Director, Clinical Data Acquisition Strategy

Functional Area

Description

GDM is responsible for clinical trial data acquisition, data management and data review, ensuring quality data for trials across the BMS R&D portfolio.

The Director, CDA Strategy is a leadership role with responsibility for delivering the strategy, technology roadmap, and processes for acquiring data for our clinical trials, keeping the site and patient experience at the forefront, providing data in line with end‑to‑end data strategies, enabling analysis and reporting, and promoting automation. This role reports to the Head of Clinical Data Acquisition within GDM and is a full‑time, office‑based position.

• Define and drive the strategy for collecting clinical trial data, including site‑based (EDC) data, external vendor data, eCOA data, and other device/digital data, integrating with end‑to‑end data strategies.
• Define the processes, technologies and data flows required to collect new data types and deliver data to end users or update existing data types, ensuring standardization and integration across end‑to‑end data flow.
• Develop key data collection components designed to optimize the site and patient experience while ensuring downstream data requirements for analysis and reporting are effectively met.
• Lead broad cross‑functional initiatives to establish industry‑leading data capture capabilities, e.g., EMR to EDC to source data directly from EMRs. This includes creating project charters, project plans, sponsorship communications, implementation plans and driving projects from start to finish.
• Develop senior leadership level communications to share strategies, make proposals and update on strategic initiatives (including business cases).
• Make decisions, solve complex problems and deliver on accountabilities.
• Stay on top of industry evolution to simplify/enhance user experience, leverage automation/AI, deliver operational efficiencies, and make appropriate investments to stay ahead of technology/data trends.
• Lead the development and maintenance of procedural documents that reflect industry standards and regulatory requirements, including optimal processes.
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with key leaders throughout GDM, DQS, Drug Development and BMS, and think strategically to effectively express views to senior management.
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with key vendors in the clinical data acquisition space and propose the right advancements with the right vendors.
• Represent BMS in interactions with key external partners as part of any committee or industry group relating to data collection.

Bachelor's Degree Required;
Advanced Degree Preferred.

At least 10 years of relevant strategy, technology and process experience specifically within clinical data acquisition across modalities (site‑collected, external, eCOA and device/digital data) including data integration, automation and incorporation of AI.

Successful track record of leading, influencing, driving strategy and making decisions.

• Expert understanding of clinical data acquisition strategy, processes, technologies and end‑to‑end data flows.
• Proven expertise in EDC (including Medidata Rave), external vendor data, eCOA and digital/device data, including strategy, processes and tools.
• Demonstrated experience with leveraging automation and AI to enable processes.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver tangible impact by planning and executing strategic projects involving cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Proven record of making decisions, resolving complex problems and driving significant initiatives to completion.
• Strong, clear oral and written communication skills, including the ability to craft communications and business cases for senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines.
• Demonstrated partnership across various collaborative and industry forums.
• Diverse and sufficient technical expertise to be a credible interface to all global development and business partners across clinical data acquisition types.
• Broad intelligence of clinical data acquisition including future trends.
• Influential…