Associate Director of Computational Cancer Immunology

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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. 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 Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS) mission is to Pioneer, Partner and Predict to drive transformative insights for patient benefit.  IPS conducts applied computational research in areas that include genomic, structural and molecular informatics, computational and systems biology, patient selection and translational biomarker research, and broader fields including knowledge science, epidemiology and machine learning—across the full lifecycle of drug discovery and development and across all therapeutic areas at BMS.   We do this in close partnership with scientific and clinical experts in the field, both inside and outside the company.   We perform innovative science to empower key data-driven decisions across a rich pipeline of next-generation medicines. In doing so, our work transforms the lives of patients, as well as our own lives and careers.

Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope. You’ll pursue innovative ideas while advancing professionally alongside some of the brightest minds in biopharma.

We seek a creative and passionate computational biologist with a strong background in drug discovery and cancer immunology to join the Oncology team within Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS). In this role, you will lead a team focused on using cutting edge machine learning and advanced statistical methods to analyze high-dimensional patient and pre-clinical data.

In partnering with biologists to build and prosecute a discovery cancer immunology portfolio, you and your team will be responsible for identifying and developing novel pre-clinical cancer immunology therapeutic concepts. In this role, you will collaboratively define and implement the computational strategy focused on cancer immunology. Your work will directly impact the discovery and development of novel therapies for cancer patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of computational scientists partnering on shared drug discovery objectives.
• Define and implement computational strategy to identify novel therapeutic concepts.
• Manage a team working with diverse data modalities, including spatial transcriptomics, single cell RNA-seq, high throughput proteomics, RNA-Seq, multiplex flow cytometry, and clinical data
• Mentor and guide scientists on your team performing deep and innovative analyses of these data to comprehensively evaluate patient-derived data for the purpose of developing testable therapeutic hypotheses.
• In close collaboration with teams across Research and Development (including biologists, computational biologists, and clinicians), develop holistic translational data packages for target concept opportunities.
• Communicate findings and recommend follow-up actions in multiple settings (including 1:1, seminars, and team meetings). Participate in authorship of scientific reports and present methods and conclusions to publishable standards.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of academic/industry experience, or
• Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience, or
• PhD with 8+ years of experience in computational biology, computational cancer immunology, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD from a recognized institution in a quantitative field such as computational biology, computational cancer immunology or related.
• Experience managing computational scientists to deliver on broad objectives is preferred; experience in matrix management of cross- functional teams is strongly preferred.
• Experience analyzing and integrating high-dimensional molecular datasets such as multi-omics (e.g., RNA-seq, proteomics), single cell (scRNA-seq), genome-wide genotyping array, or spatial transcriptomics datasets
• Advanced hands-on knowledge of at least one high-level programming language such as R or Python for computational and reproducible research practices
• Track record (such as scientific publications) in driving and advancing research projects/programs with computational approaches 
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Background in cancer immunology preferred

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $211,950 - $256,800 plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility). The starting pay takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. Final, individual compensation is decided based on demonstrated experience. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers site. Eligibility for specific benefits listed in our careers site may vary based on the job and location.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.  

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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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

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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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