Sr. Director, TAIP TA Lead – Trial Analytics, Insights, and Planning (TAIP)

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The Sr Director, TAIP TA Lead is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Head of the TAIP unit within Bristol Myers Squibb’s Trial Analytics, Insights, and Planning (TAIP) organization—an internal consulting team that drives clinical development excellence through data-driven insights, feasibility modelling, and strategic trial planning.

As the analytics lead for a therapeutic area (TA), you will be accountable for the end-to-end analytics strategy and execution across a global portfolio of clinical trials within that TA—level planning, overseeing delivery performance, and leading a team of analytics professionals across multiple levels and geographies. You will have direct reports across different levels of analysts, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, and performance management.

You will serve as a strategic partner to TA medical, clinical, and operational leadership, influencing decisions that directly impact trial timelines, cost, and quality. You will be responsible for providing hands-on support, and quality control across studies while coaching study-level analytics leads and coordinating cross-trial priorities. You will act as a sounding board and escalation point for delivery-focused team members and a trusted partner to TA medical, clinical, and operational leadership.

This role requires a strong foundation in both clinical trial science and applied analytics, along with the ability to translate insights into strategies that directly impact trial timelines and delivery outcomes. You will also play a key role in evolving TAIP capabilities, ensuring consistency across methods, fostering innovation, and driving measurable business impact.

We are hiring TAIP TA Leads with experience in one or more of the following areas: Oncology, Neuroscience, Cell Therapy, Hematology, Immunology, or Cardiovascular.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of direct reports, including performance management, career development, and day-to-day support

• Lead the analytics strategy and execution across a global portfolio of trials within your assigned TA

• Guide, support, and review work across study-level analytics leads, acting as both coach and strategic sounding board

• Track delivery progress across trials, escalating risks and ensuring alignment with trial milestones and enterprise priorities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to TA leadership, shaping trial strategy, feasibility, and portfolio-level planning through data-driven insights

• Ensure cross-trial consistency and innovation in forecasting, feasibility modelling, performance dashboards, and protocol analytics

• Promote global collaboration, coordinating across teams to ensure effective, scalable delivery

• Lead discussions on cost implications of country mix and study design decisions at the portfolio level

• Promote study optimization analytics across trials, including evaluation of patient and site burden and competitive landscape data

• Coordinate field-based insights into TA-wide feasibility and site prioritization approaches

• Champion use of platforms, tools, and data infrastructure that support delivery excellence

• Integrate analytics with clinical supply planning where relevant to ensure delivery-readiness

• Contribute to the enterprise evolution of TAIP, defining best practices, mentoring talent, and elevating analytics standards across trials

• Applies critical thinking to analyze complex data, challenge assumptions, and generate strategic, evidence-based recommendations

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Preferred advanced