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Drug Product Development (DPD)

Our Drug Product Development team is committed to CMC design, development, and commercialization of innovative drug products to improve patient lives. We leverage the best people, collaboration, and cutting-edge innovation to achieve this commitment. BMS’s internal engine of innovation includes unrivaled industry leading expertise in CMC development of small molecules, protein biotherapeutics, protein degraders, and other therapeutic modalities. We collaborate closely with our colleagues in R&D and Commercial to design our drug products. Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope.

Job Description:

Material Science & Engineering (MSE) in Drug Product Development (DPD) plays an integral role in building and implanting material strategies throughout drug product development. The Scientific Director of the Advanced Material Characterization (AMC) group in MSE will be responsible for building, leading and developing a high-performing team accountable for advanced material characterization technologies to deliver technical solutions that enable deeper understanding of processes and product across the portfolio.  Accountability spans a modality agnostic portfolio from pre-clinical/FIH through life cycle management. To achieve MSE goals, the AMC scientific director will collaborate closely with interfaces at discovery, drug substance, analytical, drug product, regulatory, legal, and commercial manufacturing to align on project material strategy and ensure that material strategies are embedded in DS, DPI and DP processes. The candidate should have a broad pharmaceutical development experience and deep knowledge covering late discovery to post approval and product life cycle management. Supporting robust pharmaceutical products, this job requires having direct experience on DS process development and DP formulation designs, process impacts. The successful candidate will have a well-established track record of successful leadership, stakeholder management, development of people, strong technical background covering the multi-disciplinary areas of the function and be responsible for helping shape and execute MSE vision and objectives.

Key job responsibilities:

Responsible for the direct management of multiple teams of material scientists and leaders to deliver on material strategy spanning the modality agnostic portfolio.  Ensuring throughout the process that compliance & EHS regulations and company policies & procedures are adhered to.Collaborate closely with stakeholder groups to apply advanced material characterization techniques, design and characterize conventional and advanced pharmaceutical materials, enrich the biophysical techniques for biologics and other non-small molecule pharmaceutical materials, including generation of material knowledge and understanding to support material robustness targets.  Supports registration, validation, and launch and life cycle management.Provide guidance, as required, for material teams to ensure high performance and close alignment with the goals of BMS R&ED, GPS, and Commercial.Implement new technologies, systems, and ways of working to enhance productivity & position the organization to successfully deliver in the evolving environment to help the organization realize its development excellence aspirationsGrow and develop talent within the organization. Provide scientific and strategic leadership oversight to maximize organizational impact and seek out challenging developmental experiences for scientists to learn and grow.Build and foster strong relationships with key stakeholder functions.  Ensure strategic alignment and close partnership with other functions within DPD/PD as well as with other organizations to develop and execute strategy.  Key interfaces include DPD functions (EB, OPD, DDPS, IT&E), PD functions (PSI, CSO, CPD, PDO and ASO), R&ED functions (SMDD, PCO) and GRS-CMC.As a key member of the MSE leadership team, help shape, develop, and execute the overall strategy for the group, interface with key stakeholders and ensure the group is successfully delivering on its overall mission. Represent, as appropriate, the group at governance meetings and on DPD enterprise teams.Drive scientific excellence to identify, advance, and standardize the novel solid state characterization technologies for pharmaceutical applications including and not limited to co-crystals, engineered crystalline materials, amorphous, drug product intermediate like SDD, HME, etc

Required Qualifications and Experience:

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in physical sciences, materials/chemical engineering, or related discipline with 12+ years of pharmaceutical and/or chemical industry experience and a solid record of roles with increasing responsibilityStrong technical expertise (pharmaceutics/formulation/engineering) that can be used to guide project team material strategy from discovery through pivotal/commercialization for small molecules.Demonstrated problem-solving skills with a strong background in the theory and practice of material science and solid state characterization.Experience with a range of sophisticated techniques to analyze physical, chemical, and structural properties of materials allowing for insights into their composition, crystal structure, surface and bulk properties, and importantly connecting them to DS/DP key quality attributes.Deep knowledge and hands on experience on routine and non-routing solid state characterization techniques to characterize common pharmaceutical materials, non-small molecule materials, and the advanced pharmaceutical materials.In-depth knowledge of small molecule API and DPI characterization techniques (such as single crystal crystallography, ssNMR, vibrational spectroscopy, TAM/DSC/TGA, pXRD, vapor sorption).In-depth knowledge of biophysical characterization and instrumentation (such as IR/Raman, CD/VCD, DLS, micro-CT and flow imaging microscopy, rheology etc.)Strong hands on experience and knowledge with DS process and DP formulation are required.Demonstrated ability to contribute to and shape and drive the execution of the strategic vision of the MSE organization.Demonstrated managerial and leadership skills in leading group of scientists and engineers, and to effectively work with multifunctional organizations and stakeholders.Demonstrated enterprise mindset in creating an environment/culture for developing talent in the overall organization.Demonstrated track record of building and fostering strong partnerships with stakeholders and operating with an enterprise mindset.   Skilled in negotiation and influencing (internal/external) and is an effective change agent.Demonstrated deep knowledge and strong experience on pharmaceutical IP. Prior experience with CMC patent strategies and patent litigation is desired. Excellent decision-making, written and verbal communication skills.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
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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.

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