Senior Specialist, Compliance Operations

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Summary/Scope

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is a global biopharmaceutical company engaged primarily in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of human diseases.

The Lab Planning and Execution group is part of the Translational Science (TS) team within Translational Medicine (TM). TS leads internal and external diagnostic research & development activities to support multiple disease areas of interest including hematological malignancies, inflammatory disease programs, neuroscience, cardiovascular, fibrosis, and solid tumor indications. The TS team integrates scientific and business insights of multiple functions to provide innovative solutions that will make precision medicine a reality for the patients and health care providers we serve. 

This position, Senior Specialist, reports to the Director, Lab Planning and Execution and is accountable to support broad compliance activities to ensure regulations, standards, and requirements are met based on intended use of each laboratory within TM. The position supports the overall management of reagent, consumables, and equipment for the TM CLIA Laboratory. The position is to serve as a support and training resource for TS scientists using the LIMS and provide Quality Management System (QMS) role support within other applications and databases. The employee is required to provide cross-functional coordination support and work with cross-functional stakeholders for various compliance and/or operational efforts in support of the BMS pipeline.

Summary/Scope

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is a global biopharmaceutical company engaged primarily in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of human diseases.

The Lab Planning and Execution group is part of the Translational Sciences (TS) team with Translational Medicine (TM). TS leads internal and external diagnostic research & development activities to support multiple disease areas of interest including hematological malignancies, inflammatory disease programs, neuroscience, cardiovascular, fibrosis, and solid tumor indications. The TS team integrates scientific and business insights of multiple functions to provide innovative solutions that will make precision medicine a reality for the patients and health care providers we serve. 

This position, Senior Specialist, reports to the Director, Lab Planning and Execution and is accountable to support broad compliance activities to ensure regulations, standards, and requirements are met based on intended use of each laboratory within TM. The position supports the overall management of reagent, consumables, and equipment for the TM CLIA Laboratory. The position is to serve as a support and training resource for TS scientists using the LIMS and provide Quality Management System (QMS) role support within other applications and databases. The employee is required to provide cross-functional coordination support and work with cross-functional stakeholders for various compliance and/or operational efforts in support of the BMS pipeline.

Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supports broader compliance efforts across TM to ensure the requisite GxP standards are applied based on the intended use of the lab.

• Supports activities to maintain state of audit/inspection readiness of TM CLIA Laboratory; may participate in laboratory walkthroughs, QC of associated documentation, and/or audits/inspections/site visits.

• Performs incoming inspection, and supports labeling and reagent release activities for TM