Position SummaryThe Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights serves as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization, including its Customs & Trade function. This attorney provides strategic, regulatory, and transactional counsel across the clinical and commercial supply networks that deliver BMS medicines to patients around the world.
This is a high-visibility role focused on issues including tariffs, trade policy, sanctions, import/export controls, supply continuity, and human rights due diligence. This attorney will collaborate closely with others in Law & Policy and the business.
The role sits within the Product Development & Supply (PDS) Law team, a collaborative and dynamic group within the Global Drug Development, Manufacturing & Corporate Transactions (GDMCT) legal team at BMS. The PDS Law team provides comprehensive legal support for internal and external manufacturing operations, supply chain, customs and trade, engineering, real estate, and EOHSS. The broader GDMCT legal team also supports Drug Development, Product Development, Global Quality, and transactional support across the enterprise.
This attorney will work alongside colleagues with deep subject matter expertise across manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and transactional practices, on work that is directly connected to the delivery of medicines to patients.
The successful candidate brings excellent legal judgment, learns quickly, navigates complexity, and works with urgency and creativity across regulatory schemes and stakeholders, always prioritizing the urgent needs of patients. The ability to build programs and communicate clearly on complex topics with senior business stakeholders is critical to success in this role.
Responsibilities- Serve as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain organization, advising on complex issues that arise in the supply of product across the clinical and commercial networks to enable the urgent delivery of medicines to patients.
- Serve as a legal advisor on global trade matters, including tariffs and trade remedies, customs and import/export compliance, economic sanctions, export controls, and trade-related licensing, working closely with Customs & Trade leads to develop practical mitigation and compliance strategies.
- Serve as a legal advisor on human rights matters, including due diligence related to forced labor, responsible sourcing, supply chain transparency, and emerging human rights laws and standards, partnering with business and compliance stakeholders to assess risk and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- Monitor evolving global trade and supply chain regulations and enforcement trends, and proactively advise senior leadership on business impact, risk mitigation, and opportunities.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex supply, logistics, transportation, and warehousing agreements.
- Advise on supply disruption, business continuity, and crisis response matters affecting the global network.
- Collaborate across the Law & Policy Department, including regulatory, ESG, policy, litigation, and IP colleagues, to deliver coordinated, enterprise-aligned legal support to GSC.
Required Qualification(s) and Desired Experience- JD (or equivalent) and admission in good standing to at least one U.S. state bar; qualified, or able to become qualified, to practice in-house in New Jersey.
- 6 or more years of legal experience across law firm, in-house, and/or government roles, including experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
- Experience in human rights, customs, international trade, sanctions, or supply chain matters is preferred.
- Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and to advise and influence senior executives, including SVP and C-suite stakeholders, on high-impact legal and regulatory matters.
- Proven ability to lead across large, global, matrixed organizations and to bring stakeholders together to resolve complex issues efficiently and improve the management of legal risk.
- Excellent judgment, with the ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple projects and to work with speed and quality on a broad range of matters.
- Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, to senior leaders.
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Compensation Overview:Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $202,050 - $244,831Princeton - NJ - US: $202,050 - $244,831
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 employee's 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 https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
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 ProtocolBMS 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.
