Dave Mercado

About Dave Mercado

Clinical Supply Program LeadershipAssociate Director with sustained accountability for clinical supply strategy, risk management, and portfolio execution across complex global development programs. Demonstrates strong enterprise thinking by aligning development ambition, operational feasibility, and financial discipline through structured planning, escalation, and governance engagement.Leads end to end clinical supply strategy by translating clinical designs and enrollment assumptions into actionable demand models, inventory strategies, and supply plans. Actively partners with Development, CMC, Quality, Finance, and Operations to ensure supply readiness while balancing speed, cost, and risk across multiple programs. Recognized for proactive risk identification and escalation, consistently surfacing medium and long term supply risks early and driving informed trade off discussions through formal forums such as CD & OP, HOCT, CSPL leadership meetings, and inventory strategy workstreams. Brings clarity to ambiguous situations and enables leadership to make timely, data based decisions. Demonstrates strong capability in expectation management and human dynamics, serving as a trusted partner in high visibility and high pressure situations. Communicates complex supply constraints with credibility and composure, aligning stakeholders around feasible paths forward while maintaining focus on patient impact and enterprise priorities. Provides meaningful portfolio and budget governance support, contributing to financial reviews, investment discussions, and prioritization decisions by delivering high level cost estimates, feasibility assessments, and scenario based insights. Ensures clinical supply considerations are appropriately represented in portfolio level decision making. Actively drives operational efficiency and process improvement, supporting initiatives that standardize forecasting, clarify roles and escalation pathways, and improve visibility across supply, inventory, and risk topics. Contributes to the evolution of operating models that increase predictability, reduce rework, and strengthen cross functional alignment. As a former US Marine, I intently focus on the mission and succeeding.

Experience

1. Clinical Supply Program Leader

   Bristol Myers Squibb

   Aug 2022 — Present · Princeton, NJ, US

   Associate Director with sustained accountability for clinical supply strategy, risk management, and portfolio execution across complex global development programs. Demonstrates strong enterprise thinking by aligning development ambition, operational feasibility, and financial discipline through structured planning, escalation, and governance engagement.

Education

• United States Marine Corps

  2nd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Infantry, Camp Lejeune, NC. , NARF Security Detachment, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC.

• Saint Joseph's University

  B.S., Labor Studies

  2000 — 2003

• Saint Joseph's University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA) , Health & Medical Services Administration

  2013 — 2017