Bristol Myers Squibb
Website:
bms.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bristol-myers-squibb
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Working with Us
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.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more careers.bms.com/working-with-us.
Position Manager – Real World Data
Grade EG 110
Job Family Information Technology / Applications Development
Career Level Individual Contributor with domain and technical leadership scope
Location Hyderabad, India
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision – transforming patients’ lives through science. In oncology, hematology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease – and one of the most diverse and promising pipelines in the industry – each of our passionate colleagues contribute to innovations that drive meaningful change. We bring a human touch to every treatment we pioneer. Join us and make a difference.
Position Summary
At BMS, digital innovation and Information Technology are central to our vision of transforming patients’ lives through science. To accelerate our ability to serve patients around the world, we must unleash the power of technology. We are committed to being at the forefront of transforming the way medicine is made and delivered by harnessing the power of computer and data science, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to promote scientific discovery, faster decision making, and enhanced patient care.
If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!
As a Manager – Real-World Data, based out of BMS Hyderabad, you sit within the Portfolio and Strategy Operations – Real-World Data Strategy and Operations team, and you are accountable for building the applications, data products and AI-enabled services that make real-world data usable at enterprise scale across Research & Development, Medical and Market Access. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role you will design and deliver production software and data pipelines, embed machine learning and generative AI capabilities into those products, and set the standards that the wider RWD team builds to.
The successful candidate combines deep real-world data domain fluency with strong data engineering craft — comfortable with structured and unstructured healthcare data, cloud-native architecture, common data models such as OMOP, and modern AI engineering patterns. You will operate with significant technical autonomy, translate ambiguous scientific and commercial questions into engineered solutions, influence platform roadmaps, and lead delivery across globally distributed, cross-functional teams while mentoring less experienced developers and analysts.
Key Responsibilities
- Application design and delivery Architect, develop, test and deploy full-stack applications, APIs and services that make real-world data discoverable, queryable and analysis-ready for scientific and commercial users.
- End-to-end engineering ownership Translate business and scientific requirements into technical designs, epics and sprint deliverables; own code quality, automated testing, peer review, CI/CD, release management and production support for the products you deliver.
- RWD data strategy and landscaping at scale Build and optimize ingestion, curation and transformation pipelines for EHR, open and closed claims, registry, oncology, laboratory, genomic and tokenized linked datasets to enable faster data landscaping
- Common data models and interoperability Deliver and extend OMOP CDM / OHDSI-aligned standardization, vocabulary mapping, terminology services and data quality frameworks so that cohorts and analyses are reproducible across vendors, studies and therapeutic areas.
- Analytical Ready Datasets and data products Design reusable, well-documented analytical ready datasets and data products with clear contracts, metadata, lineage and stewardship, replacing bespoke one-off extracts.
- AI and generative AI capabilities Embed machine learning, NLP and LLM-based services — retrieval-augmented generation, semantic and natural-language cohort search, clinical note and document extraction, summarization and agentic workflows — into RWD applications, with evaluation, guardrails and human-in-the-loop review designed in from the start.
- Automation and self-service Systematically remove manual analyst effort through automation, reusable components and self-service tooling; identify, quantify and deliver cycle-time and cost-optimization opportunities.
- Governance, privacy and compliance by design Build to BMS standards for computer system validation and GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA and GDPR, contractual data-use restrictions, PII and PHI handling, tokenization, access control and audit traceability.
- Technical leadership Set coding standards, design patterns and architectural direction for the team; lead design and code reviews; serve as the senior technical point of contact between Hyderabad and US-based product, data science, platform and enterprise architecture teams.
- Mentoring and capability building Coach developers and analysts, run knowledge-sharing and enablement sessions, and raise team capability in modern data engineering, cloud and AI engineering practice.
- Vendor and partner engagement Work with RWD vendors and third-party administrator or system-integrator partners on technical onboarding, data delivery, defect resolution and evaluation of new data assets, platforms and AI tooling.
- Stakeholder partnership Collaborate with epidemiologists, biostatisticians, clinicians, HEOR, regulatory and market access colleagues to shape study feasibility, platform roadmaps and prioritization, and communicate technical trade-offs in terms they can act on.
Required
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Health or Bio-Informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology or a related quantitative discipline
- Typically, 8+ years of hands-on application development and data engineering experience, including at least 3 years delivering real-world data or healthcare data solutions in biopharma, payer, provider or health technology settings
- Advanced programming skills in Python and SQL, with production experience in at least one modern application stack, and disciplined use of Git-based version control and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience operating large-scale distributed data pipelines on cloud (AWS preferred) and lakehouse or Spark platforms such as Databricks; working experience with Domino, Snowflake or equivalent computing and warehouse environments
- Strong working knowledge of RWD source types — EHR, open and closed claims, registries, laboratory, EMR-derived oncology and patient tokens — including their strengths, limitations and licensing constraints
- Hands-on experience with healthcare data standards and common data models OMOP CDM, the OHDSI toolchain, FHIR, and clinical vocabularies such as ICD, SNOMED, RxNorm and LOINC
- Experience implementing data quality, observability, monitoring and automated testing frameworks for both data and applications
- Sound understanding of the regulatory and compliance landscape for RWD and RWE, including the FDA Real-World Evidence programme, EMA guidance, GxP and computer system validation, and data privacy regulation
- Experience of delivering in Agile or Scrum teams alongside product owners, and working effectively across distributed global time zones
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain architecture and trade-offs to scientific, commercial and senior leadership audiences
- Demonstrated ownership, structured problem solving, and the ability to lead multiple concurrent initiatives with minimal direction
Preferred
- Front-end and self-service interface development (React, TypeScript, Streamlit, Dash) and BI integration with Tableau, Power BI or Spotfire
- Knowledge graph, semantic layer or metadata-catalogue approaches to data discovery and data-product marketplaces
- Patient-level tokenisation and cross-vendor linkage, including privacy-preserving record linkage methods
- Working familiarity with observational study design, comparative effectiveness research, HEOR and epidemiological methods (propensity score methods, external control arms, causal inference concepts)
- Relevant certifications such as Databricks Data Engineer or Generative AI Engineer, or AWS Solutions Architect / Machine Learning
- Prior experience in a Global Capability Center or captive delivery model supporting global R&D functions
Key Competencies
- Bias for delivery — takes accountability for outcomes, not just output
- Systems thinking — designs for reuse, scale and maintainability rather than point solutions
- Scientific curiosity — invests in understanding the clinical and commercial question behind the data request
- Influence without authority — builds credibility with global stakeholders and drives alignment across functions
- Pragmatic judgement on AI — knows where AI adds genuine value, where deterministic engineering is the right answer, and how to evaluate the difference
Why You Should Apply
Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion, and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or any part of the recruitment process direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
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
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role
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.
Supporting People With Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
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