Bala Palayam

Bala Palayam is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in clinical data, analytics, and digital product strategy within the pharmaceutical industry. Currently serving as Associate Director, Clinical Data Product Architect at Bristol Myers Squibb since November 2023, Bala has a proven track record of leadership in data management and analytics roles at companies such as UCB, Genmab, and Sanofi. Notable achievements include the formulation of commercial data products to support drug launches and the design of validated Clinical Development data lakes at Genmab. Earlier roles involved overseeing data integration and analytics platforms at Bristol Myers Squibb and managing database operations at Pfizer. Bala holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Madras and an MBA in Business Administration from Centenary University.