Executive Director, Global Medical Neuroscience, Schizophrenia Medical Product Lead

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.

Position Summary

The Global Medical Psychitary Strategy (Medical Product Lead (MPL)), Schizophrenia head plays a critical leadership role within the Global Medical Psychiatry Leadership team. This position provides leadership for medical strategy and oversees the global execution of medical activities for Medical Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, in collaboration with the Medical Psychiatry matrix. The Executive Director will lead a team of Medical Strategy leads and report directly to the VP, Head of Global Medical Psychiatry.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Medical Leadership:
  Lead and develop the Psychiatry, Schizophrenia medical strategy team, overseeing global medical planning and execution for new launches and ongoing commercialization.
• Medical Strategy Execution:
  Develop, communicate, and execute the worldwide medical strategy plan for Psychiatry, Schizophrenia.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Partner with Medical SMEs, Brand teams, Local Medical leads, and key cross-functional partners (Commercial, Regulatory, Safety, Labeling, Supply & Manufacturing, Quality & Compliance).
• Late-Life Cycle
  
  Activities:
  
  Lead late-life cycle medical activities and provide maintenance support (e.g., labeling, safety, quality, deletions) for non-commercialized brands.
• Regional Strategy:
  Lead regional medical affairs strategies in collaboration with clinical development, market access, and commercial colleagues, focusing on Major Markets and Intercontinental regions.
• Congress and Field Medical Plans:
  Provide expertise in executing congress strategies, field medical plans, home office training, and other medical strategies.
• Expert Opinion:
  Offer expert insights on Psychiatry, Schizophrenia trends, diagnosis, treatment options, and unmet medical needs to inform key decisions.
• Training and Support:
  Partner with Training and Learning Team to oversee training curriculum and content for markets and/or field medical associates.
• Medical Data Generation:
  Partner with the medical matrix team to develop and execute the medical data generation plan, including Phase 4 and ISR planning, publication plans, and establishing BMS as a leader in Psychiatry, Schizophrenia.
• KOL Relationships:
  Develop and maintain strong relationships with key opinion leaders, professional societies, and organizations through scientific dialogue.
• Advisory Meetings:
  Lead and participate in worldwide advisory meetings with key opinion leaders.
• Finance Management:
  Accountable for the medical budget to ensure execution within defined targets.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education:
  
  Advanced degree (PhD, MD, DO, NP, PA, PharmD etc.) in a scientific discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience:
  
  A minimum of 10-15+ years of direct professional experience in pharmaceutical development within life sciences or biopharmaceuticals. Minimum 4 years of medical affairs specific experience in Psychiatry.

• Industry Knowledge:
  Strong understanding of the biopharma drug development and commercialization process. Experience in clinical research and development, or medical affairs in Psychiatry is preferred.

• International
  
  Experience:
  
  Highly desirable.

• Skill Set:
  Seeking a balanced combination of scientific and…