Executive Director, Research – Integrative Sciences — Immunology

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits.

This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Integrative Sciences is the external innovation engine of BMS Research. The group identifies and shapes collaborations with biotech, academic, platform, and venture partners that complement internal Discovery and Early Development priorities. Integrative Sciences connects Research strategy with external opportunity flow, working closely with Business Development, Global Alliance Management, Thematic Research Centers, and Therapeutic Area leadership to convert promising science into decision-ready, industry-workable collaborations.

The group is expected to source strategically, triage rigorously, shape executable collaboration plans, manage scientific relationships effectively, and ensure external innovation strengthens the BMS pipeline and the broader Research operating system.

The Executive Director is a senior leader within Integrative Sciences focused on immunology external innovation, and serves as a key interface across Global Research, Early Development, Business Development, Alliance Management, and external collaboration partners. The role is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and advancing high-value external scientific opportunities, collaborations, and assets in immune-mediated diseases across rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology, and other immunology-driven conditions.

Where appropriate the Executive Director will participate in Site Leadership teams.

Where appropriate, the Executive Director may serve as a Board Observer, or in other relevant governance roles, for external immunology companies on behalf of BMS.

This position sits within the BMS Research organization and reports to the U.S. Head of Integrative Sciences. Travel is approximately 30%, domestic and international. The preferred location is Cambridge, MA (CMX); remote arrangements will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Communicate internal Immunology Research pipeline priorities to the Integrative Sciences group, and align external search, evaluation, and triage activities with BMS Research principles and the Enterprise Immunology Therapeutic Area strategy.

• Lead the Immunology triage process within Integrative Sciences, ensuring disciplined, criteria-driven evaluation of external opportunities.

• Identify, evaluate, and bring forward immunology opportunities — academic collaborations, biotech partnerships, platform technologies, and pre-IND or IND-stage assets — that add to or complement the internal pipeline.

• Form and lead cross-functional diligence teams for the evaluation of Integrative Sciences collaboration opportunities, and provide expert scientific opinion during Business Development reviews and due diligence.

• Partner with Search & Evaluation and Business Development transaction leads to advance prioritized opportunities on disciplined, accelerated timelines.

• Work with Research Finance to ensure activities are aligned, captured, and approved within Research budgets.

• Contribute to the design and execution of a blended external innovation strategy spanning corporate and academic collaborations.

• Shape opportunities into practical…