Swords Labs - Ireland Posted August 4, 2026

Senior Manager, Supplier Compliance & Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) – Global Procurement

Dublin, Ireland Full time
Manufacturing & CMC Manager

Swords Labs - Ireland is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.

About this opportunity

Working with Us

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 Opportunity

If you're a risk minded professional who leads with innovation and thrives on solving complex problems, someone energized by strengthening risk controls, reimagining processes, and transforming how things work rather than just maintaining them, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact at a global biopharmaceutical leader whose mission is delivering life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

As Senior Manager, Supplier Compliance & Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), you'll play a pivotal role within BMS's Global Procurement organization - sitting at the heart of our third-party risk program and GxP inspection readiness efforts. Reporting directly to the TPRM Program Director, you'll help safeguard BMS's supplier ecosystem, shape risk culture, and ensure our procurement practices are always inspection-ready.

This is a high-visibility role where your work directly supports regulatory compliance, enterprise risk strategy, and global supplier integrity - all central to BMS's ability to deliver life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

What You'll Do

You won't just manage risk - you'll help build the framework that defines it. Here's a snapshot of what your days will look like:

Elevate Risk Governance – Enhance TPRM controls, decision frameworks, and technology capabilities to strengthen oversight, improve control effectiveness, and support a mature, intelligence-driven risk program.

Drive Operational Excellence – Reimagine and streamline TPRM processes through continuous improvement, automation, and simplification initiatives that increase efficiency, consistency, and scalability across the enterprise.

Influence Enterprise Risk Decisions – Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate emerging risks, strengthen controls, and support informed business decisions.

Lead Through Regulatory Scrutiny – Serve as a key contributor during inspections, audits, and governance reviews, ensuring third-party risk management practices withstand external examination.

Leverage Technology to Enhance Risk Intelligence – Optimize risk management processes, controls, monitoring activities, and data insights through continuous improvement of TPRM technologies and operating models.

Shape Risk Governance – Influence the evolution of policies, standards, and risk frameworks that enable effective oversight, defensible decision-making, and sustained inspection preparedness.

Champion Continuous Improvement – Bring fresh, strategic ideas to evolve TPRM practices, share best practices, build risk awareness, and contribute to thought leadership across internal and external forums.

What You'll Bring

Education

B.S./B.A. required | M.S./M.B.A. preferred

Experience & Skills

5+ years of experience in procurement, compliance, R&D, Commercial, or Operations - or equivalent relevant roles

4+ years of proven success in a TPRM, procurement, or compliance organization

Solid understanding of ICH/GCP regulatory guidelines as they apply to procurement and vendor management

Hands-on experience with TPRM platforms such as ServiceNow, CertaAI, ProcessUnity, or similar tools

Familiarity with Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, and Compliance Management processes

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and gain stakeholder buy-in

Strong analytical mindset - able to cut through complexity and prioritize what matters most

A proactive, creative, self-driven approach with a passion for continuous improvement

Proven ability to manage global, cross-functional projects and deliver on time

Why BMS?

At BMS, we don't just offer a job, we offer a purpose. You'll join a company that:

Operates in more than 40 countries with a truly global footprint

Delivers transformative therapies for oncology, immunology, hematology, cardiovascular disease, and beyond

Consistently recognized as a top employer for diversity, inclusion, and employee wellbeing

Invests in your growth - with access to world-class development resources and a culture of innovation

Puts patients first - in every decision, at every level

You'll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including, but not only, an annual bonus, pension contribution, family health insurance, 27 days of annual leave, access to BMS Cruiserath on-site gym and life assurance.

We believe that the diverse experiences, perspectives, and expertise of our people are our greatest strength. Here, you can be bold, be yourself, and do your best work.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you're ready to bring your risk management expertise to a company where the stakes truly matter, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in a career defined by meaningful impact.

#LI-Hybrid

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 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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected] . Visit careers.bms.com/ eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information:  https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection .

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS at [email protected] . Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.

R1603251 : Senior Manager, Supplier Compliance & Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) – Global Procurement

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 276 comparable Manager Manufacturing & CMC roles across 50 biopharma companies.

276Comparable roles tracked
256Currently active
50Companies hiring similar roles
23Countries represented

Salary context

95 of 276 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Operator - 2nd Shift · Mylan Technologies, Inc. $30,000/yr – $49,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Associate Director Packaging Development · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $182,070/yr – $235,620/yr
Peer group range $39,500 – $208,845 (median $169,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 276 comparable roles

United States172
India39
Ireland13
Singapore7
China's Mainland6
Netherlands5

+ 17 more countries

Seniority mix

276 of 276 peers have a known seniority level

Manager164
Associate68
Associate Director44

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 276 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

60%similar
Lilly Cork, Cork, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Dublin, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
VIATRIS INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY POINT BV INTERNATIONAL BVBA Northern Cross, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Swords Labs - Ireland Cruiserath, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
E.R. Squibb & Sons,L.L.C. Dublin, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Swords Labs - Ireland Dublin, Ireland Manager
Same function Same seniority Same country

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

60%
Sr. Associate/Manager - Global CMC Regulatory Associate
Lilly · Cork, Cork, Ireland · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Manager, Facilities Operations
Swords Labs - Ireland · Cruiserath, Ireland · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Manager EMEA In-Market Distribution
Swords Labs - Ireland · Dublin, Ireland · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
50%
Associate Biotech Production Specialist
Regeneron Ireland · Limerick, Ireland · Associate
Function Therapeutic area Adjacent seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.