Fireside Chat: Practical Lessons from Strategic Collaborations

Session details:

With over 300 partnerships under her leadership at BMS, Nisha Zaidi brings a rare depth of experience in managing the realities of long-term alliance success. In this candid discussion, she’ll share hard-earned lessons from the front lines—where even well-structured deals can be tested by shifting science, evolving strategies, and unforeseen leadership changes.

• Understand the most common drivers of post-deal tension and how to navigate them with clarity and trust
• Gain insight into how alliance leaders course-correct when development plans diverge from original assumptions
• Explore how Nisha’s scientific roots inform a pragmatic, people-first approach to sustaining collaboration beyond the contract