Manager leading clinical trial innovations at Johnson & Johnson's Innovative Health. Driving collaboration and efficiency in clinical development through innovative solutions.
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.
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.
Monitor vendor performance and alignment with organizational goals.
Work closely with innovation leads, solution leads, and business teams to ensure alignment.
Promote transparency and shared understanding of business needs.
Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for intake and scouting effectiveness.
Monitor and analyze performance data to identify trends and optimize processes.
Provide regular reports to senior leadership on progress and impact.
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
Company sponsored employee benefit programs
consolidated retirement plan (pension)
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
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