Executive Director, Research – Integrative Sciences, Cardiovascular

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Effectively communicate the internal Cardiovascular Research pipeline priorities and ensure alignment of external search, evaluation, and triage activities with the strategies of BMS Research and the Enterprise Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area.

• Oversee the Cardiovascular triage process within Integrative Sciences.

• Identify, assess, and promote academic collaborations, biotech partnerships, platform technologies, and assets at the pre-IND or IND stage.

• Formulate and lead cross-functional diligence teams, providing scientific expertise during Business Development reviews and due diligence processes.

• Collaborate with Search & Evaluation and Business Development transaction leads to further prioritized opportunities.

• Coordinate with Research Finance to align, capture, and approve activities within Research budgets.

• Design and implement integrated corporate and academic external innovation strategies.

• Develop opportunities into collaboration plans outlining objectives, work plans, milestones, governance, decision points, and success metrics.

• Advise on collaboration frameworks and contract formulation in collaboration with Business Development, Legal, and IP departments.

• Participate in joint governance committees and oversight bodies with academic and industry collaborators.

• Act as a representative for Integrative Sciences to BMS organizations, regulatory agencies, investors, partners, and the scientific community.

• Relay external research activities and progress updates to internal stakeholders, partners, and leadership.

• Prepare progress reports and decision documentation for senior management.

• Deliver presentations and briefings regarding scientific and organizational initiatives.

• Exemplify scientific leadership, collaboration, and a comprehensive enterprise mindset across Research and Integrative Sciences.

• Engage in Site Leadership teams and potentially take on roles such as Board Observer or other governance positions for external cardiovascular companies.

⛳️ Requirements

• PhD or equivalent advanced scientific training in cardiovascular biology, cardiometabolic disease, or a related field pertinent to cardiovascular medicine.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in drug discovery and/or early development within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology sectors.

• Profound, hands-on expertise in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases.

• Solid understanding of the biology of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases, including their interrelationship.

• Capability to evaluate external opportunities in relation to BMS Research priorities.

• Experience in assessing academic collaborations, biotech partnerships, platform technologies, and assets at the pre-IND or IND stage.

• Proven experience in formulating external collaboration plans that encompass scientific objectives, work plans, milestones, governance structures, decision points, and success metrics.

• Background in negotiating collaboration agreements with external partners.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

• Demonstrated success in advancing therapeutic programs to the IND stage or beyond.

• Experience working collaboratively across Research, Early Development, Business Development, Alliance Management, Legal, IP, Finance, Thematic Research Centers, and Therapeutic Area leadership, or similar structures.

• Strong aptitude for fostering productive relationships and maintaining scientifically focused, operationally accountable collaborations.

• Knowledge of financial, legal, contractual, and geographic factors impacting external research collaborations, including non-U.S. partnerships.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional discretionary incentive cash.

• Stock opportunities.

• Wellbeing support.

• Retirement and financial protection benefits.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) with no set accrual limit for eligible U.S.-based exempt employees.

• 11 paid company holidays.

• 160 hours of paid vacation annually for eligible new hires in specific employee categories.

• 3 optional holidays for eligible non-exempt, RayzeBio, and Puerto Rico employees.

• Paid sick leave, contingent on eligibility.

• Up to two paid volunteer days per year.

• Flexibility in summer hours.

• Medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military leaves of absence.

• Annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day for eligible employees.

• Reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support.