Senior Director, US Policy Analytics

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. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

The Senior Director, U.S. Policy Analytics will lead BMS’s U.S. policy analytics capability, translating evolving U.S. policy signals into decision ready insights for senior leadership and policy stakeholders. This role owns scenario modeling and policy impact quantification for U.S. reforms, including but not limited to Medicare and Medicaid reforms, tariff and trade implications, affordability initiatives, price controls, Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reforms, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and other relevant U.S. healthcare policies.

This individual will lead the U.S. policy analytics team that integrates U.S. policy implications into enterprise planning and produces analytics that strengthen policy research evidence packages, advocacy narratives, and executive communications.

This leader will proactively identify and shape priority areas for U.S. policy analytics, ensuring analytics agendas inform policy research evidence generation and enable effective external policy engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders. The Senior Director will collaborate closely with cross functional teams to anticipate emerging trends in the U.S. pharmaceutical policy landscape, assess portfolio and enterprise implications, and ensure leadership remains well positioned in a dynamic and uncertain policy environment. This role will also foster innovation through BMS’s enterprise wide digital transformation initiatives, including the application of AI powered analytics.

• Lead the U.S. Policy Analytics sub-team, serving as a strategic thought partner to the U.S. Policy and Government Affairs leadership, and across the Global Policy and Government Affairs organization.

• Proactively identify, prioritize, and shape the U.S. policy analytics agenda, aligning analytics efforts with policy research evidence needs and external policy engagement strategies.

• Provide analytics support in close collaboration with Global Policy and Government Affairs (GPGA), Global Health Systems Analytics, Global Market Access (MAx), Global Pricing, Legal, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Finance, and Business Insights & Technology (BIT).

• Build, maintain, and oversee financial and policy models assessing the impact of U.S. pricing and reimbursement policies across the BMS portfolio.

• Interpret complex statutes, regulations, and policy guidance, translating policy developments into actionable insights to inform enterprise strategic planning and decision making.

• Integrate analytical insights into executive level presentations and briefings that clearly communicate implications, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Oversee analytics that shape evidence based external policy engagement and advocacy strategies, in close partnership with policy leads and senior stakeholders.

• Serve as a representative for Global Policy Analytics in organizational forums and leadership meetings, providing strategic updates, insights, and recommendations.

• Lead, mentor, and develop direct reports, fostering a high performing, collaborative, and inclusive team culture.

• Champion the adoption and integration of generative AI tools and digital solutions to enhance analytical rigor, efficiency, and scalability across the team.

• Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MBA, MPH, MPP, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in health policy, policy analytics, financial forecasting, government pricing, or related commercial analytics roles.

• Deep understanding of U.S. healthcare policy, government pricing, and reimbursement frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly evolving policy environments, setting priorities and influencing senior decisionmakers through data driven insight.

• Proven leadership experience managing and developing high performing analytics teams.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex analyses clearly and persuasively to senior internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience leveraging or advancing digital and AI enabled analytics capabilities strongly preferred.

#LI-Hybrid

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.

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• 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: The 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.

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

BMS has an 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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS at [email protected]. Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.