Job Description

Director, Vector Product Champion

In this role you will lead an interdisciplinary technical team of scientists and engineers to manage the technical life cycle of Cell Therapy clinical and commercial products. You will develop and execute a CMC strategy, manage key technical risks, and ensure alignment with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a crossfunctional matrix team (CTTO, Development, Analytical, Quality, External Manufacturing, and Regulatory) to create an integrated technical product roadmap.
• Develop CMC technical strategy for lifecycle or pipeline programs and secure stakeholder endorsement at governance forums.
• Partner with matrix team leads to build project schedules, charters, budgets, and resourcing plans.
• Define and drive global process control strategies, including riskbased parameter classification, lifecycle justification of ranges, and Continued Process Verification (CPV) alignment.
• Develop endtoend project to portfolio execution, focused on supply stabilization, business continuity projects, and pipeline launch programs.
• Represent CTTO in regulatory discussions and serve as a technical leader for INDs and BLAs.
• Participate in global change control management to ensure product quality, compliance and supply.
• Author, review and approve regulatory CMC submission sections.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve lifecycle management and process robustness.
• Actively manage technical risks & risk register, charter priority projects to manage high risks to the brand, and support business continuity initiatives.
• Escalate risk and develop contingency plans through proactive stakeholder engagement.
• Provide leadership updates on brand strategy, technical risk and the overall health of priority projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or related discipline.
• 15+ years (B.S.), 15+ years (M.S.), or 12+ years (Ph.D.) of experience in biologics or cell therapy process development, tech transfer, or GMP manufacturing support.
• Direct experience participating on and leading technical project teams in a highly matrixed environment.
• Proven track record managing and influencing external partnerships (CDMOs/CMOs) to achieve strategic outcomes.
• Knowledge of CMC regulatory, drug substance and drug product manufacturing, and analytical testing requirements is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ICH guidelines, control strategies, and validation lifecycle frameworks.
• Ability to effectively utilize project management and Lean Six Sigma tools is a plus.
• Experience authoring and defending regulatory submissions (INDs, BLAs, variations).
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, teambuilding and communication skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and align crossfunctional teams on complex technical and strategic issues.
• Approximately 1020% travel.
• Demonstrated capability in implementing challenging goals, objectives and practices in a complex and ambiguous matrix environment.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical content into strategic recommendations for leadership.

Compensation Overview

Seattle WA: $218,630 $264,926

The starting compensation range for this role is listed above for a fulltime employee. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities may be available based on eligibility. Final compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Benefits

Benefit offerings include medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care; wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs; financial wellbeing resources; a 401(k); disability, life insurance and supplemental health insurance; business travel protection; parental, caregiver, bereavement and military leave; family and pet care resources; tuition reimbursement; and a recognition program.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations and ongoing support. Corp may assist applications requesting reasonable accommodations at adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit for our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Lifechanging. Those arent 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 work transforms patients lives and career trajectories. We offer competitive benefits, services and programs that provide employees with resources to pursue goals at work and in personal lives. Read more about working with us at careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

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