Director, Clinical Supply Team Lead (CSTL)
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 . The Director, Clinical Supply Team Lead is responsible for Therapeutic Area (TA) level operational leadership, including clinical supply strategy execution, resource management, and performance across an assigned TA. This role ensures consistent, high-quality execution of planning, supply readiness, and asset/study support by directing Clinical Supply Leads (CSLs),, Trial Supply Managers (TSMs), and other subordinate staff. This role is accountable for TA-level prioritization, workload balancing, and overall operational performance across the portfolio. The Director manages incoming assets and workload through a structured intake process, supports cross-functional alignment, drives operational discipline, and ensures transparency through TA-level metrics and dashboards. This role partners with senior leaders in GDO, CMC, Regulatory, Quality, GLS, CSO, and other CSC stakeholders to promote collaboration and strategic foresight as well as to ensure timely decision-making, appropriate issue escalation, and operational risk mitigation across the TA portfolio. The Director promotes consistent ways of working, contributes to continuous improvement efforts to strengthen end-to-end clinical supply performance, and supports the development of future-ready talent within their assigned TA. Key Responsibilities:
- Lead TA level intake for new studies, new assets, and major protocol changes including IRT awareness of changes, comparator needs, CMC driven supply requirements, and similar clinical supply activities.
- Assign and monitor assets across TA portfolio, balancing workload and resource allocation based on capacity, expertise, study tiering, and priority.
- Maintain a forward-looking TA portfolio view to anticipate workload shifts, capacity constraints, and evolving resourcing needs across the TA.
- Ensure decisions and assignments are clearly documented and communicated within the TA as well as across CSC and partnering functions.
- Ensure consistent execution of end-to-end clinical supply planning and forecasting in close collaboration with CSLs and TSMs.
- Drive adherence to standardized processes/playbooks, escalation pathways, and governance expectations, recommending improvements as warranted.
- Act as the first point of resolution for cross-study conflicts, operational trade-offs, and timeline risks.
- Partner with GLS and CSC planning functions to ensure supply reliability, logistics coordination, issue resolution, and similar outcomes.
- Own TA-level workload balancing and capacity management, including intra- and inter-TA resource alignment.
- Ensure early visibility of upcoming/emergent changes (e.g., protocol amendments, enrollment escalations, site activations, country expansions) and coordinate timely CSC response.
- Facilitate regular TA operational review meetings to align stakeholders, assess resource allocations, track risks, and drive timely decisions.
- Own and leverage KPI dashboards to monitor performance, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement.
- Use Control Tower / E2E supply data to trend performance, identify bottlenecks, anticipate resource swings, and apply corrective actions.
- Contribute to improving CD&OP maturity by reinforcing consistent inputs, process discipline, and cross-functional engagement. More tactically ensure the appropriate projects are being escalated up the CD&OP process to achieve rapid resolution.
- Ensure all TA operations comply with GxP, inspection readiness expectations, and CSC quality processes.
- Provide direct line management, coaching, and development for assigned staff, and drive engagement and performance across TA teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in clinical supply chain, clinical operations, technical operations, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience in planning, study support, forecasting, or operational leadership in a GxP environment.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with and influence cross-functional people/teams to accomplish clinical supply goals and objectives
- Strong understanding of investigational product supply, clinical study operations, and functional interfaces (CMC, Regulatory, Quality, GDO).
- Proven ability to allocate resources, balance workload, and lead cross-functional issue resolution.
- Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting planning data, operational metrics, or dashboard insights.
- Ability to lead through influence, support change adoption, and maintain consistent operational discipline.
- Ability to coach, engage, and develop team members.
- Experience managing change in a dynamic, complex environment.
- Experience managing clinical supply chain professionals.
- Experience with supply planning or S&OP processes (CD&OP experience desirable).
- Familiarity with digital supply chain tools (i.e. IBP, Lighthouse, Control Tower, CASSA).
- Prior experience supporting portfolio-level planning or multi-study coordination.
- Excellent cross-functional negotiating skills.
New Brunswick - NJ - US: $198,070 - $240,011
Princeton - NJ - US: $198,070 - $240,011 The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
- Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
- Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
- Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
- US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
- Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
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 [email protected] . 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. 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: Data Protection We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at . Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations. If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS at [email protected] . Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley. R1601459 : Director, Clinical Supply Team Lead (CSTL)
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