Manager Biospecimen Lead Job – at Bristol Myers Squibb, Apply Now!
Bristol Myers Squibb is hiring a Manager, Biospecimen Lead in Hyderabad! This opportunity offers a life-changing career where science meets purpose. As part of the clinical team, you’ll oversee biospecimen management for global clinical trials from Phase 1 to 4. Join a dynamic, inclusive team that values innovation, integrity, and making a real impact on patients’ lives through cutting-edge research and collaboration.
Location: Hyderabad – TS – IN
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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t 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 is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Position Summary for Manager Biospecimen Lead Job
We are seeking a candidate with knowledge of clinical trials and the end-to-end management of biospecimens. You will be an independent contributor who
will work closely with our Clinical Teams to develop and implement a biospecimen management plan for BMS-sponsored Phase 1-4 clinical trials. Critical to this role is the ability to oversee timelines for specimen data delivery and thereby enabling quick decision-making and ensuring BMS’s continuous competitive advantage.Key Responsibilities for Manager Biospecimen Lead Job:
- Oversee and manage the complete lifecycle of biospecimens collected for clinical studies with minimal supervision.
- 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 as Manager Biospecimen Lead.
- 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 a biospecimen tracker using various tracking tools (MS Excel, Spotfire, Tableau, or internal systems (if applicable)).
- Exercises judgment within policy and procedure boundaries. Troubleshoots routine problems and understands when appropriate to ask for guidance.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3-4 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.
- Demonstrated clinical trial experience, healthcare/medical/laboratory or equivalent.
- Vendor experience preferred (e.g., Central Labs, Bioanalytical, Biomarker, CROs, Biospecimen Storage Vendors, etc.).
- Biospecimen management experience preferred but not mandatory as Manager Biospecimen Lead.
- 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.
- Travel requirement is minimal, 0%-5% of the time, when the organization requests.
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.
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