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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.
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.
The Senior IT Business Analyst (Sr. IT BA) – Research Sample & Reagent Management is accountable for the effective delivery of IT capabilities and services supporting BMS Research, with a focused scope on Sample Management and Reagent Management within the broader Drug Discovery Research functions.
This individual will partner with IT colleagues and scientific researchers to identify, define, and drive digital capabilities to meet specific strategic and operational needs — including cross-functional initiatives enabling the broader Research and IT organizations.
This role goes beyond traditional business analysis. The ideal candidate bridges the gap between business analysis and hands-on development — capable of not only defining requirements but also building, prototyping, and validating digital solutions. Additionally, this individual will bring applied AI and Generative AI fluency to accelerate discovery, automate workflows, and shape next-generation capability design.
The Sr. IT BA will be a member of a cross-functional Technology team who flexibly analyzes digital capabilities aligned directly to business functions, collaborating with IT Business Partners, Product Managers, Digital Capability Managers, Domain-focused Scientific Researchers, and other Enabling partners. This individual will also be expected to oversee Jr. IT Business Analysts and Consultants on the delivery of technical capabilities.
The Sr. IT BA's contributions will shape BMS's ability to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.
Key Responsibilities
Research Domain & Scientific Engagement
Develops deep domain knowledge of Sample Management and Reagent Management processes, workflows, and data within the Drug Discovery Research functions
Collaborates directly with bench scientists, lab operations teams, and research informatics personnel to translate scientific workflows into actionable digital requirements
Acts as a trusted domain liaison — understanding how samples and reagents are tracked, stored, consumed, and reported across the drug discovery lifecycle
Core Business Analysis
Partners with IT Peers: Provides insightful and actionable analysis in support of the portfolio of digital capability investments across Research IT
Shapes Business Demands: Elicits business needs with creative empathy, maps complex processes, discovers root causes, curates requirements and user stories, and maintains a spotlight on business value opportunities in support of investment justification, planning, and execution
Manages Stakeholder Experiences: Generates rich stakeholder and sponsor assessments to manage expectations and advise on anticipated challenges in the delivery of IT services and capabilities
Constructively Advocates for Value: Represents the "voice of the customer," connects business stakeholders with broader IT services, and ensures delivery teams make the right trade-offs between speed, quality, and cost
Enables Compelling Business Cases: Aids in developing business cases for new digital capability investments; identifies, defines, and measures business outcomes for highest-value digital capabilities
Leverages Cross-Organizational Relationships: Ensures all IT functions are successful in their delivery of services across Drug Discovery Research functions
Brings an External View: Actively maintains awareness of industry drivers, emerging lab informatics trends, and relevant technology advancements; brings innovative ideas to the organization
Communicates Effectively: Organizes and presents complex ideas in a simple, convincing, and compelling manner with both technical and non-technical audiences; influences change management strategies in support of capability establishment
Shows Good Judgment: Communicates successes and issues accurately, urgently, and to the right audience; takes accountability for managing expectations with IT peers and business stakeholders
Boldly Acts with Urgency: Shows courage, tenacity, and respect to provoke uncomfortable conversations in order to remove roadblocks to value delivery
Expresses a Growth Mindset: Demonstrates a passion for skillset development within Business Analysis, Business Relationship Management, and the pharmaceutical scientific domain
Advances the BA Practice: Brings mature, impactful, and sustainable business analysis behaviors that drive change and deliver value
Development & Prototyping Capability
Builds to Validate: Actively prototypes, configures, and develops thin-slice solutions (scripts, workflows, UI mock-ups) to validate requirements and accelerate delivery cycles
Bridges the Last Mile: Partners with engineering teams and contributes to solution development using low-code/no-code platforms, scripting (Python, SQL, or equivalent), or configuration-based tooling
Reduces Handoff Loss: Leverages development fluency to reduce misinterpretation between business and technical teams — translating intent into working artifacts, not just written specifications
Accelerates POCs: Leads rapid Proof of Concept efforts to demonstrate feasibility, surface technical risk early, and validate business hypotheses within compressed sprint cycles
Owns End-to-End Quality: Defines testable acceptance criteria, supports UAT, and validates that delivered solutions match intended business outcomes
AI & Generative AI Capabilities
Applies AI to Analysis Work: Actively uses BMS-approved GenAI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, enterprise GenAI platforms) to accelerate requirements gathering, process documentation, user story generation, and stakeholder communication
Identifies AI Opportunity Areas: Proactively evaluates Sample Management and Reagent Management workflows within Drug Discovery Research functions for AI-augmentation potential — including automation of repetitive tasks, intelligent document processing, and AI-assisted scientific data interpretation
Fluent in Responsible AI Principles: Understands and applies responsible AI frameworks, including data privacy, bias awareness, model transparency, and governance guardrails
Contributes to AI Strategy: Partners with IT Business Partners and Product Managers to shape the AI capability roadmap for Research IT, translating scientific needs into GenAI-enabled solution concepts
Champions AI Literacy: Acts as an AI adoption advocate — mentoring teammates on the effective and responsible use of AI tools in day-to-day work
Qualifications
Required
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in a relevant Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics) or Technical discipline (Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent)
5+ years of progressive IT experience, with responsibility for scientific application analysis, design, or support in a pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences environment
Direct hands-on experience with Sample Management and/or Reagent Management processes, systems, or workflows within a Drug Discovery Research environment
Demonstrated ability to elicit, document, and manage requirements (user stories, process maps, use cases)
Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies applied to SDLC and IT services
Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data querying, analysis, or lightweight scripting
Strong collaboration, communication, and presentation skills
Track record of delivering high-value digital capability projects within timelines and budget
Preferred
Experience with scientific inventory and Reagent platforms
Exposure to Drug Discovery Research organizational functions and workflows
Experience with low-code/no-code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform, ServiceNow)
Familiarity with GenAI tools in a professional or enterprise workflow
IIBA Certification or equivalent Business Analysis Certification
Experience overseeing Jr. Business Analysts or Consultants
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.
Princeton - NJ - US: $94,180 - $114,124 

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.
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