Director, Biostatistics
Bristol Myers Squibb
Remote
$270,928 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
- Working with Us
- Challenging.
Read more:
careers.bms.com/working-with-us .- This position will prioritize the following:
- + •Drug Development experience within a pharma/biotech organization•+ •Oncology experience; especially late phase•+ •PhD•Working with Us•Challenging.
Read more:
careers.bms.com/working-with-us- Position Summary
- Director of Biostatistics is a member of cross-functional team and contributes to development of compounds within Oncology.
- Key Responsibilities
- Drives innovative and efficient study design. Develops study designs that address study objectives that will support regulatory approval, medical research and market access.
- Independently leads, initiates, and oversees the statistical support for the development of compounds within Oncology.
- Provides guidance and management to statisticians to ensure high quality and timely deliverables.
- Effectively engages as a matrix team member on high level development teams, to act as a scientific and strategic partner in the drug development process.
- Presents and defends complex statistical solutions to all levels of BMS governance, key stakeholders and external regulatory bodies in a clear, concise, complete, and transparent manner that provide influence on key decisions.
- Contributes to Clinical Development Plans, leads GBDS related submission activities, and post-submission strategies/ preparations/defenses.
- Provides statistical support and leadership to address health authority request, publication, presentation, and other public release of information.
- Compliant with BMS processes and SOPs, adherence to global and project standards within an indication or therapeutic area and responsible for quality of deliverable.
- Contributes to creation/maintenance of and provide training on statistical topics departmental SOPs.
- Provides guidance and management to statisticians to ensure high quality and timely deliverables.
- Manages a functional or project budget, and has authority to allocate company resources according to project needs, set priorities, and ensure consistency and adherence to standards therein.
- Represents BMS at professional societies, and in industry-wide technical discussions.
- Contributes to the statistical community of practice
- Provides active coaching to biostatistical team members when developing solutions to problems.
- Effectively communicates the GBDS Mission and Vision in a fashion that generates pride, excitement and commitment within GBDS.
- Enables a culture of inclusiveness, respect for diversity, compliance with process and allows for the questioning and challenging of others in a respectful and constructive manner.
- Applicable to people managers
- Effectively engages as an employee advocate and management coach/mentor to team members both internally and externally
- Provides leadership to empower and develop the team.
- Provides guidance to employee's development plans and carries out performance review and feedback.
- Develops performance metrics for staff.
- Qualifications & Experience
- PhD (9+ years experience) or MS (11+ years experience) in statistics or biostatistics or related scientific field with clinical trials, drug development, pharmaceutical industry or healthcare experience.
- Proficiency in scientific computing/programming (SAS, R or Python) and implementation of advanced statistical analysis, data manipulation, graphing & simulation.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing and organizational skills.
- Demonstrate expertise in applying knowledge of general and cutting edge statistical / clinical trials methodology to solve complex statistical problems in the clinical development area and ensure alignment with regulatory agencies and industry standards.
- Experience in preparing and participating in global regulatory agency interactions.
- Demonstrate excellent collaboration, organizational/ leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate development of approaches to enhance the Workforce Planning and Talent Management strategy of the internal and external talent pools within a therapeutic area.
- at least 3 years management (direct or matrix) experience is preferred (for people manager position only) If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
- Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
- With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science™, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary.
- On-site Protocol
- BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work.
Compensation Overview:
Cambridge Crossing:
$244,990- $296,867 Princeton
- NJ•
US:
$218,740- $265,060 The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis.
Our benefits include:
+Health Coverage:
- Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care. +
Wellbeing Support:
- Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). +
Financial Well-being and Protection:
- 401(k) plan, short
- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
- Work-life benefits include:
- Paid Time Off +
US Exempt Employees:
flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) +Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees:
160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility- , additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
Eligibility Disclosure:
- T he summer hours program is for United States (U.
- Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
- With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science™ , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary.
- On-site Protocol
- BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work.
- Supporting People with Disabilities
- BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles.
- Candidate Rights
- BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area. If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
- Data Protection
- We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process.
R1600243
: Director, BiostatisticsCompany:
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number:
R1600243
Updated:
- 2026-04-18 04:47:23.129 UTC
Location:
- Cambridge Crossing-MABristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer.
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