Senior Scientist, Neuroscience, Immunology, and CV (NIC) Translational Informatics and Predictive Sciences

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.

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 clinical data analysis to join the Neuroscience, Immunology, and Cardiovascular (NIC) Translational Informatics team within Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS). In this role, you will use machine learning and advanced statistical approaches to analyze high-dimensional data from late-stage clinical trials and longitudinal patient cohort profiling.

In support of an exciting late-stage NIC portfolio, your responsibilities will include patient subgroup stratification, biomarker discovery for treatment response and resistance, and mechanistic analyses to support life cycle management and indication expansion. You will also contribute to reverse translation, leveraging clinical insights to inform early research and drive bedside-to-bench innovation beyond the current portfolio. Your work will directly impact the development of novel therapies for patients with neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric, autoimmune, and cardiovascular disorders.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze high-dimensional datasets from late-stage clinical trials and multi-modal real-world datasets from commercial partners, pre-competitive consortiums, and public resources.
• Work with diverse data modalities, including clinical data (ADaM/SDTM), high throughput proteomics (e.g., Olink), RNA-Seq, epigenetics, and multiplex flow cytometry.
• Perform deep and innovative analyses of these data to build comprehensive understanding of disease mechanisms and patient heterogeneity, identify non-responders to standards of care with unmet medical needs, generate testable hypotheses for drug differentiation, combination strategies, and novel indication opportunities.
• Optimize reverse translation through application of late-stage clinical data sets to inform early-stage clinical trials and the discovery pipeline, in close collaboration with teams across Research and Development, including bioinformaticians, statisticians, biologists, biomarker leads, and clinicians.
• 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 6+ years of academic/industry experience, or
• Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience, or
• PhD with 2+ years of experience in computational biology or a related field

 

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD from a recognized institution in a quantitative field such as computational biology or related
• Experience analyzing clinical data from interventional clinical trials, including integration of structured clinical endpoints (e.g., ADaM/SDTM), biomarker data (e.g., lab measures), and longitudinal assessments to support pharmacodynamic analyses, as well as the identification of predictive, prognostic, or surrogate endpoint biomarkers.
• Experience analyzing and integrating high-dimensional molecular datasets such as multi-omics (proteomics, RNA-seq), single cell (scRNA-seq), and spatial transcriptomics
• Advanced hands-on knowledge of at least one high-level programming language such as R or Python for computational and reproducible research practices
• Experience with modern AI-assisted coding tools and applying AI/machine learning approaches to translational research problems preferred
• Track record (such as scientific publications) in driving and advancing research projects/programs with computational approaches 
• Strong oral and written communication skills

 

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.

Cambridge Crossing: $148,210 - $179,601 
Princeton - NJ - US: $128,890 - $156,179 


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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com. 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/

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