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BMS Hyderabad is an integrated global hub where our work is focused on helping patients prevail over serious diseases by building sustainable and innovative solutions. This important science, technology, and innovation center will support a range of technology and drug development activities that will help us usher in the next wave of innovation.

Position: Associate Director, Global Drug Development Patient Safety DevOps

Location: Hyderabad, India

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision \xe2\x80\x93 transforming patients\xe2\x80\x99 lives through science. In oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease \xe2\x80\x93 and one of the most diverse and promising pipelines in the industry \xe2\x80\x93 each of our passionate colleagues contribute to innovations that drive meaningful change. We bring a human touch to every treatment we pioneer. Join us and make a difference.

Position Summary

At BMS, digital innovation and Information Technology are central to our vision of transforming patients\xe2\x80\x99 lives through science. To accelerate our ability to serve patients around the world, we must unleash the power of technology. We are committed to being at the forefront of transforming the way medicine is made and delivered by harnessing the power of computer and data science, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to promote scientific discovery, faster decision making, and enhanced patient care.

BMS is seeking an exceptional technology expert who is interested in a career that can bring change to the lives of patients with serious disease and their families. We are developing a talented multidisciplinary team that can work with doctors and healthcare professionals to make an impact on cancers, immune diseases, blood diseases, and other areas of BMS research. A career path on the bridge between science and technology has many opportunities for innovation to help create better medicines and save lives!

Bringing new medicines to market faster and ensuring access to these medicines relies on technology for natural language generation and processing, advanced data analytics, the latest in data management technologies, and workflow management. BMS invests billions of dollars in clinical research every year, technology and the use of internal and external data expertise and excellence are critical for that investment to translate into new medicines that improve patient\xe2\x80\x99s lives

The Associate Director, Global Drug Development Patient Safety DevOps will lead a team developing and operating platforms and custom applications supporting BMS Patient Safety including the Lifesphere Patient Safety Platform from ARISg and BMS leading-edge REMS platforms & solutions that are based on Salesforce Health Cloud platform, custom built on Camunda BPM, Java, React JS & PostgreSQL. On the later, the incumbent will work collaboratively with the new Salesforce Center of Excellence (CoE) to oversee the development, testing and deployment of new features following a modern DevOps framework. The incumbent will work closely with Global Drug Development business and fellow IT colleagues co-located in Hyderabad and around the world as part of global IT product teams delivering on the most promising opportunities in the product backlog. This includes experimenting with new and emerging technologies to identify solutions which can be scaled to deliver business value aligned business priorities and IT product roadmaps. This will require the incumbent to model and promote effective teamwork, collaboration, and communication across the entire global product team. To be successful, the incumbent will need to instill a learning culture whereby the team gains a strong understanding of the GDD business and supporting technologies and external technology landscape and is expected to continually bring innovative ideas to the table.

If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard and manage the Global Drug Development IT Patient Safety DevOps Team in Hyderabad, position them for success, and hold them accountable to deliver against the expected business outcomes
• Oversee the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of applications supporting Patient Safety including the ARISg Lifesphere Safety Case Processing platform and feature specification, testing and deployment for the REMS (Risk Evaluation & Mitigation Strategy) platforms & solution built on various technology stack that includes (but not limited to) Salesforce, Pega Cloud, Camunda (BPM tool), Java, React JS etc. following the agile DevOps frameworks.
• Partner with the Global Drug Development, Worldwide Patient Safety Product Managers & Engineering leads to understand the business needs, identify opportunities for digital innovation and coordinate to capture the requirements in product backlogs, influence priorities and deliver solutions that make a difference to our patients
• Partner with the GDD IT Hyderabad Architect and GDD IT Architecture Council to assess needs and select the best technology solutions in alignment with GDD IT and BMS architecture principles, standards, patterns and guidelines.
• Co-develop and maintain technology roadmaps in partnership with IT product teams, Engineering & Operations team and technical delivery partners (e.g., Salesforce CoE) for the applications responsible for and guide the organization in making strategic technology decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 12+ years of relevant experience in Information Technology, pharmaceutical, or healthcare
• 6+ years in a leadership role delivering and supporting IT applications with a large global scope.
• 6+ years of experience in building and managing teams
• Experience with SDLC methodologies, including DevOps, Agile and Waterfall ideally in a regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of the current information technology landscape including cloud solutions, CRM, BPM and experience with experimenting with new technologies from proof of concept through scaleup
• Proven experience in hands-on software developments and/or experience in leading a technical team of strong developers & testers. Experience as a full stack engineer/developer is a value-add.
• Strong customer centric skills as well as advanced ability to engage with business functions, manage stakeholders, and coordinate activities in a large, global, matrixed organization
• Communicates candidly and fluently - strong verbal, written and presentation skills
• Experience managing vendor and partner delivery with a focus on outcomes
• Ability to build resilient teams with a \xe2\x80\x98can-do\xe2\x80\x98 attitude
• Demonstrated ability to retain and grow talent
• Demonstrated ability to mentor teams and team members

Why You Should Apply

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

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.

Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or any part of the recruitment process direct your inquiries to . Visit to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as \xe2\x80\x9cTransforming patients\xe2\x80\x99 lives through science\xe2\x84\xa2 \xe2\x80\x9d, 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
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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 . Visit 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.

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