Senior Counsel SCT Legal Digital Health/RWE/RWD/BIampA

Profile

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference. We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming patients’ lives through science. At the core of that mission are the talented individuals who contribute their “unique” skillsets to help us drive innovation and deliver truly life-changing drugs for our patients. As we continue to pursue that mission, we’re looking for talented professionals like you to join our team. What unique gene will you bring?

Introduction:

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced transactional attorney and team leader to join its Law Department. Bristol Myers Squibb is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. We are looking for an experienced transactional attorney who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.

Position Overview:

This position will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice, guidance and support related to transactions for Bristol Myers Squibb’s digital health, real world evidence and business insights and analytics functions and for managing, developing and leading attorney(s) and/or other legal professional(s) working under his/her supervision.

Position will report to Senior Corporate Counsel, SCT Legal Commercial and R&D

Responsibilities:

Lead negotiations and provide direct counseling to internal cients on routine, moderate and complex transactional matters for company’s digital health, real world data/evidence HEOR and business insights and analytics functions.

Manage, develop, and lead attorney(s) and/or other legal professional(s).

Advise internal clients in structuring and advising on various transactions in a way that advances the company’s strategy while addressing legal and regulatory risks.

Provide advanced level support and knowledge leadership within the SCT Legal team for all categories of agreements pertaining to digital health, real world data/evidence and business insights and analytics functions.

Draft, negotiate and finalize routine, non-routine and novel contracts in an effective, efficient and time-sensitive manner.

Identify and resolve critical legal issues and identify and help resolve critical business issues arising from transactions.

Provide legal advice and legal interpretation on rights and obligations under executed agreements.

Assist with resolution of disputes under executed agreements.

Proactively identify the need for, and drive the creation of, new or improved contract templates for common transactions.

Proactively identify the need for, prepare and deliver training, written guidance and other aids for internal clients.

Proactively advise internal clients regarding transaction issues in close collaboration with lawyers from other practice areas and relevant subject matter experts throughout the company.

Consistently prioritize significant workload based on business needs and communicate this prioritization, and guide team in balancing priorities and overall workload

Work cooperatively with peers to leverage skills and knowledge within the SCT Legal team and the Law Department.

Serve as primary SCT liaison to Legal Regulatory teams supporting digital health, HEOR, RWE/RWD and BI&A functions and participate in Legal Regulatory team meetings in such capacity.

Actively contribute to maintaining a solid SCT Legal team, through participation in discussions, sharing best practices, collaboration on projects, etc.

Demonstrate a service-oriented approach to advising internal client groups.

Demonstrate full commitment to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s mission and values.

Qualifications/Competencies:

Law degree from recognized university. Qualification to practice law in New Jersey or ability to obtain a NJ in-house counsel limited license.

Minimum of 7 years post-qualification experience in a mix of a major law firm or in legal function of a major corporation, including through equivalent experience with contracting and transactional matters in an operational or contract management capacity.

Preferably has had experience managing, developing and leading junior and mid-level attorneys and other legal professionals.

Practical experience drafting and negotiating agreements related to the bio/pharmaceutical or life-sciences industry.

Significant experience drafting and negotiating routine and complex, novel agreements pertaining to real world data/evidence and related business insights and analytics (e.g., agreements for health economics and outcomes research, patient reported outcomes, data licensing, technology and algorithm development and licensing, real world data/evidence and related technologies, such as platforms and devices);

Preference for candidates having some understanding of relevant aspects of digital health related operations such as: non-interventional post-authorization safety studies (PASS); registries/cohort studies/surveillance programs; studies in which data are drawn from Health Care Providers (HCPs) or patient surveys of knowledge; information gathering on comparative effectiveness; patient compliance or drug utilization studies; enrollment of patients in prospective and retrospective observational studies; literature review with meta-analysis; post hoc secondary analyses of clinical trial data; and feasibility assessments.

Has working knowledge of life-science/pharmaceutical law, including regulations, rules and laws relating to, anti-kickback, anti-bribery, intellectual property, clinical trials, financial transparency, and data privacy.

Understanding of health care industry.

Excellent administrative and organization skills.

Has excellent interpersonal skills and can successfully manage internal client expectations and can work/operate well with a variety of personalities/capabilities in cross-functional teams, matrix environment.

Creative, thoughtful and practical problem-solving skills.

Must have high integrity, ability to assess risk, ability to make decisions and think strategically while applying knowledge of applicable legal issues.

Listens to internal client needs and communicates with clients with confidence and diplomacy.

Excellent verbal and writing skills and business judgment are required.

Ability to communicate effectively with management and senior management personnel.

Ability to work independently, effectively and efficiently and perform against broad objectives.

Possess strong business acumen and work ethic.

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 the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

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, disability or protected veteran status.

Company info

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Website : http://www.bms.com