Vice President, Corporate Quality

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Challenging. 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. 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.

This global executive role shapes and drives the Corporate Quality vision, delivering strategic leadership and enterprise‑wide quality and compliance across Bristol Myers Squibb. As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the VP ensures alignment with business goals and global regulations, proactively managing quality risks and opportunities.

The VP owns the global Quality Management System (QMS), championing its effectiveness and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle—from R&D to commercialization. Responsibilities include leading Quality Governance, setting enterprise KPIs, and overseeing SOPs, training, and digital quality systems (including GxP AI governance).

With a forward‑looking approach, this leader engages regulators and industry peers, anticipates emerging requirements, and ensures BMS remains inspection‑ready and compliant. The role provides expert oversight for internal operations and external partners, guiding remediation and regulatory communications.

Reporting directly to the Chief Quality Officer (CQO), this position is a key member of the Global Quality Leadership Team.

• Establish and oversee a unified, process‑centric Quality Management System (QMS) spanning the entire product lifecycle, ensuring continuous improvement, fit‑for‑purpose solutions, and simplification.
• Build and develop a cross‑divisional Global Process Owner Network that collaborates with senior leaders across R&D, GPDS and Commercial.
• Oversee SOP governance, document control, training programs, data integrity and electronic quality systems (including AI governance).
• Design and implement internal processes and communication mechanisms to assess emerging global regulatory expectations and ensure ongoing compliance.
• Communicate effectively and build supportive relationships across Divisions and with external partners on quality, compliance, and regulatory matters.
• Lead quality and compliance risk management initiatives to minimize risk and potential impact of quality and/or non‑compliance events.
• Build and deploy a Culture of Excellence plan to improve a culture of Quality across BMS.
• Ensure proactive quality and compliance oversight and adherence to QMS across internal operations and external partners through risk‑based approaches, global inspection readiness, and independent audits.
• Provide expertise and oversight in support of significant compliance remediation, Health Authority inspection responses and actions, and regulatory communications (including FARs, BPDRs, DPRs).
• Engage with regulators and industry peers, representing BMS across industry and regulatory QMS forums to drive best practices and share knowledge.
• Chair the QMS Governance Forum overseeing the QMS operating model.
• Build and continuously develop a high‑performing global Quality team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, integrity, collaboration, and innovation within Quality and across the Enterprise.

• Minimum of 20+ years of Bio Pharma experience, with demonstrated experience in R&D and commercial manufacturing including pharmaceutical and biologics.
• Bachelor of Science in a relevant discipline (e.g., Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering) or Engineering; advanced degree (MBA, MS or PhD) preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and…