Associate Director, Technical Engineering Lead
Bristol Myers Squibb
Associate Director, Technical Engineering Lead
Bristol Myers Squibb
Makes drugs for cancer, blood and immune diseases
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.
Summary:
The Technical Engineering Lead is responsible for the technology strategy, architecture, delivery, and lifecycle management for analytics and AI capabilities supporting Clinical Operations — anchored today in GDO Workbench, with a remit that extends to analytical and AI needs surfacing elsewhere across Drug Development.
This role serves as the senior technology leader partnering with Global Development Operations and BI&T leadership to deliver digital solutions that improve study execution, increase operational efficiency, enable AI-driven decision making, and accelerate the delivery of medicines to patients.
The successful candidate will lead a matrixed team of architects, engineers, data specialists, and vendor partners while driving platform modernization, enterprise integration, and AI-enabled innovation across Clinical Operations.
Key Responsibilities:
• Define and execute the technology strategy and roadmap for Clinical Operations Intelligence platforms.
• Partner with business, product, and digital leaders to translate strategic priorities into technology solutions.
• Drive innovation through analytics, AI, automation, and digital capabilities.
• Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value and user adoption.
• Serve as the trusted advisor for platform capabilities, scalability, and future direction.
• Own the target-state architecture for GDO Workbench and related platforms.
• Lead platform modernization and technology transformation initiatives.
• Define architecture across applications, data, analytics, cloud, and integrations.
• Drive decisions related to platform convergence, data architecture, and enterprise integration.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise technology, security, and data standards.
• Lead cross-functional teams responsible for design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple product pods and development workstreams.
• Establish delivery governance and release management processes.
• Drive execution excellence through Agile product delivery and engineering best practices.
• Balance innovation, stability, technical debt reduction, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Data Products and enterprise data teams to deliver integrated data and analytics solutions.
• Enable AI-driven insights, intelligent recommendations, automation, and decision-support capabilities.
• Drive adoption of modern data platforms and scalable analytics architecture.
• Support self-service analytics and next-generation digital user experiences.
• Build strong partnerships across Global Development Operations, BI&T, R&D, and enterprise technology teams.
• Present technology roadmaps, architecture recommendations, risks, and investment opportunities to senior leadership.
• Lead governance discussions supporting platform strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Influence outcomes across highly matrixed organizations and external partners.
• Ensure all solutions meet BMS quality, security, privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish governance processes supporting architecture, development, release management, and operations.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering quality and operational excellence.
• Identify and proactively mitigate technology and business risks.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience leading technology platforms, digital products, or enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional technology teams.
• Proven experience developing and executing technology roadmaps.
• Experience leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Clinical Development, or Life Sciences organizations.
• Experience with cloud platforms, data platforms, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience leading Agile product development organizations.
• Experience managing strategic technology vendors and consulting partners.
• Strategic mindset with strong business acumen.
• Ability to influence across complex matrix organizations.
• Strong product and customer orientation.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and organizational change.
• Passion for innovation, talent development, and continuous improvement
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.
Compensation Overview:
The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.
Benefits:
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).
U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.
Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings athttps://careers.bms.com/benefits
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.
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Makes drugs for cancer, blood and immune diseases
Bristol Myers Squibb discovers, develops and sells prescription medicines for serious illnesses, including cancer, blood disorders, immune diseases and heart disease, for patients treated by doctors and hospitals around the world. Its best-known drug is Opdivo, an immunotherapy that helps the body's own immune system find and attack many kinds of cancer. Researchers develop drug candidates in its labs or bring them in through acquisitions and partnerships, then test them in clinical trials to win regulatory approval. The company makes and markets the approved medicines and earns its revenue from sales of patent-protected drugs. Its roots go back to a business founded in 1887, and it is based in Lawrence Township, New Jersey.
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