Hybrid Manager, Innovative Health Discovery Lead

at Johnson & Johnson

• Job title: Manager, Innovative Health Discovery Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $102,000 - $177,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Titusville, United States

About the role

• Manager, Innovative Health Discovery Lead at Johnson & Johnson leading cross-functional collaboration and driving clinical trial efficiency. Focused on innovative solutions for enhancing participant health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• 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