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**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 . + Translational Medicine at BMS Translational medicine is a department within the Research organization that facilitates the transition of drug candidates from early to late-stage clinical development, their approval and life cycle management. Early-stage translational development activities enable rational determination of dose-schedule and responsive patient populations, based on deep understanding of drug mechanism of action and disease segments. Late-stage translational development activities build upon the early work, additionally exploring mechanisms of response/non-response, rational drug combinations and product differentiation. The late-stage translational development function is responsible for the development of translational strategies to support the development, and maximize the potential, of BMS's therapies post-clinical proof-of-concept, including registrations and life-cycle management. Translational disease strategies in Alzheimer's /Neurological Diseases are derived from long term investments in developing data and deep expertise in disease biology, neuroinflammation and patient segments to assist science driven strategies for the development of the neuroscience pipeline. **Position Description:** + Develops and executes translational disease strategy in Alzheimer's /Neurological disease areas with deep disease expertise + Leads and oversees execution of disease strategy including but not limited to various aspects of patient selection strategies + Serves as scientific expert in generating novel hypotheses for targetable biologies based on novel discoveries integrating disease work with literature and deep expertise in neuroscience + Manages cross functional disease project teams with key interfaces in IT, bioinformatics, data sci, stats, external collaborators, contractors, other disease strategy leads and asset leads + Maintains relationship with translational clinicians for identifying new opportunities and for gaining disease insight + Identifies needs, gaps and translational disease questions and applies knowledge across all assets in BMS portfolio in neuroscience area + Leads small and large collaborations with academia and industry partners to identify biobanks, clinical trials and existing databases to collate multi-parameter genomic, immune and clinical datasets to mine for novel biomarkers of unmet need patients in conjunction with computational biologists, data scientists and statisticians + Collaborate and guide bioinformatics partners on biological questions to deliver biomarkers and biological understanding from whole transcriptome, whole exome, and/or whole genome data, epigenetics, proteomics, immune profile and single cell data in order to support drug discovery and development in Alzheimer's /Neurological Diseases. + Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders including regulatory, clinical and commercial and scientific communications and external collaborators to develop translational analysis plans and timelines, communicate analysis results. + Represent the Neurology Translational Medicine function at various internal meetings and provide domain knowledge and disease expertise to cross-functional teams. + Direct and support publications in high quality scientific, technical or medical journals. + **Qualifications** : + PhD degree in a neuroscience-related field + Minimum of 8 years post-PhD experience, with demonstrated scientific leadership in integrating, analyzing, and interpreting multimodal biological data in an academic and/or industry setting. + Strong background in neuroscience with focus on Alzheimer's disease, human genetics/genomics, molecular and cellular biology is required. Knowledge in immunology is a plus. + Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing and competing priorities and ambiguity. + Strong team player with the ability to work in cross-functional teams. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. + Prior experience with clinical trials preferred but not essential + Strong track record of high-quality scientific publications in relevant fields + \#LI-ONSITE 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. 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. 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: 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:** R1590884 **Updated:** 2025-05-11 01:30:50.409 UTC **Location:** San Diego-CA 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.

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