Senior Scientist, Translational Immunology

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

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When you join BMS, you are joining a diverse, high-achieving team united by a common mission.

The Immunology and Cardiovascular Thematic Research Center (ICV TRC) at BMS is one of the fundamental Research units delivering therapeutics to patients. Our mission is to create transformative medicines of tomorrow based on the cutting-edge science of today. We leverage BMS’s internal invention engine that includes industry-leading expertise in small molecule chemistry, protein biotherapeutics, cell therapy, protein degradation, nucleic acids, and other therapeutic modalities.

The Translational Early Development (TED) group within the ICV-TRC seeks to understand disease pathophysiology to enable patient selection and stratification in clinical trials and develop critical assays to evaluate target engagement and pharmacodynamics of our new drugs in patients.

Position Responsibilities

In the role as a senior scientist within Translational Early Development, the ideal candidate:

• Applies scientific and technical skills and functional knowledge to conduct experiments with human cells and samples

• Adapts standard methods and techniques by applying breadth of knowledge and prior work experience

• Makes decisions that impact entire work group / project team

• Contributes to initiatives related to continuous improvement or development of new approaches / technologies

• Starts to develop and implement approaches to new technology and take calculated risks

• Leads discussions and makes presentations in multidisciplinary meetings, logically presenting information to convey clear, key messages

• May represent TED team on project team or sub-team

• Participates to management of our internal patient samples database (LIMS, Spotfire)

• Runs flow cytometry and cell-based assays and molecular biology experiments such as DNA, RNA preparation and PCR

• Executes, analyses and interprets experiments independently

• Participates in multidisciplinary projects and teams and integrates cross-functional information

Experience

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of academic / industry experience

or

• Master's Degree and 5 years of academic / industry experience

or

• PhD and 2 years of academic / industry experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of academic / industry experience or Master's Degree and 5 years of academic / industry experience

• Proficient in scientific / technical writing (e.g., regulatory documents, protocols)

• Thorough knowledge of experimental design, and technical laboratory skills (e.g. immunoassays, protein signaling, qPCR technology platforms, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry) together with an ability to interpret results

• Demonstrated ability to handle several projects at any given time

• Excellent communication skills and ability to present data

• Willingness to work in a fast paced highly collaborative cross functional research team environment

• Proficiency with analysis & interpretation of results is required

• Understanding of drug discovery process is preferred

• Deep knowledge of human immunology and immune-mediated diseases is preferred

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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