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Senior Director, Clinical Development

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As of Jul 6, 2026, the average yearly pay for clinical development lead in the United States is $81,196.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $60,000.00 and $90,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Clinical Development Lead job?

A Clinical Development Lead oversees the strategy, planning, and execution of clinical trials for new drugs or medical treatments. They collaborate with cross-functional teams, including medical, regulatory, and commercial groups, to ensure trials meet safety, efficacy, and compliance standards. This role involves designing study protocols, monitoring trial progress, and analyzing results to guide regulatory submissions. Strong leadership, scientific expertise, and project management skills are essential.

What are the typical responsibilities of a Clinical Development Lead on a daily or weekly basis?

As a Clinical Development Lead, your daily and weekly responsibilities can include overseeing the design and execution of clinical trials, collaborating with cross-functional teams such as regulatory, data management, and medical affairs, and ensuring adherence to protocols and timelines. You may review and interpret clinical data, monitor project progress, help resolve operational issues, and maintain communication with key stakeholders including investigators and external partners. Regular tasks often involve preparing and presenting project updates, managing budgets and resources, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This role requires a balanced mix of project oversight, leadership, and hands-on problem solving to ensure clinical development goals are met efficiently.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Clinical Development Lead position, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Clinical Development Lead, you generally need a strong background in life sciences or medicine, experience in clinical research management, and a relevant advanced degree, such as an MD, PharmD, or PhD. Familiarity with clinical trial management systems (CTMS), regulatory guidelines (GCP, ICH), and certifications like PMP or RAC are highly valuable. Exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills help you drive cross-functional teams and manage complex projects. These abilities are crucial to ensuring clinical trials are planned, executed, and delivered on time and in compliance with regulatory standards.

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Senior Director, Global Clinical Development, Neuroscience

Senior Director, Global Clinical Development, Neuroscience

Bristol Myers Squibb

Cambridge, MA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 12 days ago


Bristol Myers Squibb rating

8.0

Company rating: 8.0 out of 10

Based on 48 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

37th of 73 rated pharmaceutical


Job description

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 Summary

The Clinical Development Lead sits within Clinical Development, which is a global organization dedicated to the effective design and execution of drug development. Clinical Development drives clinical development strategy, design, execution, and interpretation of clinical trials.

  • CDLs are matrix leaders and managers who lead, develop, motivate and achieve results through teams; demonstrate a commitment to the development of a resilient attitude, embrace change and have an unwavering commitment to our People Strategy
  • Serves as the clinical point of accountability for the Development Team and is responsible for the overall clinical development plan for asset(s) in one or more indication(s)/tumor type(s)
  • Ensures studies are aligned with target label indications and are designed to meet regulatory, quality, medical, and access goals
  • Serves as a matrix leader to lead, develop, motivate and achieve results through teams, and is the direct manager to Clinical Trial Physicians (CTPs)

Key Responsibilities

  • Accountable for the clinical contribution to the development of each indication strategy, including registrational and non-registrational studies, with the support of the CTPs and Clinical Scientists (CS) within the asset and/or indication
  • Responsible for managing clinical trial physician(s); attracting, developing and retaining top talent; ensuring appropriate training and mentoring of clinical trial physicians
  • May serve as CTP as necessary
  • Accountable in partnership with the Clinical Scientist for the design, execution, and analyses of each study led by the CTPs and CSs. Should work to proactively partner with these roles
  • Accountable for clinical content for CSRs, regulatory reports, briefing books and submission documents
  • Champions a quality-focused mindset and ensures adherence to GCP and compliance obligations for clinical conduct
  • Represents Clinical Development in both internal and external forums as the consulted authority for the disease area, including within Business Development function
  • Partners with Worldwide Patient Safety physicians in the ongoing review of safety data
  • Serves as the (co-)leader of the cross-functional Clinical Development Team
  • Provides clinical leadership and disease area expertise into integrated disease area strategies
  • Partners closely with KOLs in specific indications
  • Serves as Primary Clinical Representative in Regulatory interactions
  • Evaluates strategic options against a given Target Product Profile (TPP)
  • Collaborates with Global Development Operations/Global Compliance Group to develop asset level risk management plan, resolves issues with Quality/CS, and raises to DT as needed
  • Sets executional priorities and partners with CTP and CS to support executional delivery of studies
  • Accountable for top line data with support of CTP, CS, and Statisticians

Qualifications & Experience

  • MD required with a deep understanding of the clinical principles of the area of interest or equivalent therapy area knowledge
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience

Experience Requirements:

CDL has demonstrated leadership in the design and execution of multiple clinical trials (e.g. significant experience as a senior clinical leader), and exhibits all of the following attributes:

  • Able to synthesize internal and external data to produce a clinical strategy
  • Able to ensure that the clinical program will result in a viable registrational strategy
  • Able to assess personnel needs, translate into a hiring strategy, and lead the hiring efforts
  • Able to work with other stakeholders to ensure a robust enterprise level strategy for asset(s) and indication(s) including early, late and post-marketing development, as well as awareness of the enterprise disease area portfolio
  • CDL has demonstrated, sustained excellent performance as Clinical Trial Physician, Clinical Scientist, or equivalent
  • Verifiable track record of successful people management and development, or leadership in a matrix team (e.g. mentoring junior colleagues)

Key Competency Requirements:

  • CDL has demonstrated excellent skills in clinical development strategy including the clinical components of regulatory submission(s)
  • External focus to understand the trends in the disease area treatment paradigms and ability to build relationships with external partners, thought leaders and collaborators outside of BMS
  • Partner and interact with colleagues from Early Development who design and implement first in human through proof of concept trials and will to assure a seamless transition into late stage development (Phase II-III trials)
  • Ability to lead and develop a group of CTPs to ensure scientific and technical excellence of clinical development programs and deliverables

Travel Required

  • Domestic and International travel may be required.

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.

Compensation Overview:

Cambridge Crossing: $350,780 - $425,060 Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $313,200 - $379,524 Princeton - NJ - US: $313,200 - $379,524

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

  • Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

  • Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

  • Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

  • US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

  • Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information:https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS at TAEnablement@bms.com. Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb is a world-renowned global Biopharmaceutical company headquartered in New York, NY, US. Established in 1887, the company has more than 130 years’ worth of history dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. The company operates in the healthcare industry and thrives on providing a range of pharmaceutical products and services for various medical fields, like oncology, cardiovascular diseases, and immunoscience. Notably, Bristol-Myers Squibb is known for its commitment to relentless research and innovative drug development, which has led to breakthroughs like Opdivo, one of the first immunotherapies.

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