Head, Diversity Strategy
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Princeton
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Working with UsChallenging. 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 rich in diversity. 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:
.Position Summary: The Diversity Strategy Lead has an awareness of
the current state of diversity in clinical trials from an R&D,
enterprise as well as external environment lens. He/she has
knowledge of the regulatory environment and its implications for
our clinical trial activities across the entire portfolio. The
ideal candidate will have expertise in the communication and
stakeholder management skills needed to influence senior leaders
within R&D and their teams in order to drive change. The
Diversity Strategy Lead will partner with other enterprise
representatives to create and execute an integrated R&D
strategy focused on achieving measurable increases in the diversity
of clinical trial populations.Position Responsibilities:
- Responsible for leading the development and implementation of
diversity plan which includes tactics that seek to enhance clinical
trial awareness in various patient groups (age, gender, race,
ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation) and result in greater
recruitment of sites/patients that are more representative of the
patient population.
- Actively engages with multiple stakeholders both within Global
Clinical Operations, R&D as well as throughout the enterprise
to ensure alignment and coordination of efforts to enhance
diversity in clinical trials; continuously communicates the benefit
of tactics which support the engagement of diverse patients.
- Partners with enterprise colleagues on the
development/maintenance of internal and external relationships with
diversity-focused sites and/or patient organizations to gain
insight into their clinical trial experience and better inform our
development and recruitment efforts.
- Collaborates with these organizations around awareness of and
access to clinical trials and the drug development process.
- Partners with RCO and BI&A to contribute to the site
selection process by recommending inclusion of clinical trial sites
which represent larger percentages of patients from various racial
or ethnic groups relevant to the specific indication being
studied.
- Actively collaborates with enterprise site & patient facing
teams to ensure awareness of and alignment with ongoing
diversity-focused efforts. Partners on topics of mutual interest
such as identification of community/diversity sites/networks,
collection of the right data to address health authority questions,
patient-focused drug development, etc.
- Actively seeks opportunities to drive diversity in clinical
trials through awareness of external environment, exploration of
novel training/engagement tactics and membership and/or engagement
with internal efforts like with PBRGs and external partnerships
like Transcelerate, Biopharma or key academic institutions.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge of change management principles
and assumes the lead change agent role to drive alignment and
coordination of efforts across R&D to increase diversity in
clinical trials.
- Communicates a compelling vision of BMS clinical trials to
outside organizations that generates respect and commitment to BMS
as an industry leader in site and patient engagement efforts and
functions as a subject matter expert on the drug
development/clinical trial process.Degree Requirements:BA/BS and/or
MS degreeExperience Requirements:10 years of pharmaceutical
clinical development industry experience.Key Competency
Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with limited
supervision and build strong relationships with internal and
external partners.
- Knowledge of the drug development process and the project
management of clinical trials.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with colleagues across
multiple functions, geographies and at all levels of the
enterprise.
- Strong, proven stakeholder management and communication skills,
particularly with senior leaders encouraged.Travel Required:
Position is based in Central New Jersey and involves limited
travel.If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't
perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply
anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform
your life and career. Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing
CareersWith 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 an
inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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 a diverse 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 . Visit to access our complete Equal Employment
Opportunity statement. BMS cares about your well-being and the
well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a
result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully
vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest
and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.If
you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for
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