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Title: Manager, Patient Operations - Apheresis

Manager, Patient Operations - Apheresis is accountable to manage onboarding and on-going performance of Apheresis Centers used for BMS Clinical and Commercial Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapies. This role will serve as the technical operations single point of contact for Apheresis Centers located within the designated region of Japan.

This role will be based out of the corporate offices in Tokyo, Japan. Travel up to 60% of time within Japan and Asian Pacific region may be required.

• Develop and foster relationships with Apheresis Center Staff for assigned region.

• Work with Clinical and Commercial CAR T teams to establish the apheresis collection footprint to support the clinical trial and commercial site plans for assigned region/country.

• Coordinate with internal teams and collection site staff to ensure all collection site onboarding activities are successfully completed and sites are prepared to perform collections for BMS within the required timelines.

• Communicate collection site on-boarding status to Clinical and Commercial teams and develop and execute mitigation plans for any delayed timelines.

• Perform technical site assessments and train collection center staff on BMS collection requirements and attend site audits as required

• Provide Quality Systems support by participating in deviation activities and impact/investigation assessments for cell collection centers.

• Work with Quality Assurance and other internal business partners to monitor and assess vendor performance and capacity after site launch.

• Manage rollout of process changes to assigned sites.

• Collect VOC (voice of customer) and VOB (voice of business) feedback used for continuous operations improvement

• Collect and enter data into electronic data management systems

• Represent the department on cross-functional project teams, as requested.

• Comply with applicable SOP's and regulations.

This position reports to the Associate Director, APAC Apheresis Operations

• Ability to rapidly solve problems and deal with organizational complexity

• Ability to prioritize and complete work with sense of urgency based on criticality

• Medical, scientific and clinical knowledge

• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards

• High attention to detail skills

• High organization skills with ability to multi-task several tasks in parallel

• Required Undergraduate Degree in Life Sciences or Engineering (Registered Nurse, Biomedical Engineer)

• Required minimum 5 years of experience in a regulated environment either hospital or pharmaceutical/biotech

• Required written and verbal fluency in Japanese and English

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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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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1589105

Updated: 2025-02-14 01:56:10.181 UTC

Location: Otemachi-JP

Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.