the Non-Promotional Review SOP) and participates in the review process of Risk Minimization Materials/ARMA materials.

Compliance

• Endorse and implement a culture of compliance,

• Adhere to all internal and external rules and regulations,

• Alert management or the Compliance Department to any possible compliance issues,

• Act as a role model who demonstrates consistent ethical and professional behavior.

              

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced scientific or medical degree (PharmD, PhD, MD).

• +2 years of industry experience in Cardiology disease area with a customer-facing role with thought leaders and key customers (mandatory).

• Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams including clinical, commercial, regulatory, pharmacovigilance and health outcomes as well as market-based medical colleagues.

• Ability to communicate scientific or clinical data in an understandable and valuable manner to help HCPs best serve their patients,

• Experience with investigator sponsored research, non-registrational studies, and early patient access programs preferred,

• Highly organized and motivated individual possessing excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Key competencies desired

• Expert knowledge in Cardiology disease area.

• Experience in the local health care environment & knowledge of local regulations.

• Developing field medical plans aligned with medical and overall disease & product objectives.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Fluent in English.

• Compliance & Integrity.

Travel Required

• Travel 60% required

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.

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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.

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R1601598 : Scientific Advisor, Cardiology & Pipeline