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Bristol Myers Squibb

Makes drugs for cancer, blood and immune diseases

US Regional MSL Team Lead

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeRemote in USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • An advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent) is preferred.
  • At least 10 years of clinical, medical affairs, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience, including people leadership or field medical management responsibilities.
  • Experience leading MSLs or field-based medical teams, with demonstrated success recruiting, coaching, developing, and retaining high-performing talent.
  • Strong understanding of oncology, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, clinical trial execution, and healthcare system dynamics is preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with external experts, investigators, academic centers, community practices, and cross-functional internal stakeholders.
  • Strong executive presence, communication skills, strategic thinking, and ability to influence without authority across matrixed teams.
  • Experience operating in both biotech and larger pharmaceutical environments is preferred.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving launch and clinical development environment.
  • Residence within or near the West US region is preferred, with ability to travel approximately 60% to 70%.

Responsibilities

  • Translate national medical strategy into a West US regional engagement plan aligned with portfolio priorities, clinical development needs, and launch readiness objectives.
  • Identify, prioritize, and cultivate relationships with key oncology, nuclear medicine, academic, community, and integrated delivery network stakeholders across the West region.
  • Lead regional scientific engagement planning, including key account mapping, external expert engagement, medical education opportunities, congress follow-up, and insight generation.
  • Strengthen institutional relationships that support scientific exchange, clinical trial awareness, and appropriate collaboration across priority centers.
  • Partner with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations to support regional trial execution, including site identification, start-up readiness, enrollment support, and investigator engagement.
  • Guide the MSL team in delivering compliant, scientifically balanced trial-related exchange with investigators, site teams, and relevant healthcare professionals.
  • Surface regional barriers, opportunities, and insights related to radiopharmaceutical trial participation, referral pathways, imaging, dosimetry, and site readiness.
  • Build collaborative relationships with external experts, investigators, healthcare providers, and institutional leaders across oncology and nuclear medicine.
  • Ensure the regional team executes high-quality, compliant scientific exchange aligned with approved medical strategies and stakeholder needs.
  • Oversee timely, accurate, balanced, and non-promotional responses to unsolicited scientific inquiries and emerging data discussions.
  • Capture, synthesize, and communicate actionable medical insights to inform medical strategy, clinical development, evidence generation, and launch planning.
  • Recruit, onboard, lead, and develop a high-performing West Region Radiopharmaceuticals MSL team.
  • Provide field coaching, mentorship, and performance management to ensure scientific excellence, compliant engagement, and measurable regional impact.
  • Establish clear expectations, engagement standards, operating rhythms, and performance metrics for the regional field medical team.
  • Conduct regular field visits and coaching interactions to support MSL development, customer engagement quality, and territory execution.
  • Develop and reinforce training, playbooks, and best practices to support scientific exchange, clinical trial enablement, insight generation, and launch readiness.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, curiosity, continuous learning, and cross-functional partnership.
  • Leverage digital tools and AI-enabled approaches, where appropriate, to improve prioritization, insight synthesis, field effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
  • Apply AI to improve team execution and decision-making.
  • Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Market Access, Patient Advocacy, and other partners to align regional execution with enterprise priorities.
  • Support launch readiness by identifying regional stakeholder needs, educational gaps, operational barriers, and opportunities to strengthen external engagement.
  • Contribute to internal education and regional readiness planning related to radiopharmaceutical therapies, solid tumor treatment pathways, and evolving scientific evidence.
  • Ensure all field medical activities comply with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
  • Model and reinforce high standards for scientific integrity, documentation quality, data accuracy, and balanced communication.
  • Guide the team in structured insight generation, compliant engagement planning, and appropriate escalation of medical, operational, or compliance-related issues.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).
  • Strong understanding of oncology, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, clinical trial execution, and healthcare system dynamics.
  • Experience operating in both biotech and larger pharmaceutical environments.

About the Company

Bristol Myers Squibb

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.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Lawrence Township, NJ
Founded
1887

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