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Clinical Trial Physician, Neuroscience

3+ years
$243,930 – $295,589
10 Oct. 4, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Hybrid Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

🏷️ Job Title

Clinical Trial Physician – Neuroscience

📍 Location: Princeton, NJ, US (Hybrid)
🏢 Company: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
🕒 Employment Type: Full-time
💰 Compensation: $243,930 – $295,589 (Princeton, NJ); up to $331,063 at other sites + incentive cash and stock opportunities


🧭 Position Overview

The Clinical Trial Physician provides medical oversight and accountability for clinical trials across Phases 1–4. This role is embedded within Clinical Development, a global organization responsible for clinical strategy, trial design, execution, and interpretation.

The physician partners with cross-functional teams to ensure the safety, efficacy, and scientific rigor of clinical trials while providing expert medical input on protocols, trial conduct, and regulatory submissions.


⚙️ Key Responsibilities

Medical Monitoring

  • Serve as a key member of the Study Delivery Team (SDT) and Clinical Development Team (CDT).

  • Review trial data, including eligibility assessments.

  • Collaborate with Clinical Scientists (CS) on site interactions, medical questions, and safety guidelines.

  • Assess key safety-related serious adverse events with Worldwide Patient Safety; oversee safety narratives.

  • Provide medical input on protocol development, including inclusion/exclusion criteria and safety-related considerations.

  • Ensure compliance with GCP and other regulatory requirements.

Clinical Development Expertise & Strategy

  • Collaborate with Clinical Development Leads to design clinical plans and protocols aligned with regulatory and disease strategy goals.

  • Provide oversight and medical accountability for multiple studies.

  • Analyze benefit/risk of protocols within matrix team structures.

  • Support executional delivery (site activation, enrollment tracking, adjudication of protocol deviations).

  • Build and maintain relationships with principal investigators and external thought leaders.

  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the disease area, treatment landscape, and competitive pipeline.

  • Deliver ongoing medical education to study teams, investigators, and other stakeholders.

Health Authority & Publications

  • Contribute to regulatory interactions and advisory board meetings.

  • Author clinical content for Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), regulatory reports, briefing books, and submission documents.


🎓 Qualifications & Experience

Education

  • MD or US-equivalent medical degree required.

  • Subspecialty training in the applicable therapeutic area is preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum 3 years of industry and/or clinical trials experience.

  • Strong understanding of the drug development process.

  • Expertise in clinical trial planning, protocol development, and medical monitoring.

  • Knowledge of statistical methods, hypothesis testing, and data interpretation.

Skills

  • Strong leadership and teamwork capabilities.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication in scientific and clinical settings.

  • Ability to maintain scientific reputation within the disease area.

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.


🌍 Work Culture & Environment

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility in onsite/offsite attendance.

  • Operates within a matrix structure across internal and external stakeholders.

  • Supports high-performing, collaborative clinical study teams.


⚖️ Equal Opportunity & Safety

  • BMS provides accommodations for people with disabilities.

  • Applicants with arrest or conviction records considered per applicable laws.

  • Employees encouraged to maintain COVID-19 vaccination and boosters.

  • Recruitment data handled per privacy regulations.


💼 Benefits & Perks

  • Medical, pharmacy, dental, vision care

  • Wellbeing programs (Living Life Better, EAP)

  • 401(k) and financial well-being resources

  • Paid holidays, global shutdown, vacation (up to 120 hours), volunteer days

  • Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave

  • Family care services: adoption, fertility support, traveling mothers support

  • Tuition reimbursement and recognition programs