Director, Lymphoma TDDT, TM

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BMS R&D is at a critical and exciting phase of development.

As it expands and integrates its portfolio including small molecules, biologics and cell therapies, there is an opportunity for a dynamic and resourceful individual to lead our clinical lymphoma efforts in Translational Development at our site in Summit, NJ.

Translational Medicine at BMS Translational Medicine is part of the Global Research and Early Development organization in BMS and leads late stage clinical, pharmacological and translational research and development activities for the pipeline and supports late stage portfolio for regulatory, translational development and life cycle management.

Translational Medicine Hematology drives strategy for multiple disease areas of interest including Myeloma, Lymphoma, CLL, AML, MDS and other hematological malignancies.

This group integrates laboratory science, clinical trial and asset development as well as disease research to maximize the potential of BMS current and future therapeutics.

Summary Reporting to Executive Director, Translational Medicine, the incumbent will be part of the translational group based in Summit NJ and will manage a small group of translational scientists who manage clinical projects and help develop translational strategies in Lymphoma and CLL for approval or life-cycle management in the hematology space.

Key responsibilities of this role are to act as key translational lead for the clinical programs and develop and execute translational strategies including biomarkers while working with translational scientists and cross-functional disease team and thematic research centers within the company.

In addition, oversight of laboratory scientists to generate data in support of clinical development decisions.

Responsibilities Leads a group of translational scientists as a group lead and leads the translational development of portfolio of compounds translational annual goals and objectives for the lymphoma and CLL group (for internal /external, translational collaboration, compound specific plans etc), ORQs, and is accountable for their progress monitoring in association with TD scientists Assists in developing and maintaining group budget and workforce plan Represents Translational Medicine in cross-functional project and strategy teams Interfaces with commercial including early commercialization group and Medical Affairs to provide scientific support for cross-functional TD goals and support IIT studies Manages and supervises preclinical collaboration strategy across the pipeline compounds for clinical assets Assists in managing key strategic and/or collaborative projects along with TD scientists Supports regulatory submissions, regulatory interactions, writes/reviews translational sections for regulatory response and answers to regulatory queries for the TD group Interfaces with the diagnostic group for projects that need diagnostics development Communicates regularly and prepares and makes presentations within the department, externally and to internal governance committees as required Works with lab head to integrate translational research in the Summit lab of Celgene.

Qualifications PhD with at least 10 years of relevant work experience, including a minimum of 10 years of experience in drug development in an industry setting Track record in large and small companies, leading innovative efforts to deploy technologies and assays for enhanced translational capabilities Excellent communication, managerial and scientific qualities are expected Ability to interact effectively across boundaries using influencing and relationship building skills.

Competence in analysis and solving of problems, and the ability to prioritize and make tradeoffs to achieve goals.

Technical Skills In-depth understanding of lymphoma, clinical landscape, evolving therapy, competitive scenario Strong understanding of clinical, translational and mechanistic data of lymphoma and CLL therapies Good understanding of drug development process in an industry setting Strong background in clinical biomarker discovery and analysis, research tools, platforms and assays Understanding of late-stage drug and translational development process Proven ability to work with disease teams/experts to develop strategies to support development and life cycle management efforts tailored to regional markets (i.e, US, EU, CAN) Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in developing written documents such as primary manuscripts/publications/reviews, disease strategies, mechanism slides, regulatory submissions, strategic communications, literature/market/pt segment analyses Proven scientific/project leadership expertise (working in teams, managing collaborations, people/projects) Ability to synthesize complex scientific and business problems into strategy and tactics Basic understanding of IP, contracting terms and provisions Other Attributes A problem solver who creatively and knowledgeably transcends departmental function to act as a resource to entire research effort and senior managers in development.

Identifies issues early and proposes innovative solutions.

Communicates within the larger organization and external community.

Provides expert guidance to multi-disciplinary teams and senior management.

A leader whose scope of influence stretches across Celgene.

A leader who influences external scientific community.

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