Associate Director, Global Clinical Physician (Neuropsychiatry)
Bristol Myers Squibb
August 12, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Responsibilities:
- Serve as primary source of medical accountability and oversight for clinical trials.
- Provide matrix management across internal and external networks.
- Manage Phase 1–Phase 3 studies and apply demonstrated decision-making capabilities.
- Provide medical and scientific expertise to cross-functional teams.
- Keep abreast of development and regulatory issues for competitive/relevant compounds.
- Provide ongoing medical education with CS for protocol-specific training.
- Contribute to health authority interactions and advisory board meetings.
- Serve as a key member of a Study Delivery Team (SDT) and may join the Clinical Development Team (CDT).
- Conduct medical data review, including eligibility review.
- Own site interactions with the Global Clinical Scientist (CS) for medical questions/education (including safety management guidelines).
- Assess key safety-related serious adverse events (with Worldwide Patient Safety) and oversee safety narratives.
- Collaborate with CS on protocol development and provide medical strategic oversight.
- Fulfill GCP and compliance obligations; maintain required training.
- Design/develop clinical plans and protocols with strategic focus; provide oversight for a group of studies.
- Lead benefit/risk analysis for protocols.
- Partner with CS to support study execution (e.g., site activation, enrollment status, adjudication of protocol deviations).
- Build relationships with principal investigators and cultivate thought leaders.
- Maintain deep disease-area medical/scientific reputation; attend conferences and review literature.
- Author/draft clinical content for CSRs, regulatory reports, briefing books, and submission documents.
Qualifications/Required Skills:
- MD required (or x-US equivalent).
- 3+ years of industry experience and/or clinical trials experience.
- Ability to communicate/present clearly in scientific and clinical settings.
- Subspecialty training in applicable therapeutic area desired.
- Expertise in scientific method (including statistical design, analysis, interpretation).
- Knowledge of drug development process and components needed to execute clinical plans/protocols.
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills.
- Domestic and international travel may be required.
- Serve as primary source of medical accountability and oversight for clinical trials.
- Provide matrix management across internal and external networks.
- Manage Phase 1–Phase 3 studies and apply demonstrated decision-making capabilities.
- Provide medical and scientific expertise to cross-functional teams.
- Keep abreast of development and regulatory issues for competitive/relevant compounds.
- Provide ongoing medical education with CS for protocol-specific training.
- Contribute to health authority interactions and advisory board meetings.
- Serve as a key member of a Study Delivery Team (SDT) and may join the Clinical Development Team (CDT).
- Conduct medical data review, including eligibility review.
- Own site interactions with the Global Clinical Scientist (CS) for medical questions/education (including safety management guidelines).
- Assess key safety-related serious adverse events (with Worldwide Patient Safety) and oversee safety narratives.
- Collaborate with CS on protocol development and provide medical strategic oversight.
- Fulfill GCP and compliance obligations; maintain required training.
- Design/develop clinical plans and protocols with strategic focus; provide oversight for a group of studies.
- Lead benefit/risk analysis for protocols.
- Partner with CS to support study execution (e.g., site activation, enrollment status, adjudication of protocol deviations).
- Build relationships with principal investigators and cultivate thought leaders.
- Maintain deep disease-area medical/scientific reputation; attend conferences and review literature.
- Author/draft clinical content for CSRs, regulatory reports, briefing books, and submission documents.
Qualifications/Required Skills:
- MD required (or x-US equivalent).
- 3+ years of industry experience and/or clinical trials experience.
- Ability to communicate/present clearly in scientific and clinical settings.
- Subspecialty training in applicable therapeutic area desired.
- Expertise in scientific method (including statistical design, analysis, interpretation).
- Knowledge of drug development process and components needed to execute clinical plans/protocols.
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills.
- Domestic and international travel may be required.