Associate Director, Environmental Risk Assessment

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Our EHS & Sustainability Enablement team is responsible for the safe, sustainable, and cost-effective construction, operation and maintenance of world-class facilities that enable the discovery, development and delivery of innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. EHS & Sustainability Enablement Services engages the BMS global network to develop and deliver the corporate energy, water, and greenhouse gas sustainability goals while driving energy cost efficiencies and reliability enhancements through robust utilities strategies, initiatives, and operational innovations. Here, you’ll get the chance to pursue innovative ideas, and advance professionally alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Position Summary

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a growing and passionate team that is focused on being a world class Product Stewardship group within Bristol Myers Squibb’s Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Enablement organization. As a member of the Product Stewardship group, the successful applicant will be primarily responsible for the development of a company-wide approach to perform GLP environmental fate/effects studies and environmental risk assessments according to appropriate international regulatory guidelines. This role will lead and participate on diverse multi-functional teams to deliver on-time and on-budget GLP studies and environmental risk assessments necessary to support successful clinical trials and drug registrations around the world. In addition to working on environmental risk assessments, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to participate in other aspects of the Product Stewardship program (e.g., global research projects, environmental support of sites, extended producer responsibility, chemical registrations, hazard communication). This role will also act as the primary back up for the program lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as company subject matter expert on environmental risk assessments and environmental fate/effects studies focused on global regulatory frameworks, technical knowledge and emerging scientific trends; Lead matrix teams in the preparation of environmental risk assessments to support drug product registrations and chemical registrations worldwide
• Plan, monitor and evaluate external environmental fate and effects studies conducted according to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) requirements
• Monitor and anticipate technical/regulatory developments in environmental risk assessment practices and testing approaches
• Participate on industry trade group committees assessing the environmental relevance of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and related topics
• Provide technical environmental support for chemical regulations (e.g., REACH, GHS/CLP) and site emission evaluations

Qualifications & Experience

• Masters degree in toxicology or related discipline or Ph.D. in toxicology or related discipline preferred (e.g., environmental science, environmental health, environmental fate)
• Expertise in chemical fate is a plus; DABT certification (or similar) preferred, but not required
• Minimum 10 years of risk assessment or related experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech, chemical or pesticide industry; experience with genetically modified organisms is a plus
• Expertise with GLP regulations, environmental fate and effects studies and environmental risk assessment frameworks; modeling expertise is a plus
• Familiarity with chemical registration frameworks is a plus
• Demonstrated skill