Senior Director, Development Evaluation and Strategy - Cardiovascular/Neuroscience

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The Senior Director of Development Evaluation and Strategy (Cardiovascular and Neuroscience) is responsible for the execution of company-sponsored clinical collaborations between BMS development and external partners. As the member of a highly dynamic cross-functional matrix team, specific responsibilities include:

• Execute the strategy for clinical collaborations across Cardiovascular and Neuroscience by implementing a future-forward view of disruptive technologies and next-generation assets and platforms.

• Act as a key partner with Business Development (Search & Evaluation, Transactions, and Licensing/Acquisition Teams), Commercial and broader R&D organization to support comprehensive assessments of external opportunities including new platforms and assets for the Cardiovascular and Neuroscience Franchise

• Able to influence key business development and alliance management transactions, providing meaningful strategic and practical advice from a R&D perspective.

• Establish strong external focus on partnerships to continue to build a franchise reputation that attracts innovators to bring their ideas to BMS.

• Independently represent late clinical development in due diligence activities on external assets and provide clear evaluation of the technical risks and benefits of an asset.

• Implementation of clinical collaboration once agreement executed.

• Lead the design and develop appropriate clinical development plans and clinical trials to test scientific hypothesis and enable further development of the collaboration goals; this may include trials for registration intent or for medical informing data generation intent.

• Monitor progress of trials with BMS assets under clinical collaborations in partnership with Alliance Management

• Take into account the overall development plans and status of all programs across both the early and late Development Teams (not limited to the specific assigned/project level indications) to better execute external clinical collaborations, BD assessments and diligence.

• Assess, navigate and integrate inputs from key internal disciplines and stakeholders; work closely with colleagues in BMS Research, Development, Regulatory, Medical, Commercial and other key functional areas on a global basis.

• Represent Development Evaluation and Strategy at biotech (BIO/JPM) and scientific conference meetings with external companies.

Degree Requirements

• Advanced degree in life sciences preferred (M.D, Ph.D. or PharmD)

Experience Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in drug development as a scientist/physician leader across drug development in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Background in Cardiovascular and/or Neuroscience and a deep understanding and direct experience in cardiovascular and/or neuroscience (neurodegenerative disease preferred) clinical development.

• The successful candidate will understand early-stage drug development issues, experience designing and conducting Phase II and Phase III clinical trials; demonstrable success filing regulatory dossiers and prosecuting them through approval is desirable.

• Experience in business development, particularly helping to evaluate the technical and franchise aspects for potential in-licensing opportunities that shape the Cardiovascular and/or Neuroscience clinical development strategy preferred.

Key Competency Requirements

• Demonstrated excellent skills in clinical development activities including the clinical components of regulatory submission(s)

• Strong analytical skills, an ability to evaluate scientific data and medical literature and extrapolate their applicab