BristolMyers Squibb

Associate Director, Global Medical Cardiovascular, Mavacamten

BristolMyers Squibb$166K — $201K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, PA/NP)
  • 5+ years of experience in Medical Affairs within pharmaceutical or biotech
  • Global medical role supporting US execution experience preferred
  • Expertise in cardiovascular disease; HCM or rare disease experience preferred
  • Proven success partnering in complex, matrixed organizations
  • Prior experience in cardiovascular medical affairs, product launch, or clinical research preferred
  • Experience working in multi-functional project teams and managing external agencies

Responsibilities

  • Drive execution of the Global Medical plan for mavacamten with clear deliverables and timelines
  • Partner with Medical Market Leads to support US medical execution via global toolkits and scientific resources
  • Coordinate cross-functional alignment for timely execution of medical deliverables
  • Serve as a medical expert in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, integrating insights into global materials
  • Ensure scientific accuracy and usability of assigned workstreams for both Global and US deployment
  • Provide scientific guidance for internal stakeholders and manage risks/issues
  • Support the medical review and execution of abstracts, congress materials, and scientific resources

Benefits

  • Health Coverage including medical, dental, and vision care
  • Wellbeing programs such as Employee Assistance Programs
  • 401(k) plan and life insurance options
  • Unlimited flexible time off (with approval) and 11 paid national holidays
  • Additional time off for sick leave, volunteer days, and parental needs
  • Annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Full Job Description

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Global Medical Mavacamten is a key medical contributor responsible for driving execution of the Global Medical plan for mavacamten across its lifecycle in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), with a primary focus on enabling US medical execution. This role provides scientific and clinical leadership across global deliverables—including core content and scientific materials, congress planning support, medical education, and cross-functional scientific engagement—to ensure timely, high-quality support for US priorities and milestones.

The Associate Director operates in a highly collaborative environment with a diverse matrix team and partners closely with US Medical, Regional Market Medical, Medical Communications, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Safety, Market Access, Marketing, and Commercial teams. The successful candidate will translate global plans into practical execution—coordinating inputs, managing timelines, and ensuring scientific accuracy and consistency of materials—so US-facing activities are aligned, clinically meaningful, and responsive to the evolving HCM landscape.


Key Responsibilities

  • Drive execution of the Global Medical plan for mavacamten, translating priorities into clear deliverables, timelines, and cross-functional ways of working

  • Partner with Medical Market Leads to enable execution of US medical plans by providing global toolkits, scientific resources, and implementation support

  • Coordinate day-to-day cross-functional alignment (e.g., Medical Communications, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Safety, Market Access) to manage dependencies and ensure on-time, compliant execution of medical deliverables

  • Serve as a medical subject matter expert in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, monitoring the external landscape and incorporating new insights into global materials that support US needs

  • Own assigned execution workstreams ensuring materials are medically accurate, consistent, and usable for Global and US deployment

  • Provide scientific guidance and clinical context to support execution decisions across internal stakeholders, escalating risks/issues as appropriate

  • Execute elements of the global and US publication/content plan, supporting medical review of abstracts, manuscripts, congress materials, and external scientific resources (promotional and non-promotional, as required)

  • Support global and US congress planning and execution by coordinating scientific content development, internal reviews, and readiness activities to meet timelines

  • Support execution of the Thought Leader Engagement Strategy by coordinating planning, materials, and follow-up for key interactions (e.g., Advisory Boards) in partnership with US and regional teams, ensuring appropriate governance and transparency

  • Coordinate with cross-functional partners to ensure scientific engagement strategies are aligned, compliant, and appropriately governed

  • Act as a core member of the Global–US mavacamten medical and commercialization matrix teams, representing global execution workstreams and ensuring connectivity to US needs

  • Demonstrate strong cross-functional leadership in a matrixed environment, influencing without authority and driving timely alignment across Medical, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Safety, Market Access, Marketing, and Commercial teams

  • Support medical training by developing and maintaining global training assets and ensuring consistency of scientific messaging used by US teams

  • Ensure all Worldwide and US medical activities comply with company policies, applicable laws/regulations, and medical governance standards

Qualifications & Experience

  • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, PA/NP)

  • At least 5+ years of experience in Medical Affairs within pharmaceutical or biotech with increasing responsibility

  • Experience in a global medical role supporting US execution strongly preferred

  • Cardiovascular disease expertise required; HCM or rare disease experience strongly preferred

  • Demonstrated success partnering cross‑functionally in complex, matrixed organizations

  • Prior industry experience in cardiovascular (CV) medical affairs/medical strategy, product launch, clinical research, or related experience is preferred

  • Must have experience working in a multi-functional project team and managing external agencies

  • Proven ability to plan and implement medical congresses and advisory boards

  • Familiarity with all phases of drug development is desirable

Skills & Competencies

  • Strong scientific and clinical acumen with the ability to translate data into actionable medical strategy

  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including clinical, commercialization, regulatory, and early discovery

  • Highly professional with excellent relationship-building and communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex scientific concepts verbally and in writing

  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and align diverse stakeholders around shared medical objectives

  • Acts with the highest level ofleadership with Enterprise Mindsetand flexibility

  • Attention to detail with excellent planning, timemanagementand organizational skills

  • Resiliency and strong adaptability to change

  • High-level negotiationskillsand the ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner

  • Innovative and entrepreneurial thinking

  • Functions with excellent judgment, high integrity and in compliance with all laws,regulations,and policies

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Compensation Overview:

Princeton - NJ - US: $166,350 - $201,571

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee27s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. 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.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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