Bristol Myers Squibb

Associate Director, System Health & Data Quality Stewardship

New Brunswick - NJ - US Full time

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Key Responsibilities:

System Health:

  • Oversee the performance and health of the Infinity System and BMSDocs, monitoring its efficiency, ease of use and consistency.

  • Proactively identify areas for improvement and work with partners to implement solutions that enhance system performance.

  • Review and evaluate potential mitigations identified through performance and health monitoring, to make priority decisions based on data, digital strategy, ROI, and compliance considerations.

  • Establish and enforce data quality standards within Infinity and BMSDocs. Implement data validation checks and data integrity measures to ensure highest quality for advanced analytics and decision-making.

  • Actively gathers feedback from users and stakeholders through GPOs, leveraging both user input and system data to identify areas for improvement and enhance system, aiming to deliver a seamless and satisfying experience for both users and enterprise as a whole.

  • Closely monitoring mitigations to ensure their effectiveness and driving course corrections when necessary.

  • Lead cross-functional teams on solutions to enhance system health and digital alignment

  • Generate regular reports on system performance and health metrics, data quality, and process optimization efforts to communicate and make informed decisions.

QMS Governance Support:

  • Partner with QMS Data Governance pillar lead to ensure strategy design is enabled; act as SME to support QMS Data Governance strategy continued development.

  • Coordinate on the QMS Data Governance Council, driving alignment on attribute definitions, controlled vocabularies, and changes that impact enterprise metrics. Ensure activities are properly documented in ServiceNow.

  • Collaborate with IT and Digital Quality and Governance (DQnG) to align with Global Quality, GPS, and Enterprise Data Governance to ensure governance decisions are reflected in QMS-specific technical metadata, master data, and data lake architecture. Provide feedback and insights from QMS Data Governance to influence Global Quality, GPS, and Enterprise Data Governance bodies.

  • Partner with IT to implement automated data-quality checks and validation reports, ensuring visibility and improvements into system health.

  • Participate in technical governance forums to ensure QMS data requirements are considered early in design.

Data Product Design & Insight Enablement:

  • Leverage knowledge of BMS systems to support and advance the department’s data mesh vision by positioning the Quality domain (specifically QMS data) as a self-contained product owner – accountable for the business meaning, appropriate vectoring, quality, and reusability of its data.

  • Communicate with IT on what QMS data health metric movements mean and how they should inform action, bridging data to decision.

  • Act as a data product business owner in partnership with IT to design data products that bundle related metrics into coherent, decision-ready insights (e.g., Deviation Health, Audit Health, Change Control Health).

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to align QMS metrics capabilities with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & Experience required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Data Management, Statistics or related field.

  • 8+ years' experience in the Biopharma/Pharmaceutical industry with cross-functional experience in one or more areas (i.e. research, quality systems, data governance, analytical, quality, engineering, manufacturing, regulatory CMC, or IT).

  • Proven ability to understand complex processes/problems and propose alternate solutions.

  • Demonstrated ability to apply basic statistical concepts (e.g., mean, median, standard deviation, correlation) to analyze and interpret data sets.

  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects and programs.

  • Demonstrates innovation, flexibility, open-mindedness, and adaptability to meet objectives in a rapidly changing environment with shifting priorities.

  • Demonstrated ability to work in a matrixed organization with a range of technically, culturally, and geographically diverse teams and to influence areas not under direct control to achieve objectives and effectively communicate challenging goals and objectives.

  • Experience in data governance or master data working groups (e.g., QMS attribute change councils).

  • Familiarity with enterprise Quality systems (e.g., Veeva QMS, BMSDocs, Infinity, TrackWise, MES, SAP) and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire).

  • Demonstrated ability to apply basic statistical concepts (e.g., mean, median, standard deviation, correlation) to analyze and interpret data sets.

  • Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

  • Strong understanding of system performance management and data quality assurance principles.

  • Strong program and project management experience with proven track-record of managing cross-functional programs to produce significant strategic impact.

  • Strong understanding of GxP regulations, 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, ALCOA+, and/or data integrity requirements.

  • Demonstrated change agility and leadership in anticipating and leading others through ambiguity by continuously creating context and engaging individuals in what it means for them.

  • OPEX/Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.

  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with employees and management at all levels and through various formats (e.g. presentations, written proposals, reports, correspondence, lead meetings, face-to-face dialogue, etc.)

  • Proficiency in data analytics and advanced analytics tools.

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Compensation Overview:

Devens - MA - US: $174,660 - $211,644 Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $163,230 - $197,801 New Brunswick - NJ - US: $163,230 - $197,801 Princeton - NJ - US: $163,230 - $197,801

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 then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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.

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. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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