Field Medical Director, Cell Therapy

Role Summary

Field Medical Director, Cell Therapy at Bristol Myers Squibb. Represent US Medical Affairs as therapeutic area expert (PAN-CAR T) and provide clinical/scientific leadership and support for approved CAR T products as well as CAR T compounds in various stages of clinical development. Serve as primary point of contact for nonconforming CAR T products and develop site-level communication plans and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Primary medical director point of contact for field medical team (MSL) and CAR T sites within designated region.
• Primary medical point of contact for sites of care as it relates to non-conforming product, special treatment scenarios and OOS.
• Ensure positive first CAR T clinical experience for each product at individual sites.
• Educate sites of care on non-conforming communication processes and ensure optimal communication and partnership with sites.
• Collaborate on Medical Affairs cross-functional working groups focused on manufacturing success and turnaround time improvements.
• Evaluate, assess, design, enhance and develop long and short-term strategies (1–5 years) to enhance the impact of Cell Therapy Medical Affairs with customers regarding non-conforming product.
• Monitor insights to inform and educate stakeholders, developing action plans as needed.
• Provide high quality clinical input and review for CAR T strategy plans, abstracts, posters, slides, manuscripts, educational materials, steering committee and advisory board objectives, Medical Information letters, and brand plans.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external partners including academic institutions, industry leaders, hospital networks and community organizations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to influence process change.
• Collaborate with internal disease leads to align on strategic medical initiatives related to manufacturing improvements.
• Serve as a liaison between the company and external stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and information sharing.
• Escalate nonconforming CAR T products and special treatment scenarios including off-label requests, retreatment and infectious disease-related clinical scenarios.
• Identify site pain points with clinical relevance; define and address them.
• Work with Medical Affairs launch leads to define, guide and execute CAR T strategies and tactics with appropriate resources.
• Support CAR T medical affairs studies (e.g., registries, protocols).
• Provide therapy area medical and scientific expertise to clinical study teams and key stakeholders.
• Represent US Medical Affairs as a therapeutic expert at advisory boards and steering committees; represent BMS at professional meetings and local symposia.
• Cultivate collaborations with investigators, academic partners and KOLs.

Qualifications

• Required: MD, DO, or MD/PhD board-certified in Hematology/Oncology.
• 3–5 years academic/industry experience strongly preferred, with expertise in cellular therapy and/or hematological malignancies advantageous.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to translate medical/clinical information into medical affairs strategies.
• Proficiency in critical data review and interpretation; strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strategic thinking with ability to assess and recommend actions; experience managing complex stakeholder interactions.
• Cross-functional experience with ability to collaborate across medical and clinical development roles.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills; project management experience with ability to develop and execute action plans.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills to build relationships and drive engagement; effective at negotiations and conflict resolution.
• Customer focus and credibility with clients; familiarity with data sources, reports and tools for planning.
• Ability to work as part of a team and travel globally as required.

Skills

• Clinical/scientific leadership
• CAR T product knowledge
• Medical affairs strategy
• Stakeholder management
• Communication and presentation
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Project and portfolio management
• Cross-functional collaboration

Education

• MD, DO, or MD/PhD with board certification in Hematology/Oncology

Additional Requirements

• Up to 20% travel; occasional evening and weekend work may be required.