Senior Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights

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. The Senior Counsel, Supply Chain, Trade, and Human Rights serves as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization, including its Customs & Trade function. This attorney provides strategic, regulatory, and transactional counsel across the clinical and commercial supply networks that deliver BMS medicines to patients around the world. This is a high-visibility role focused on issues including tariffs, trade policy, sanctions, import/export controls, supply continuity, and human rights due diligence. This attorney will collaborate closely with others in Law & Policy and the business. The role sits within the Product Development & Supply (PDS) Law team, a collaborative and dynamic group within the Global Drug Development, Manufacturing & Corporate Transactions (GDMCT) legal team at BMS. The PDS Law team provides comprehensive legal support for internal and external manufacturing operations, product development, supply chain, human rights, customs and trade, engineering, real estate, and EOHSS. The broader GDMCT legal team also supports Drug Development, Global Quality, and transactional support across the enterprise. This attorney will work alongside colleagues with deep subject matter expertise across manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and transactional practices, on work that is directly connected to the delivery of medicines to patients. The successful candidate brings excellent legal judgment, learns quickly, navigates complexity, and works with urgency and creativity across regulatory schemes and stakeholders, always prioritizing the urgent needs of patients. The ability to build programs and communicate clearly on complex topics with senior business stakeholders is critical to success in this role. Responsibilities • Serve as a legal advisor to the Global Supply Chain organization, advising on complex issues that arise in the supply of product across the clinical and commercial networks to enable the urgent delivery of medicines to patients. • Serve as a legal advisor on global trade matters, including tariffs and trade remedies, customs and import/export compliance, economic sanctions, export controls, and trade-related licensing, working closely with Customs & Trade leads to develop practical mitigation and compliance strategies. • Serve as a legal advisor on human rights matters, including due diligence related to forced labor, responsible sourcing, supply chain transparency, and emerging human rights laws and standards, partnering with business and compliance stakeholders to assess risk and develop practical mitigation strategies. • Monitor evolving global trade and supply chain regulations and enforcement trends, and proactively advise senior leadership on business impact, risk mitigation, and opportunities. • Draft, review, and negotiate complex supply, logistics, transportation, and warehousing agreements. • Advise on supply disruption, business continuity, and crisis response matters affecting the global network. • Collaborate across the Law & Policy Department, including regulatory, ESG, policy, litigation, and IP colleagues, to deliver coordinated, enterprise-aligned legal support to GSC.   Qualifications • JD (or equivalent) and admission in good standing to at least one U.S. state bar; qualified, or able to become qualified, to practice in-house in New Jersey. • 8 or more years of legal experience across law firm, in-house,