Medical Advisor, Oncology

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

This role exemplifies the future of Medical Affairs – innovative products, multi-indication medications, evolving scientific questions, increasing speed of clinical development for pipeline products that fill high unmet needs for patients. This is a fast-paced and dynamic environment internally and externally, with a truly collaborative and passionate team and company, fostering collective responsibility, innovation and agility to better serve our patients.

This opportunity will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to gain extensive launch and project management experience. They will play an instrumental role enhancing the value of the pipeline-portfolio and driving the medical performance of the company’s key growth drivers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and clinical expertise for therapy area.
• Driver of content and executor of UK medical strategy and research plans for designated therapy area product(s) and pipeline.
• Development and management of field tactical plans and scientific activities in close liaison with Field Medical Manager.
• Active member of the extended worldwide medical and brand teams for designated product (s)/indications, UK brand team.
• Provide training to the sales force enabling them to understand and convey the scientific benefits of a brand appropriately.
• Management of publications. 
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA) collaboration with health economics team and representation at HTA meetings.
• Compassionate use programme input
• Act as a nominated medical signatory for therapy area; compliance with the Code of Practice and internal procedures.

Candidate profile: 

• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Works for the benefit of the team and business.
• High personal accountability and strong sense of purpose.
• Strategic thinking, solution-orientated.
• Skilful prioritisation with ability to change course at short notice.
• Enthusiastic, motivating, supportive to matrix team.
• Passion for value Medical Affairs can bring to the business and for the science of our products.
• High personal integrity with a strong motivation to ensure complaint and ethical activities for the business.
• Inclusive: integrates diversity and differences in skills and outlook to get the best out of the matrix team.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications

Core: Advanced scientific or clinical degree.

Desired: A registered physician or UK registered pharmacist is preferred. Exceptional candidates with a scientific background are welcomed.

Experience:

Core: Ability to work co-operatively with others in order to meet group and organiSational goals, to consistently deliver on commitments and communicate opinions, facts and thoughts with clarity, transparency and honesty. 

Desired:

• Medical Affairs experience preferably in oncology
• Clinical experience in oncology or haemato-oncology
• Experience of working in clinical research
• Experience in the review and approval of promotional/non-promotional materials and an excellent understanding of the ABPI Code of Practice
• Strategy development, HTA experience
• Experience in product launches
• Experience with real world evidence and compassionate use programmes

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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.

Bristol Myers Squibb is Disability Confident – Employer

A UK Government scheme

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BMS will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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