Associate Director - Medical and Access AI & Analytics

Associate Director, Medical & Access AI & Analytics

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. 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.

Roles & Responsibilities

Field Medical Analytics & Medical GTM

• Lead analytics supporting Field Medical (MSL) effectiveness, including scientific engagement planning, targeting, coverage, and deployment.
• Design analytics frameworks to support Medical GTM strategies, including launch readiness, scientific platform rollout, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate impact of field medical interactions on scientific exchange, perception, and downstream decision-making (within compliance boundaries).
• Partner with Medical Excellence teams to embed analytics into field medical operating models.

Perception, Congress & Scientific Engagement Analytics

• Lead perception analytics across key stakeholders (HCPs, payers, thought leaders), integrating qualitative and quantitative data sources.
• Oversee analytics for medical congresses and scientific meetings, including impact assessment of symposia, booths, publications, and engagements.
• Apply NLP and AI techniques to unstructured data (e.g., congress feedback, publications, social listening, advisory boards) to derive actionable insights.
• Translate scientific engagement insights into recommendations for medical strategy and content evolution.

Insights-to-Action & AI Transformation

• Drive closed-loop insights-to-action frameworks for Medical and Access teams.
• Lead AI transformation initiatives across Medical Affairs, including predictive analytics, GenAI-enabled knowledge synthesis, and decision support tools.
• Identify high-value AI use cases while ensuring strong governance, transparency, and compliance.
• Partner with IT, Digital, and Data Science teams to scale AI solutions into operational workflows.

Medical Evidence Generation Analytics

• Lead analytics supporting evidence generation strategies, including RWE, observational studies, registries, and publication planning.
• Develop frameworks to prioritize evidence gaps and assess impact of evidence on clinical guidelines, access decisions, and perception.
• Support HEOR and Medical teams with advanced analytics to inform study design, site selection, and evidence dissemination strategies.

Market Access Analytics & Reporting

• Oversee market access analytics spanning payer segmentation, formulary access, coverage, pricing dynamics, and pull-through.
• Develop dashboards and insights for access performance, stakeholder engagement, and launch readiness.
• Partner with Market Access and Finance to support scenario modeling, contracting strategies, and value story optimization.
• Ensure alignment between medical evidence, value narratives, and access strategy.

Leadership, Governance & Capability Building

• Lead, mentor, and develop analytics talent supporting Medical and Access functions.
• Establish best practices for analytics governance, data quality, privacy, and compliance.
• Act as a connector across Medical, Access, Commercial, and Enterprise Analytics teams.
• Champion a culture of scientific rigor, analytics excellence, and continuous learning.

Skills and Competency

• Deep understanding of Medical Affairs, Field Medical operations, HEOR, and Market Access.
• Strong expertise in advanced analytics, AI/ML, NLP, and evidence-driven decision support.
• Ability to translate complex medical and access data into clear, compliant, and actionable insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence senior medical and access leaders.
• High comfort operating in regulated environments with strong ethical judgment.
• Strategic thinker with hands-on analytical depth and transformation mindset.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Life Sciences, Statistics, Economics, Data Science, or related quantitative field; PhD a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in Medical Affairs analytics, HEOR, Market Access analytics, or related roles within biopharma or pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading field medical analytics, evidence generation analytics, and access insights.
• Hands-on experience with analytics tools (e.g., R, Python, SQL), visualization platforms (e.g., R Shiny, Dash), and unstructured data techniques.
• Experience working closely with Medical, HEOR, Access, and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Experience leading teams and influencing across matrixed organizations.

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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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 an 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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

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/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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R1599201 : Associate Director, Medical & Access AI & Analytics

Experience Level

Mid Level