Manager, Innovation Lead

Manager, Innovation Lead

We are searching for the best talent for our Manager, Innovation Lead position to be located in Titusville, NJ or Spring House, PA.

The Innovative Health (IH) Organization has been created to drive meaningful impact to participant health and wellbeing by reinventing the clinical trial experience. The Innovative Health organization connects teams across development to novel capabilities and solutions, unleashing the potential of innovation to drive broader access to innovative medicines, and enriching the healthcare experience for all.

The IH team is seeking an innovation leader who will be a forward-thinker, able to imagine and shape the future of clinical research and design and execute innovation demonstration projects to prepare J&J for this future. The candidate will understand the clinical research environment and a track record of successfully initiating and driving projects to completion. The candidate must be comfortable exploring new spaces where there is little or no experience or existing guidelines to follow. 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.

The IH department reports into Global Development's (GD) Business Growth, Innovation and Advocacy (BGIA) department 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. IH's approach is to learn through doing: we design and conduct innovation projects that generate knowledge about novel operational models, methods and solutions. Once proven valuable and feasible, we embed new operational approaches and technologies into Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines 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.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing and executing agile innovation demonstration projects to evaluate effectiveness, viability and return on investment. These projects will identify and test novel approaches, processes, technologies and best practices that will create value for patients, have the potential to optimize trial recruitment, reduce trial set up and execution cycle times, and/or reduce cost.
• Collaborating with internal and external cross-functional teams to validate hypotheses.
• Be a thought and execution leader in technology projects, specifically in (Gen)AI driven enhancements and automations
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to execute the projects, develop project plans, set milestones, and monitor progress to ensure timely evaluation and decision making for launch.
• Generating conclusive results to support the business case for launch or adoption of these new methods.
• Proactively identifying potential roadblocks and taking a solutions-driven approach for complex and undefined projects that may not be addressed by existing policies, procedures, or protocols.
• Providing leadership and project management for multiple initiatives simultaneously. Support IH Launch, with change management to ensure successful implementation in the broader organization.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A Bachelors' degree is required; Master's degree/Graduate degree in business or life sciences is highly preferred
• A minimum of 4 years of work experience in industry or academia is required, including at least 3 years within a clinical development environment (pharmaceutical, medical devices, CRO or other clinical development service organization).
• Strong project leadership skills combining hands-on project management, proactive planning, stakeholder alignment, and effective issue and conflict resolution is required.
• Solid foundation in project management principles is required; formal project management certification is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to take an idea through proposal, demonstration and to a scaled solution is required.
• Ability to lead cross-functional project teams and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining momentum and delivery focus is required.
• Ability to craft solid business cases based on active listening and solid benchtop analysis

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills: Alliance Formation, Budget Management, Continuous Improvement, Design Thinking, Developing Others, Entrepreneurship, Facilitation, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Market Research, Negotiation, Operations Management, Organizational Project Management, Resource Allocation, Stakeholder Engagement, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Change, Team Management

Preferred Skills: Alliance Formation, Budget Management, Continuous Improvement, Design Thinking, Developing Others, Entrepreneurship, Facilitation, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Leadership, Market Research, Negotiation, Operations Management, Organizational Project Management, Resource Allocation, Stakeholder Engagement, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Change, Team Management

The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $102,000.00 - $177,100.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency: Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays 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 For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: -