Johnson & Johnson

Manager, Innovative Health Discovery Lead

Johnson & Johnson

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Titusville • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $102,000 - $177,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Partner with stakeholders to uncover challenges, pain points, and opportunities across the clinical portfolio.
  • Apply diverse techniques (interviews, surveys, data analysis, workshops) to extract actionable insights.
  • Establish mechanisms for selecting the right approach to surface meaningful insights.
  • Develop frameworks to rank business needs by impact, urgency, and strategic alignment.
  • Facilitate stakeholder workshops to validate priorities.
  • Support informed decisions considering feasibility, resources, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Translate high-level needs into clear, actionable requirements.
  • Ensure requirements are feasible and aligned with business objectives.
  • Communicate requirements effectively to project and delivery teams for solutioning.
  • Create and maintain processes, tools, and methodologies for intake, prioritization, competitive intelligence and scouting.
  • Maintain awareness of the clinical portfolio to anticipate future needs.
  • Assess existing processes, systems, and tools for improvement opportunities.
  • Recommend enhancements or alternatives based on business needs.
  • Track industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive landscapes.
  • Explore and adapt scouting tactics to identify innovative solutions and partners.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive database of internal and external solutions.
  • Develop professional networks to enhance scouting performance.
  • Collaborate with relevant teams to assess integration requirements and adoption readiness.
  • Evaluate technical feasibility, scalability, and sustainability of proposed solutions.
  • Build strong relationships with external vendors and partners.
  • Support procurement in negotiating cost-effective contracts.
  • Monitor vendor performance and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Work closely with innovation leads, solution leads, and business teams to ensure alignment.

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or a life science discipline is required.
  • Advanced degree (Master’s, Ph.D., PharmD) in business, technology, or a life science discipline is preferred.
  • A minimum of 7 years of total business experience is required.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in global clinical research either in a Contract research Organization (CRO), Pharmaceutical or other clinical trial sponsor environment is required.
  • Understanding of the clinical trial process, technologies, and relevant compliance, regulatory and legal considerations is required.
  • Experience in solution scouting and technology assessments is preferred.
  • Experience building strong vendor relationships is preferred.
  • Familiarity with a variety of technologies, industries, and market trends linked to clinical trial operations is required.
  • Must have excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
  • Must have strong analytical skills.
  • The ability to partner and influence decision-making without authority with leaders at all levels globally and locally is required.
  • The ability to think strategically and align solutions with organizational goals is required.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance
  • consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k))
  • Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
  • Parental Leave - 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
  • Bereavement Leave - 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
  • Caregiver Leave - 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
  • 10 days Volunteer Leave - 32 hours per calendar year
  • Military Spouse Time-Off - 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard skills
data analysisrequirements gatheringsolution scoutingtechnology assessmentsprocess improvementvendor managementclinical trial processregulatory compliancestrategic alignmentcompetitive intelligence
Soft skills
communicationpresentationinterpersonal skillsanalytical skillsinfluencestrategic thinkingcollaborationrelationship buildingnegotiationfacilitation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreePh.D.PharmD