Executive Director, Real World Evidence Innovation Center Lead, Global Medical

About this role

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The Executive Director will serve as the  central connective node   for Medical across the BMS enterprise RWE ecosystem — linking Medical study teams to the full landscape of internal and external data assets, technology platforms, AI capabilities, and cross-functional partners. A core priority is working with the Data Analytics and HEOR teams to identifying and integrating the growing portfolio of available therapeutic area-level data sources — including EMR/EHR, claims, registries, specialty datasets, and partner platforms — and making those assets practically accessible and scientifically deployable for the MEG, MAP & RWE and Global Medical teams.

Specifically, the role sits at the  intersection of four organizational communities: MEG study teams  — who need scientific guidance, methods support, and database expertise to design and execute high-quality NIS and RWD-integrated studies  Data Analytics & IT / BI&T  — who own the data infrastructure, platforms, and tooling that enable RWD acquisition, access, and analysis  External RWD ecosystem  — including database vendors, academic partners, and epidemiological networks that the RWDIC will curate and broker access to  Cross Functional Partners including WWTA, HEOR, Clinical Development, Market Access and Commercial teams.

This role is fundamentally a  capability-building, connectivity, and enterprise enablement role  — not a study execution role. The Executive Director will not own or run RWE studies directly; instead, they will ensure that BMS Medical has the infrastructure, data access, scientific methods, and organizational fluency to generate real-world evidence with speed, rigor, and competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

Build & Lead the RWD Innovation Center • Establish this capability within Medical - defining the RWDIC mission, governance model, KPIs, and operating model from the ground up, as an enterprise-level function new to the Medical organization at BMS.

• Set the strategic vision for how BMS Medical engages with the evolving RWD ecosystem, including new data partnership models, AI-integrated workflows, and enterprise data infrastructure.

• Serve as the enterprise authority on RWD strategy, data connectivity, and scientific standard acting as a senior resource for Medical leadership and cross-functional partners.

End-to-End Data RWE Capability • Build an end-to-end capability which enables Global Medical to lead in the space of RWE generation and publication to meet the needs of HCPs and patients

• Own the end-to-end data connectivity architecture for Global Medical: mapping, accessing, and mobilizing the full landscape of internal and external data sources available across BMS therapeutic areas.

• Identify, evaluate, and build an enterprise RWD data landcape  by TA including EMR/EHR systems, claims databases, specialty registries and global sources, ensuring teams know what exists, how to access it, and how to deploy it for their evidence questions.

• Serve as the  organizational bridge between MEG teams and the Unified Data Layer , ensuring that the data infrastructure investments made in BI&T and Data Analytics are translated into practical, scientific utility for Medical.

• Drive a culture of continuous innovation to stay ahead of emerging data sources, design paradigms, AI-enabled approaches, and digital tools, and translating them rapidly into practical team capability.

Enterprise Cross-Functional Connectivity & Integration • Serve as Medical's senior liaison to the enterprise RWE ecosystem, actively connecting and aligning with WWTA, HEOR, Clinical Development, Market Access, Commercial, BI&T/Data Analytics to ensure that Medical's RWD capability is integrated within, and benefits from, the broader enterprise infrastructure.

• Represent Medical's RWD priorities in enterprise technology roadmaps, data governance forums, and AI platform investment decisions, ensuring MEG's scientific requirements shape platform design.

• Identify and activate data sources and evidence assets that already exist across BMS TAs, working with BI&T/Data Analytics, HEOR and WWTA to inventory available data, surface reuse opportunities, and prevent duplication of investment.

• Build and steward enterprise-level partnerships with leading RWD data vendors, academic partners, and epidemiological networks

• Connect Medical's evidence generation activities to the enterprise AI and LLM capabilities, ensuring MEG teams are positioned to leverage AI throughout the study lifecycle.

Scientific Expertise: NIS, Epidemiology & Advanced Study Designs • Institutionalize RWD as the standard first step in study planning, ensuring teams interrogate available databases for feasibility, patient population sizing, treatment patterns, and outcome rates before committing to trial infrastructure.

• Build and maintain the RWDIC knowledge base across the full spectrum of advanced RWD-integrated designs: • RWD-informed trials:  informing endpoint selection, eligibility criteria, sample size, and increasing probability of technical success

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