Senior Frontend Developer - Authoring Platform, Content Platforms & Delivery

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This position is the Senior Frontend Developer, Authoring Platform within the Commercialization IT function, responsible & accountable for leading and contributing on viable technical solution design, development/configuration & deployment in accordance with a release management plan. The key responsibilities would go across investment projects and operational changes for bug fixes/enhancements, and innovation projects supporting organizational goals.

• Partner with the leads of Commercialization IT and the broader IT matrix organization with a focus on solution design, development, and implementation of digital authoring tools, for new and existing capabilities, to drive effective content creation and better customer engagement & experience.
• Collaborate with IT partners and business teams to understand requirements and use cases. Improve or align requirement outcomes to deliver successful release for new initiatives and enhancements.
• Actively drive the development life cycle of digital tactics from requirement analysis, feasibility estimates and design to implementation, testing, and support (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript).

• Understanding of Veeva Vault PromoMats and MedComms development processes. Strong knowledge & hands on experience managing the end-to-end content lifecycle i.e., content creation, content storage, content review & approval, content assembly/authoring & content distribution.
• Responsible for regular coaching and training for depth of knowledge of Jr Developer team to match Veeva Vault and BMS technology need and job growth. Set training objectives and ensure knowledge success or certifications.
• Work in conjunction with all development teammates to contribute towards requirement grooming, documentation, UT test plan, ST and UAT during release.
• Provide hands-on L2/L3 support for applications and dependent apps. Assist with tracking, logging, monitoring, and driving to resolution of end user issues.
• Design/Conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs) with user management, security, data privacy & performance as key considerations to help prove out/establish a potential digital capability solution to scale into production.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify high value capabilities with clear differentiators when making digital capability platform choices. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Shared responsibility for ensuring that all development functions are successful in their delivery of services to support the digital solutions enablement of the Omni-Channel Capabilities group. Key matrix IT partner functions include data architecture, cyber security, data privacy office, application build & support, portfolio & program management, collaboration services, infrastructure services etc.

• Commercialization (Commercial + Medical) domain & Digital Capability Solutions development experience.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to build strong partnerships. Ability to clearly articulate and translate technical elements in business terms. Demonstrated ability to partner with leaders.
• Working knowledge of software-development lifecycle methodologies including Agile, Lean, Waterfall etc.
• Passionate with a desire to quickly learn new technologies, self-motivated & ready to drive technology solutions. 
• Strong understanding of Validated Delivery and GxP standards. Should be willing join teammates strategically and hands-on to deliver proper requirements, functional design documents, Trace Matrix, and test scripts.
• Experience with creating/maintaining standard documentation such as SDD, Configuration Tracker, Deployment Checklists, Change Requests etc.  
• Ability to clearly document Knowledge Base Documents, SOPs, User Manuals/Training Materials for local and global teams.  
• Hands-on experience with Veeva system integrations and content authoring tools.
• Solid understanding of Veeva CRM application, especially as it integrates with PromoMats and MedComms.
• Experience with effectively using the CI/CD processes to streamline and integrate with the AGILE ways of working/delivery. 
• Proponent of following all the best practices in every stage of SDLC including consistent architecture practices across deliverables using IT operating model and Enterprise Architecture frameworks. 
• Should be able to closely work with a diverse set of teams spread across different locations globally that would comprise of BMS resources as well as Service Providers. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in an IT technical role.
• 5+ years of experience in web development: HTML/CSS, JavaScript/Typescript, Vue.js/React.js, Pinia
  Git/GitHub/SVN, NPM/Pip, Axios/Fetch API to integrate with APIs, Vite, Docker, AWS S3 webkit, Tailwind css, Basic Python, Figma, command line tools, IDE (VSCode, Pycharm), SQL, VeevaCRM, Veeva Vault, Salesforce, jQuery and working with databases
• Knowledge of e-Wizard authoring tool a plus

• Exposure Veeva API connection and coding for functionality enhancements and integration.
• Knowledge of multi-channel content distribution to CRM (Veeva CLM and Approved Email Admin Certification).
• Strong knowledge of Vault content load in Vault (and manual in Veeva CRM).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Familiarity with and awareness of the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Demonstrates strong presentation, persuasion and influencing skills.

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.

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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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 a diverse 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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