Manager, PDS BI&T - AI Engineering & Enablement

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Position Summary

The Artificial Intelligence team within Business Insights and Technology (BI&T) partners with the Bristol Myers Squibb PDS organization to design, develop and operationalize AI/Gen AI capabilities. We focus on answering key business questions that will drive prioritized business decisions using advanced AI capabilities. The PDS organization at Bristol Myers Squibb supports drug development from discovery through commercialization and distribution to patients. Their scope includes portfolio strategy, manufacturing and supply chain, network strategy, brand analytics, drug substance, drug product, and analytical development for small molecules, biologics, and cell therapy assets.

In support of PDS Strategy, the candidate will be responsible for developing innovative AI solutions aimed at solving real-world PDS problems. As an AI professional, you will be expected to have a keen interest in AI, ML, and staying current with the latest developments in a rapidly changing field. The ideal candidate will be passionate about designing, building, implementing, and maintaining industrial AI/ML applications.

Key Responsibilities

AI Development and Tool Creation

• Lead the development and implementation of scalable AI solutions to address complex pharmaceutical business challenges.
• Develop new AI/Gen AI tools aligned with business objectives and ensure they are operationalized effectively.
• Design and deploy AI frameworks using SQL, Python
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of AI models to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Develop standard AI frameworks for streamlined deployment practices
• Establish and maintain consistent documentation of AI capabilities

Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Clearly articulate technical concepts and project outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Present to business stakeholders to clearly communicate technical value provided

Standardization and Best Practices

• Help develop standardized capabilities and best practices within the AI development space.
• Contribute to the standardization of AI deployment methodologies.
• Ensure adherence to BMS operating policies and drive a culture of analytics and fact-based decision making.

The role could expand over time to include a wider range of applications, including in areas such as data products engineering.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-5 years of hands-on experience working in AI or ML, data science, data integration, and reporting.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of hands-on experience working with LLMs
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience with cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, Google AI, etc.).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Proven ability to explain complex analyses and outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical peers across locations (US, EU, Asia)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, data science, or a related technical field.
• Experience with AI applications in a regulated environment, such as health care, biotech, or pharmaceuticals.
• Proven track record of development of AI projects from conception to deployment, including stakeholder management and delivering impactful results.
• Familiarity with additional AI frameworks and tools beyond those listed (e.g. Agentic, LLMs, Computer Vision, text-to-code etc).
• Experience with AWS Cloud services (e.g. S3, Lambda, SageMaker, Bedrock, ECS, ECR, EKS) is a plus.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) to manage project workflows and sprints.

Experience

• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, team building, and communication skills to ensure effective collaborations within matrix teams.
• Exceptional analytical skills with substantial knowledge of AI
• Ability to quickly gain and apply functional area specific knowledge.
• Experience interpreting analytical results and ascertaining implications to the business.
• Experience interacting with business stakeholders: understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight/analytical information requirements.
• Exceptional creative problem-solving skills to answer key business questions.
• Ability to work with diverse teams across organizational lines and structures.

Why you should apply

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including, but not only, an annual bonus, pension contribution, family health insurance, 27 days of annual leave , access to BMS Cruiserath on-site gym and life assurance

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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.

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

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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.

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