Sr. Manager. Clinical Trial Payments

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Key Responsibilities:

• Line managerial accountability for Clinical Trial Payment Analysts.

• Drive performance management, coaching, and career development plans. Contribute to compensation decisions and talent retention. Foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Drive and oversee centralized clinical trial payment operations including Ende to End PO management and Invoice/payment management across CROs, sites, labs, IRBs/ECs, and other vendors.

• Ensure compliance validation (budget, PO match, study match, vendor match) and quality control of payment processes.

• Monitor site payment performance through reporting and alert systems; proactively resolve escalations.

• Act as point of contact for complex vendor and sites payment issues across studies and geographies.

• Champion the use of BMS systems (SAP, Ariba, CTMS/Veeva, SharePoint, GCO Tracker/Request Portal) to ensure accuracy, transparency, and efficiency in payment workflows.

• Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Outsourcing Management, Finance, Procurement, CROs/vendors, and study teams to ensure seamless payment execution.

• Influence cross-organizational processes and initiatives to strengthen financial governance.

• Represent Payments in department leadership forums and contribute to enterprise-wide improvement efforts.

• Provide insights updates and recommendations to Sr Leadership, stakeholders on vendor/site payment trends and risks.

• Lead or contribute to payment process optimization initiatives across Clinical Operations, Outsourcing Management, Finance, Procurement and Finance.

• Contribute in developing standardized templates, tools, SOPs, and reporting dashboards to enhance transparency and efficiency.

• Share lessons learned and best practices across GTAC Centralized payment, internal and external stakeholders.

• Drive automation and digital adoption in payment processes leveraging SAP reporting, Ariba workflows, and CTMS integration.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Life Sciences, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum 8-10 years of pharmaceutical/clinical trial, Finance industry experience with at least 5 + years in vendor/site payment management.

• Demonstrated leadership experience in line management, talent development, and resource allocation.

• Advanced knowledge of SAP (including reporting functionality), Ariba, CTMS (Veeva preferred), SharePoint, and Microsoft Office suite.

• Good understanding of ICH/GCP, regulatory guidelines, and financial governance in clinical trials.

• Proven ability to manage large volumes of time-sensitive deliverables with strategic oversight.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills across cross-functional, multi-cultural teams.

• Strong organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills; ability to thrive in complex, ambiguous environments.

• High adaptability, urgency, and accountability in balancing multiple priorities.

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.

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

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

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