Bristol-Myers Squibb Hiring For Associate Director, Global Biospecimen Management at Hyderābād, Telangana Full Time

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Functional Area Description

Support the strategic and tactical planning as well as operational management of biospecimens, which contribute to asset development.  Our functional teams ensure timely availability of high quality, accurate, and annotated digital and biological specimens; along with managing biospecimen information, driven by end-to-end visibility and best in class logistics.

Position Summary

Associate Director, Biospecimen Operations will work closely with our Biospecimen Planning Lead and Clinical Teams, to develop and implement biospecimen management plans for BMS-sponsored Full and Late phase clinical trials, and externally acquired biospecimens. Members of this team will develop and execute asset and protocol-level biospecimen strategies, and work across the organization and with BMS’s partners to implement and project manage efforts to execute these strategies. Critical to this role is the ability to provide innovative solutions to oversee timelines for specimen data delivery and thereby, enabling quick decision-making and ensuring BMS’s continuous competitive advantage. The individual will be responsible for supporting biospecimen management for the Full and Late Development assets, with opportunities to contribute toward optimizing work streams cross functionally, throughout the organization as it relates to biospecimens. The individual will be responsible for supporting biospecimen management for the Late and Full Development assets, with opportunities to contribute toward optimizing work streams cross functionally throughout the organization as it relates to biospecimens.

Position Responsibilities

Conducts tasks in support of Operations-based scope, for highly complex studies, expertly with no supervision.

Ability to support and think at program level, for Strategic Specimen Planning and Development (SSPED) and biological Specimen Management Plan (SpMP) processes, expertly for highly complex assets, with no supervision. Drive and complete operational tasks dependent on these processes.

Shipping/sample movement mgmt. including requests, query and inventory reports, follow up active issues with vendors, complete sample mgmt. related reports in support of BSOL team, review/prep tracking activities (like vendor manifests/inventories, tissue/blood match pairing, deleted/non-viable samples, loading documents to Shared Drive folders, etc.).

Expertly reviews all biospecimen related sections of the clinical study protocol, providing comparison of vendor statement of work and biospecimen relevant sections and feedback.

Can identify and resolve vendor related issues, in addition to vendor management responsibilities.

Able to request and/or access necessary vendor/system inventory files to perform specimen tracking and Complex Data Integration with enrollment and vendor specimen inventory.

Able to expertly track biospecimens, and teach others using various tracking tools (MS Excel, Spotfire, Tableau or Polaris (if applicable)).

Able to expertly identify biospecimen related risks, with support from risk library as well as de novo. Able to provide mitigation proposals to stakeholders. Maintain risk library with up to date biospecimen related items. Expertly supports Critical to Quality (C2Q) process.

Maintain expert working knowledge of asset and study related biospecimen requirements. Has thorough knowledge of principles and concepts in other disciplines or areas of specialization. Demonstrates knowledge beyond own area of specialty. Makes decisions that require choosing between multiple options to resolve complex problems/issues.

Ensure completion of individual Study Transition Forms.

Might offer opportunity to manage direct/dotted-line reports

Degree Requirements
Scientific degree (AB/AS, BS, MS or higher), Project Management or equivalent experience.

Experience Requirements

Minimum of 5 years academic, biotech, healthcare, or pharmaceutical industry experience.

Expert understanding of clinical research including aspects such as: GCP, GLP, CLIA, data management, risk management, and regulatory issues.

Prior experience in biospecimen life cycle/operations, biospecimen result and data flows, compliance and management, vendor management.

MS Excel Intermediate/Expert

Key Competency Requirements

Demonstrated Clinical Trial Experience (Late/Full Development Preferred), healthcare/medical/laboratory or equivalent.

Vendor experience (e.g., Central Labs, Bioanalytical, Biomarker, CROs, Biospecimen Storage Vendors, etc.). Identifies and resolves cross functional vendor related issues, in addition to vendor management responsibilities. Services as an SME for vendor management.

Possesses skills to successfully manage direct reports and develop people. Develops and mentor junior staff to autonomously support trials.

Independently identify enterprise-wide issues and oversees initiatives for solutions. Makes decisions that may require developing new options to solve complex problems/issues.

Regularly adapts standard methods and processes, by applying breadth of knowledge and prior work experience. Well-versed in the drug discovery and development process. Demonstrates expert ability, imparts knowledge to others.

Ability to display skills for stakeholder management, including conflict and change management. Develops and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.

May represent the organization as prime contact on projects requiring cross-functional coordination inside and outside the company. Projects may be self-initiated.

Key representative on core team during inspections.

Incorporates and develops state-of-the art techniques to enhance productivity.

Superior time/organizational, critical thinking and analytical skills.  Manages and/or Leads Independent enterprise-minded projects and initiatives in addition to assigned BOW. Consistently exhibits the ability to prioritize BOW activities in a timely fashion during critical deadlines, with no supervision.

Often acts independently to achieve predetermined goals and objectives.

Ability to adopt a biopharma enterprise-wide and entrepreneurial mindset, to act with a sense of urgency, accountability, and integrity, and to have fun along the way.

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