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Manager, Biospecimen Lead

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB INDIA PVT.LTD.

3.9

based on 134 Reviews

2-6 years

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

1 vacancy

Manager, Biospecimen Lead

Bristol-Myers Squibb

posted 2mon ago

Job Role Insights

Flexible timing

Key skills for the job

Biomedical Engineering Healthcare Clinical Data Management Risk Management Change Management Vendor Management

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Job Description

Position Summary: Manager, Biospecimen Lead is an independent contributor who will work closely with our Clinical Teams to develop and implement biospecimen management plan for BMS-sponsored Phase 1-4 clinical trials and externally acquired biospecimens. Will develop and execute asset and protocol level biospecimen strategies and work across the organization and with BMS s partners to implement and project manage efforts to execute these strategies. Critical to this role is the ability to provide innovative solutions to oversee timelines for specimen data delivery and thereby, enabling quick decision-making and ensuring BMS s continuous competitive advantage. Responsible for supporting biospecimen management for assets with opportunities to contribute toward optimizing work streams cross functionally throughout the organization as it relates to biospecimens.

Duties/Responsibilities

Oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of biospecimens collected for clinical studies with minimal supervision.
Core Clinical Team member responsible for providing Shipping/sample movement and management including requests, query and inventory reports, follow up active issues with vendors, prepare sample management related reports, review/prepare tracking activities (such as vendor manifests/inventories, tissue/blood match pairing, depleted/non-viable samples, loading documents to Shared Drive folders, etc.).
Independently reviews clinical study protocol providing comparison of vendor statement of work and biospecimen relevant sections and feedback with support as needed.
Performs routine vendor management responsibilities. Able to request and/or access necessary vendor/system inventory files to perform specimen tracking.
Able, under direction, to create biospecimen tracker using various tracking tools (MS Excel, Spotfire, Tableau or Polaris (if applicable)) with support.
Able to identify biospecimen related risks with support from risk library. May require support for de novo risks and mitigation strategy proposals. Support Critical to Quality (C2Q) process with guidance, if needed.
Exercises judgment within policy and procedure boundaries. Troubleshoots routine problems and understands when appropriate to ask for guidance. May need assistance to help prioritize BOW activities during critical deadlines.
Maintain intermediate working knowledge of compound and study related biospecimen requirements.

Qualifications: Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Minimum of 2 years academic, biotech, healthcare, or pharmaceutical industry experience or equivalent.
Basic understanding of clinical and biomedical research, GCP, GLP, CLIA, data management, risk management and regulatory issues.
Experience desired but not limited to: biospecimen lifecycle/operations, compliance, management, and vendor management.
Demonstrated clinical trial experience, healthcare/medical/laboratory or equivalent.
Vendor experience preferred (e.g., Central Labs, Bioanalytical, Biomarker, CROs, Biospecimen Storage Vendors, etc.).
Ability to develop skills with training for stakeholder management including conflict and change management.
Biospecimen management experience preferred but not mandatory.
Developing knowledge of the drug discovery or developmental process.
Applies Scientific and/or functional knowledge to conduct studies in assigned area.
Ability to effectively communicate, create and deliver presentation/information/data to knowledgeable audiences, with limited supervision.
Ability to adopt a biopharma enterprise-wide and entrepreneurial mindset, to act with a sense of urgency, accountability, and integrity, and to have fun along the way.
Demonstrates change Agility through willingness to pivot current ways to working to new model(s)

Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications:

Scientific degree (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or higher), Project management or equivalent experience.

Travel:

Travel required is minimal, 0%- 5% of time, when organization

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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Rating based on 4 Manager reviews

Anonymous · Research & Development in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

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Compensation and benefits are quite good. The health related benefits are better than other employers.

Salary - Excellent

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There is no growth and learning as there is no career ladder. Employees in US treats Indians as slave and assign work that is of no visibility to us. They take credit of our work and show it on global portal. For future growth discussions managers comment on the current compensation and says we are paying you better so do what is ass..Read More