Senior Manager, India Corporate Affairs

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”-a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Job Description Summary:

The Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, will lead the design and execution of strategic communications and corporate engagement initiatives for the BMS based out of Hyderabad, supporting the organization’s reputation, employee engagement, and stakeholder relations. This role is pivotal in shaping the company’s internal and external narrative, ensuring alignment with global standards and local priorities, and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration across a large, diverse employee base.

Key Responsibilities:

Internal Communications:

• Design and execute internal communications initiatives to foster a unified, transparent, and collaborative culture aligned with BMS values and goals.

• Support leadership communications by developing clear, timely, and aligned messaging for senior leaders across key internal forums, town halls, employee updates, and organizational announcements.

• Drive employee engagement initiatives in partnership with business leaders and the culture and engagement team, promoting a sense of purpose and pride among the team.

• Develop compelling content and campaigns that keep employees informed, motivated, and connected to BMS's mission in science and innovation.

• Serve as a trusted advisor on internal communications, ensuring consistent messaging and promoting open dialogue within the organization.

External Communications & Corporate Engagement:

• Lead the development and delivery of external communication strategies to enhance BMS Hyderabad’s visibility and reputation among key stakeholders, including government, industry associations, and the broader healthcare community.

• Position BMS as a leader in science and healthcare innovation through thought leadership opportunities, such as public speaking, media engagement, and participation in industry forums.

• Shape and manage brand messaging across all external channels, ensuring consistency and alignment with BMS’s global standards.

• Build and nurture relationships with key external audiences to advocate for BMS’s interests and highlight the organization’s impact and capabilities in advancing healthcare.

This role reports directly to the Head of Corporate Affairs, India, and plays a vital part in advancing both internal culture and external visibility to firmly establish BMS Hyderabad as a leader in science and innovation.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 7+ years of experience in corporate affairs, communications, or related roles, preferably within the healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences sector.

• Demonstrated experience designing and executing communications strategies for organizations with a large and diverse employee base

• Strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and crisis communications skills.
• Experience working with senior executives and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in additional Indian languages is an advantage.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Business Administration, or related field.

Preferred Attributes:

• Understanding of the healthcare/pharma landscape in India.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Commitment to ethical standards and organizational values.
• Experience with digital communications, social media, and data-driven campaign management.

About Bristol Myers Squibb

Bristol Myers Squibb R&D is a science-driven, enthusiastic organization determined to discover, develop and deliver medicines that have the potential to transform the lives of patients and establish new standards of care in areas of high unmet need. Patients’ needs and scientific discovery are our driving force.

We have a history of scientific excellence. We dramatically changed outcomes in HIV; we helped discover a cure for HCV; and we developed a novel medicine with proven benefit for atrial fibrillation. We also pioneered targeting the immune system in cancer research, breaking new ground in the science of immuno-oncology.

Today, we are transforming the way certain cancers are treated and focusing our research efforts on areas of high unmet need in Oncology, Hematology, Cardiovascular disease, Immunology and Fibrosis. Our goal is to leave an enduring positive impact on society by making a meaningful difference in the lives of even more patients.

Our people are our greatest asset. Our R&D organization is made up of industry-leading researchers and drug developers who have a passion for science, a curiosity for discovery and a commitment to translating these advances into medicines that make a difference for patients. Our teams are part of a unique global ecosystem that is set up to be agile, interactive, and conducive to translating a nascent idea into a powerful treatment.

We follow the science. Our pipeline of promising molecules and medicines is deliberately built through a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach. We are deepening our understanding of disease biology and uncovering biomarker insights to help predict how patients will respond to treatment with the goal of making precision medicine a reality for more patients.

We believe partnership and collaboration are essential. Academic research centers, laboratories, clinicians, clinical trials organizations, government, advocates, and industry - all these organizations contribute to a vibrant healthcare ecosystem that is critical to continued scientific advancement. From the global research networks, we’ve created to our creative approach to business development, we complement internal innovation with external innovation - identifying new scientific hypotheses to better understand how to translate research findings into improved patient outcomes.

We believe digital health and data connectivity is transforming our industry. Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of available electronic medical records, genomics and claims data. This, combined with our own data, biomedical and health informatics partnerships, and new analytical tools, is changing how we interact with payers, suppliers, and patients. By leveraging the collective power of data & analytics, we are accelerating the pipeline, enhancing the speed of clinical trials, demonstrating the value of our medicines and helping to inform clinical decisions.

We are constantly anticipating what is coming next, navigating and discovering new technologies, enabling our understanding of new ways to use them and applying them to advance drug discovery, development and delivery to patients as quickly as possible.

Our mission is clear: to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines to patients with serious diseases.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials - if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters - because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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