Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Associate Director, U.S. Neuropsychiatry Communications
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, us, 08543
Working with Us
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 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: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .
Role:
The Associate Director of U.S. Neuropsychiatry Communications will play a key role in supporting communication strategies that position Cobenfy as an innovative treatment within neuropsychiatry. Working closely with the Senior Director and broader U.S. Commercial, Worldwide Medical Affairs, Advocacy and Corporate Affairs teams, this role will help implement key communication initiatives, manage day-to-day project execution, and ensure consistent messaging that reflects Cobenfy's value in addressing schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric conditions in development, including Alzheimer's disease.
The Associate Director is a detail-oriented and collaborative communicator who will coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders to support BMS's objectives. This role involves a mix of project management, content creation, media coordination, and relationship-building with patient advocacy groups and other partners. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, experience in healthcare or biopharma communications, and the ability to work effectively within matrixed teams.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the development and execution of Cobenfy's integrated communications strategy, including public relations, brand messaging, and issues management, to support product visibility and growth.
Drive multiple ongoing projects seamlessly, and work with cross-functional internal teams and external vendors to enhance and reinforce the Cobenfy and BMS Neuropsychiatry narrative and reputation internally among employees and externally among key stakeholders.
Help to create and maintain external relationships on behalf of BMS with key stakeholders in neuropsychiatry (e.g., media, industry thought leaders, advocacy groups and other business clients).
Serve as a key contributor in shaping and advancing above-brand disease education initiatives.
Contribute to the development of content for internal and external communications, including press materials, presentations, and digital assets, ensuring alignment with BMS standards and brand messaging.
Promote integration of cross-functional communications efforts, including partnering closely with U.S. Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Access, and R&D teams, to ensure consistent and cohesive messaging across all communications channels.
Help track communications activities and impact, preparing regular reports to measure success against objectives and support ongoing optimization.
Manage day-to-day interactions with external agencies to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet timelines and align with BMS policies.
Partner with internal teams on communications that foster an engaged and informed workforce, supporting a positive culture around BMS's mission in neuropsychiatry.
Requirements:
The successful candidate has 8 years of experience in brand, commercial, or corporate communications, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry. S/he will be a self-motivated leader with a track record of setting, driving and delivering against integrated U.S.-focused communications strategies. S/he will have expertise in strategic planning, issues management, internal communications, executive communications, and product communications, able to collaborate with business leaders to develop integrated communications strategies across every phase of the product lifecycle. Finally, this individual will have a strong grasp of storytelling that can engage and energize employees and support the company's business objectives.
Bachelor's degree required. Communications or a related field preferred.
Proven experience driving successful product lifecycle strategy in coordination with business partners in support of enterprise priorities.
Exceptional collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively within the department and across the business to drive and scale communications strategies across the U.S. Region.
Ability to influence and advise senior leadership in both communications and business settings. Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare space and the technical side of the business, including U.S. regulatory policy, R&D, pricing, and access.
Strong management and leadership skills.
Superior written and interpersonal communication skills. Strong presentation and facilitation skills; ability to engage with and persuade a wide variety of audiences.
Able to quickly learn the business and operate within a complex, fast-paced, and changing environment.
Highly knowledgeable about stakeholder engagement, content creation, channel strategy, and digital/social media best practices, including how to optimize content delivery across channels and audiences.
#LI-Hybrid
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 Careers
With 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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility 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 this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1587555
Updated: 2024-11-23 03:48:33.360 UTC
Location: Princeton-NJ
Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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 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: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .
Role:
The Associate Director of U.S. Neuropsychiatry Communications will play a key role in supporting communication strategies that position Cobenfy as an innovative treatment within neuropsychiatry. Working closely with the Senior Director and broader U.S. Commercial, Worldwide Medical Affairs, Advocacy and Corporate Affairs teams, this role will help implement key communication initiatives, manage day-to-day project execution, and ensure consistent messaging that reflects Cobenfy's value in addressing schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric conditions in development, including Alzheimer's disease.
The Associate Director is a detail-oriented and collaborative communicator who will coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders to support BMS's objectives. This role involves a mix of project management, content creation, media coordination, and relationship-building with patient advocacy groups and other partners. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, experience in healthcare or biopharma communications, and the ability to work effectively within matrixed teams.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the development and execution of Cobenfy's integrated communications strategy, including public relations, brand messaging, and issues management, to support product visibility and growth.
Drive multiple ongoing projects seamlessly, and work with cross-functional internal teams and external vendors to enhance and reinforce the Cobenfy and BMS Neuropsychiatry narrative and reputation internally among employees and externally among key stakeholders.
Help to create and maintain external relationships on behalf of BMS with key stakeholders in neuropsychiatry (e.g., media, industry thought leaders, advocacy groups and other business clients).
Serve as a key contributor in shaping and advancing above-brand disease education initiatives.
Contribute to the development of content for internal and external communications, including press materials, presentations, and digital assets, ensuring alignment with BMS standards and brand messaging.
Promote integration of cross-functional communications efforts, including partnering closely with U.S. Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Access, and R&D teams, to ensure consistent and cohesive messaging across all communications channels.
Help track communications activities and impact, preparing regular reports to measure success against objectives and support ongoing optimization.
Manage day-to-day interactions with external agencies to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet timelines and align with BMS policies.
Partner with internal teams on communications that foster an engaged and informed workforce, supporting a positive culture around BMS's mission in neuropsychiatry.
Requirements:
The successful candidate has 8 years of experience in brand, commercial, or corporate communications, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry. S/he will be a self-motivated leader with a track record of setting, driving and delivering against integrated U.S.-focused communications strategies. S/he will have expertise in strategic planning, issues management, internal communications, executive communications, and product communications, able to collaborate with business leaders to develop integrated communications strategies across every phase of the product lifecycle. Finally, this individual will have a strong grasp of storytelling that can engage and energize employees and support the company's business objectives.
Bachelor's degree required. Communications or a related field preferred.
Proven experience driving successful product lifecycle strategy in coordination with business partners in support of enterprise priorities.
Exceptional collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively within the department and across the business to drive and scale communications strategies across the U.S. Region.
Ability to influence and advise senior leadership in both communications and business settings. Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare space and the technical side of the business, including U.S. regulatory policy, R&D, pricing, and access.
Strong management and leadership skills.
Superior written and interpersonal communication skills. Strong presentation and facilitation skills; ability to engage with and persuade a wide variety of audiences.
Able to quickly learn the business and operate within a complex, fast-paced, and changing environment.
Highly knowledgeable about stakeholder engagement, content creation, channel strategy, and digital/social media best practices, including how to optimize content delivery across channels and audiences.
#LI-Hybrid
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 Careers
With 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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility 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 this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1587555
Updated: 2024-11-23 03:48:33.360 UTC
Location: Princeton-NJ
Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.