Associate Director, Real World Data Strategy
Bristol Myers Squibb
August 13, 2026
Remote friendly (Lawrence, NJ)
United States
Market Access
Associate Director, Real World Data Strategy
Responsibilities:
- Lead and support RWD initiatives aligned with R&D and enterprise priorities.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into data-driven solutions.
- Drive prioritization and delivery of data and analytics initiatives for maximum business impact.
- Identify, evaluate, and utilize data assets (internal/external sources).
- Support end-to-end data lifecycle: acquisition, management, and enablement for downstream use.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, accessibility, and usability.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams to enable scalable data solutions.
- Promote standardization, reuse, and efficient utilization of data assets.
- Ensure adherence to data governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Enable effective use of data for analytics/reporting and AI/ML use cases.
- Drive stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption.
- Monitor progress, risks, and outcomes; communicate insights to leadership.
- Support continuous improvement of processes and frameworks.
Qualifications / Required:
- Master in life science or data-related field, or MBA; or equivalent advanced degree.
- 5+ years in data strategy/analytics/consulting/RWD roles.
- Expertise with RWD types (claims, EHR, registries, other healthcare data sources).
- Healthcare/life sciences/RWD ecosystem experience.
- Proven cross-functional, matrixed environment experience.
Required Skills:
- Stakeholder management/influencing; executive communication/storytelling.
- Execution mindset; translate strategy to delivery plans.
- Strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Data strategy/products/analytics ecosystems; governance/compliance and data lifecycle management.
- Demand management/prioritization/program delivery; strong program management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits (explicit):
- Health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision); wellbeing support (EAP and related programs).
- 401(k); short- and long-term disability; life and accident insurance; supplemental health; business travel protection; other legal/identity theft/survivor supports.
- Paid time off: flexible time off or annual vacation + holidays (varies by location/employee type).
Responsibilities:
- Lead and support RWD initiatives aligned with R&D and enterprise priorities.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into data-driven solutions.
- Drive prioritization and delivery of data and analytics initiatives for maximum business impact.
- Identify, evaluate, and utilize data assets (internal/external sources).
- Support end-to-end data lifecycle: acquisition, management, and enablement for downstream use.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, accessibility, and usability.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and analytics teams to enable scalable data solutions.
- Promote standardization, reuse, and efficient utilization of data assets.
- Ensure adherence to data governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Enable effective use of data for analytics/reporting and AI/ML use cases.
- Drive stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption.
- Monitor progress, risks, and outcomes; communicate insights to leadership.
- Support continuous improvement of processes and frameworks.
Qualifications / Required:
- Master in life science or data-related field, or MBA; or equivalent advanced degree.
- 5+ years in data strategy/analytics/consulting/RWD roles.
- Expertise with RWD types (claims, EHR, registries, other healthcare data sources).
- Healthcare/life sciences/RWD ecosystem experience.
- Proven cross-functional, matrixed environment experience.
Required Skills:
- Stakeholder management/influencing; executive communication/storytelling.
- Execution mindset; translate strategy to delivery plans.
- Strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Data strategy/products/analytics ecosystems; governance/compliance and data lifecycle management.
- Demand management/prioritization/program delivery; strong program management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits (explicit):
- Health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision); wellbeing support (EAP and related programs).
- 401(k); short- and long-term disability; life and accident insurance; supplemental health; business travel protection; other legal/identity theft/survivor supports.
- Paid time off: flexible time off or annual vacation + holidays (varies by location/employee type).