Senior Director, Janssen Clinical Innovation

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The Janssen Pharmacautical Companies of Johnson & Johnson are recruiting for a Senior Director, Janssen Clinical Innovation.

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson are dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unmet medical needs of our time in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Driven by our commitment to patients, we bring innovative products, services and solutions to people throughout the world. We recognize the impact of serious conditions on people’s lives, and we aim to empower people through disease awareness, education and access to quality care. Our research and development strategy focuses on identifying medical needs and harnessing the best science in the world, whether from our own laboratories or through strategic relationships and collaborations. We leverage our world-class discovery and development expertise and operational excellence to deliver innovative, effective solutions.

The Janssen Clinical Innovation (JCI) department reports into Global Development (GD) and is dedicated to driving innovation into the clinical operating model to make clinical development faster and better for patients, investigators, Janssen, and the industry at large. JCI’s approach is to learn through doing: we design and conduct demonstration projects that generate knowledge about novel operational models and methods. Once proven valuable and feasible, we embed new operational approaches and technologies into Janssen R&D with the goals of improving patient and site experiences, expediting drug development, and reducing overall costs. Our success comes by way of our entrepreneurial culture and teamwork.

JCI is recruiting for a Senior Director – Janssen Clinical Innovation. Location is flexible and inclusive of the following locations; Raritan, Titusville NJ, La Jolla SD, Beerse BEL or remote based locations proximal to the aforementioned locations.

Principal Responsibilities

The Senior Director – Janssen Clinical Innovation will be responsible for

• Leading the development of a strategy and implementation plan and building a cross-functional project team for a portfolio of transformational projects that supports delivery of innovative clinical development. These projects will identify and test novel approaches, processes, technologies and best practices that have the potential to reduce trial set up and execution cycle times, and/or reduce cost; generate conclusive results to make the business case for scale-up or adoption of new technologies or approaches. These projects will be executed in close collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders and can also be in collaboration with public/private partnerships.
• Acting as a strategic leader and change agent within the organization and help business stakeholders envision necessary transformation and identify required process changes to support the future in complex and undefined situations that may not be addressed by existing policies, procedures, or protocols.
• Ensure the team has the appropriate resources during the stages of innovation to meet the demand of emerging business needs.
• Identifying through multiple ideation tactics key clinical operational and regulatory challenges, in collaboration with the Therapeutic Areas (TA) and Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA), and will define a clinical innovation strategy with potential solutions, initiatives and communications which fulfill the needs of Global Development or the TAs.
• Successful delivery of and learning from JCI innovation initiatives. The role may oversee larger, more complex projects.
• Provide project oversight, coaching, and development to other Innovation Leaders.
• Developing the business case, including qualitative and quantitative value for the key stakeholders, to support broader implementation within the organization. If required, develop implementation plans for scaling activities.
• Surveying the competitor and external partner and regulatory landscape to identify new opportunities/industry trends for innovative approaches and advances in health technology and will develop and/or support key relations and collaborations with external partners/academic institutions to co-develop and drive innovative clinical development solutions. Shares these insights broadly.
  

The successful candidate will be a forward-thinker, able to imagine the future of clinical research and design and execute informative demonstration projects to prepare Janssen for this future. The candidate will have experience in global clinical development and a track record of successfully initiating and driving complex projects to completion. A global mindset with proven ability to partner cross-culturally and cross-functionally, to develop strong collaborations and to inspire trust across the organization and at all levels is essential.

Principal Relationships

This position reports to the JCI Vice President and is a member of the JCI SLT. Primary interfaces: GD SLT plus functional leaders as well as other business functions including GRA, Legal, Procurement, Finance, IT, Communications. External Interfaces: other peer organizations in the industry and vendor partners.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements:

• An advanced degree (Master’s/PhD/PharmD/MD degree) in business or life sciences is required; A minimum of 12 or more years of total business experience is required as well as a minimum of 8 years of experience in global clinical research either in a CRO, Pharma, or other clinical trial sponsor environment.
• Experience in a lead role related to a strategic business or organizational improvement initiative is preferred. Familiarity with and interest in health technology and health information technologies is required; direct experience with health information technology, healthcare technology, and mobile health applications is highly preferred.
• Experience with AI, ML, NLP and application to real-world data is a bonus.
• A Self -starter with strong results orientation, who can operate independently and can navigate complex, matrixed environments is required.
• Proven experience in executing complex projects from start to finish is required.
• Outstanding communications skills, both written and oral, capable of effectively summarize abstract concepts into clear, concise and insightful business cases.
• Experience collaborating successfully with global clinical teams, R&D Operations, Therapeutic Areas and Medical Affairs is preferred.
• Excellent organizational, project management and influential management skills, complemented by a “hands-on” operational and business planning orientation is required.
• Motivates professional colleagues and stakeholders cross functionally
• Ability to partner and influence without authority with leaders at all levels globally and locally
  

Other

Preferred Skills & Experiences: JCI seeks to build a dynamic and diverse team consisting of well-rounded individuals. We are looking for individuals to bring expertise in at least one of the below areas of need within our team:

• Business planning and management
• Change management
• Clinical research operations (pharmaceuticals, devices, diagnostics)
• Other – regulatory, ethics, policy, medical affairs
  

This position may have up to 25% of regional/global travel required

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Primary Location

United States-New Jersey-Raritan-920 US Highway 202

Other Locations

North America-United States, North America-United States-New Jersey-Titusville, Europe/Middle East/Africa-Belgium-Antwerp-Beerse, North America-United States-California-La Jolla

Organization

Janssen Research & Development, LLC (6084)

Job Function

R&D

Requisition ID

00001HM7