Director, Biostatistics

Bristol Myers Squibb

. Drives innovative and efficient study design.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeMadison • Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $218,740 - $265,060 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drives innovative and efficient study design.
Develops study designs that address study objectives that will support regulatory approval, medical research and market access.
Independently leads, initiates, and oversees the statistical support for the development of compounds within a therapeutic area.
Provides guidance and oversight to statisticians to ensure high quality and timely deliverables.
Effectively engages as a matrix team member on high level development teams, to act as a scientific and strategic partner in the drug development process.
Presents and defends complex statistical solutions to all levels of BMS governance, key stakeholders and external regulatory bodies in a clear, concise, complete, and transparent manner that provide influence on key decisions.
Contributes to Clinical Development Plans, leads GBDS related submission activities, and post-submission strategies/preparations/defenses.
Provides statistical support and leadership to address health authority requests, publication, presentation, and other public release of information.
Compliant with BMS processes and SOPs, adherence to global and project standards within an indication or therapeutic area and responsible for quality of deliverable.
Contributes to creation/maintenance of and provide training on statistical topics departmental SOPs.
Manages a functional or project budget, and has authority to allocate company resources according to project needs, set priorities, and ensure consistency and adherence to standards therein.
Represents BMS at professional societies, and in industry-wide technical discussions.
Contributes to the statistical community of practice.
Provides active coaching to statistical team members when developing solutions to problems.
Effectively communicates the DQS Mission and Vision in a fashion that generates pride, excitement and commitment within DQS.
Fosters a culture of inclusiveness, respect for diversity, compliance with process and allows for the questioning and challenging of others in a respectful and constructive manner.
Provides leadership to empower and develop the team. Provides guidance to employee's development plans and carries out performance review and feedback. Develops performance metrics for staff.

Requirements

What you’ll need

PhD (9+ years experience) or MS (11+ years experience) in statistics or biostatistics or related scientific field with clinical trials, drug development, pharmaceutical industry or healthcare experience.
Proficiency in scientific computing/programming (SAS, R or Python) and implementation of advanced statistical analysis, data manipulation, graphing & simulation.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing and organizational skills.
Demonstrate expertise in applying knowledge of general and cutting edge statistical / clinical trials methodology to solve complex statistical problems in the clinical development area and ensure alignment with regulatory agencies and industry standards.
Experience in preparing and participating in global regulatory agency interactions.
Demonstrate excellent collaboration, organizational/ leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate development of approaches to enhance the Workforce Planning and Talent Management strategy of the internal and external talent pools within a therapeutic area.
At least 3 years management (direct or matrix) experience is preferred (for people manager position only).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown. *Eligibility Disclosure: T he summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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Hard Skills & Tools

statistical analysisdata manipulationgraphingsimulationSASRPythonclinical trials methodologyadvanced statistical analysisregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillscommunication skillswriting skillsorganizational skillsleadership abilitiescollaborationcoachingteam empowermentperformance reviewinclusive culture

Certifications

PhD in statisticsMS in statisticsbiostatistics