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Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there's no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.
As our Senior Specialist, you will manage the lot disposition schedule, develop project plans, develop and manage timelines, identify and respond to critical path barriers ensuring drug product is released on schedule. The role will require significant collaboration across internal and external functions to ensure on-time release of final product. Ideal candidate will have demonstrated ability to balance multiple competing priorities and manage projects. The role is required to work in a cross-functional and dynamic setting where daily challenges and scenarios may change and therefore requires an individual who can quickly adapt to the changes and manage communications at different levels in the organization.
Shift Available:
Responsibilities:
- Manage multiple, low to medium complexity process improvement and/or technical projects.
- Effectively manage team meetings, including the scheduling of meetings, the preparation of agendas, the development of meeting minutes, and the follow up on action items.
- Serve as a member of sub-teams, tracking timelines elements to ensure that functional deliverables are completed on time and according to relevant quality standards.
- Develop critical path analyses with the team to understand risks and opportunities within project timelines and help develop contingency plans.
- Responsible for the preparation of routine status reports and communicate project progress to stakeholders.
- Lead operational projects including weekly huddles, operations planning and management and monitoring tools.
- Ensure that team recommendations related to project direction and timelines which need endorsement by governance teams are planned for review at appropriate milestones.
- Manage a team or supporting functions including scheduling and technical writing.
- Promote a culture of collaboration, cooperation, execution excellence, effective communication, and cross-functional problem-solving to enable a high-performing team.
- Develop and implement KPI and reporting capabilities.
- Collaborate with IT Business Partners in support of modeling, scheduling simulation implementations and automated scheduling tools.
- Perform review and ensure data completion prior to lot release.
- Serve as the point of contact between QA Disposition and scheduling, QC, QA, and MO operations.
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure right first time and compliant release and certificate issuance.
- Current on industry standards as it applies to cGMPs, global regulatory guideline requirements, and departmental requirements.
- Executes Disposition activities in alignment with all pertinent SOPs. Ensures pertinent SOPs are available and present when executing disposition tasks.
- Ensures product quality and compliance by enforcing quality assurance policies and procedures; ensures the required processes, procedures, and resources are adhered to while performing responsibilities.
- Knowledge of US and global cGMP requirements.
- Advanced knowledge and experience with cGMP manufacturing, quality, and compliance to make appropriate decisions as needed.
- Obtains all required accesses needed to perform tasks with minimal delay.
- Action-oriented and customer-focused, skilled in decision-making, building relationships, problem solving, conflict management, and critical thinking.
- Work is self-directed and requires little to no direction to complete tasks by following work practices, lists, forms, and/or procedures.
- Skilled in organizing daily tasks, decision-making, and building relationships.
- Able to adapt as required to support departmental and site wide initiatives.
- Capable of independently troubleshooting complex situations utilizing all available sources of guidance.
- Excellent verbal and written skills to prepare clear and concise communications including communication to senior management.
- Supports and/ or leads continuous improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and productivity within the group and/or site.
- Responsive in forms of communications.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to matrix manage cross functional teams.
- Must be competent in Project Management tools and methodologies.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Experience with regulated GMP environment for manufacturing"(Biologics or Cell Therapy experience is a plus).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- High attention to detail skills.
- High organization skills with ability to multi-task several objectives in parallel.
- People and project management skills.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications.
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to develop and provide training on various functions.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required. An equivalent combination of education, experience and training may be considered.
- 5+ years relevant work experience required, within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Preferred Requirements:
- PMP certification desirable.
- Experience in biopharmaceutical clinical, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercialization.
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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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.
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