Associate Director, Thoracic and Head & Neck Cancers Medical Communications

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Position Summary

Position is an individual contributor who reports to the Director of Thoracic and Head & Neck Cancers Medical Communications within the Medical Communications organization under Scientific Communications & Engagement, which is part of Global Medical Affairs, and is responsible for the strategy and execution of medical communication plans within the therapeutic area and asset/indication, worldwide (WW) and in the US market. The Thoracic Cancers Medical Communications lead will ensure communications for scientific exchange (publications and scientific content) related to the science and/or health economic value of BMS products and research data to inform healthcare providers (HCPs), patients, and payers in accordance with local regulations.

Key Responsibilities

A core member of the Thoracic and Head & Neck Cancers Medical Communications team, the Associate Director of Thoracic Cancers for WW/US Medical Communications, with a primary focus on publications, is accountable for the following:

Medical Communications Strategy:

• Drive integrated scientific communications planning to establish a clear, viable, and compelling strategy for medical communications for assigned asset(s)/indication(s) within the therapeutic and disease area, aligned with overall Medical vision, strategy, and objectives

• Understand the communication needs across the therapeutic area and disease area that incorporate and align with enterprise-level strategies for the development and execution of functionally integrated publication plans and scientific content plans, with application and pull-through to Scientific Communication Platforms and Scientific Narratives

• Lead and support as needed the development and execution of functionally integrated and aligned medical communications plans to ensure timely, high-quality journal submissions, publications, congress presentations, and delivery of internal and external scientific content; adjust communications plans in accordance with clinical trial results/milestones and changes in the healthcare landscape and in alignment with WW Medical and US Medical market-level strategy

• Project strong business acumen and ability to interface with matrix partners to prioritize tactics within Medical Communications budget targets and work within allocated resources

Data Dissemination:

• Provide expert scientific guidance, subject-matter expertise, and support to cross-functional BMS internal audiences related to the scientific communication landscape in the therapeutic and disease area, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, data disclosure/dissemination, and represent BMS scientific communications to external investigators, key authors, and journal editors

• Demonstrate scientific/research expertise to support the establishment of strong working collaborations with both internal and external disease-area experts to ensure quality data analysis, interpretation, communication planning, and data disclosure/dissemination

• Promote and reinforce principles among authors and internal publication stakeholder community, ensuring publications are authored, written, and reviewed according to publication best practices and BMS standards and policies and for ensuring BMS publication & scientific content standards are aligned with Good Publication Practices and industry standards, and all BMS employees engaged in publication activities follow Good Publication Practices guidance with the highest degree of integrity, quality and transparency

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the Medical matrix and other Scientific Communications & Engagement colleagues to levera