Hybrid Senior Launch Manager

at Bristol Myers Squibb

• Job title: Senior Launch Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $122,480 - $163,255 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Devens, United States

About the role

• Senior Launch Manager part of Cell Therapy Launch team at Bristol Myers Squibb, leading global project management and ensuring manufacturing readiness for both clinical and commercial launches.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team to ensure manufacturing launch readiness timelines are met for multiple commercial and clinical launches
• Develop and manage detailed project launch plans, milestones, and deliverables utilizing SmartLaunch
• Plan, schedule, and manage effective meetings with clear agendas, pre-reads, and subsequent meeting minutes and follow up actions
• Communicate project status, updates, and risks clearly to stakeholders and leadership
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate launch risks while ensuring compliance with schedules and quality/regulatory standards
• Open and manage the global launch change control in BMS quality system
• Drive operational excellence and foster a collaborative environment that encourages best practices and continuous improvement
• Facilitate change management and adoption of new launch processes or systems
• Ensure documentation of lessons learned and capture best practices for future launches
• Assist with onboarding and training new launch managers and providing backup coverage

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, life sciences, business, or a related field is required; advanced degree preferred
• 3-5 years of project and program management experience, including leading complex matrix teams
• Excellent organization, communication, and relationship-building skills
• Successful track record of managing complex projects, launches and/or lifecycle transitions, preferably within Cell Therapy
• Proficiency in project management software, OnePlan Portfolio Management and SmartLaunch a plus
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical product lifecycle and operating within a regulated environment
• Strong analytical problem solving and critical thinking skills with ability to work independently and take initiative
• PMP certification strongly preferred

Benefits

• 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.