Assoc. Director, MedTech Epidemiology Operations and Strategy - HYBRID Only - See locations below

About this role

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function: Strategic Planning

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Somerville, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description: Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are recruiting a practical, innovative and strategic Associate Director, Epidemiology Operations, Planning and Strategy for the MedTech Epidemiology & Real World Data Science group. The role reports to the Vice President of the group.  The position is a hybrid with 3 days in the office required, be located in New Brunswick, NJ, Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA .

Purpose: The position is responsible for Operations, Planning and Strategy for the MedTech Epidemiology team, as outlined below.  The role conducts strategic planning and corporate development initiatives, partnering closely with cross-functional team members for both internal and external industry intelligence, to build people, process, and systems capabilities.

The MedTech Epidemiology and Real-World Data Sciences organization in J&J is an authority in developing and using capabilities in real world evidence for medical devices for the following goals: 1) evidence for market access and adoption of innovative medical technologies, 2) safety assessments to protect patients from avoidable harms, 3) regulatory approvals and label expansions, 4) assisting clinical development in developing new technologies globally, 5) business development and 6) advancing RWD innovation and methodological excellence, adoption of AI, and exploring emerging data sources improve patient benefits!

We specialize in innovating in developing strategic solutions to address meaningful research questions, evaluating and developing new data sources to meet gaps in RWD, employing the AI and machine learning for RWE studies. We partner with several regulatory agencies to advance the use of RWE for medical devices, including the US FDA, Chinese NMPA, EU notified bodies, Japanese PMDA, and Australian TGA. We also are active in public-private partnerships to enhance and shape the use of RWE for medical devices, including the Medical Device Innovation Consortium, the National Evaluation System for health Technology, several Innovative Health Initiative consortia (GREG and IDHERA), and MDEpiNet. Our team publishes 20 to 35 peer-reviewed journal publications per year that are meaningful to improving surgical outcomes.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work in a collegial and dynamic group that is conducting groundbreaking RWE on the use of medical technology to improve health.

Formulate the high-level implementation and milestones tracking of the departmental strategic planning goals and objectives, collaborating with relevant business and functional leaders to oversee global stakeholder communications and bridge the strategy to successful business execution.  Ensures all departmental procedures and protocols are in full compliance with state and federal regulatory, safety, and quality assurance requirements.  Integrates Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision making. • MedTech Epidemiology Leadership Team Meetings : Organize the agenda items, the time allotment per item, clarify decisions to be made per agenda item, keep minutes and follow up on action items for MedTech Epidemiology Leadership team meetings

• Strategic Priority Workgroup Coordination : The MedTech Epidemiology team is part of the enterprise-wide Global Epidemiology Organization, which has 5 strategic priorities: AI, Enterprise Data Licensing, Partnerships, Benefit-Risk and RWE Readiness. The candidate will coordinate the workgroup initiatives.

• Strategic Planning: Work with the VP and leadership team of MedTech Epidemiology to develop annual goals and objectives for the team and develop end-of-year summaries of achievements and performance indicators, including calculating return-on-investment measures for completed projects by the team

•  Develop Strategies and Slide Decks for Summary Reports: For Senior Leadership, Business Unit Partners and for Newsletters:

• External Operational Management and Strategy : Organize the operations, planning and contracting of complex data partnerships with external data partners for real world evidence studies (eg, robotic and digital surgery, regulatory approval or post-approval commitment or EU MDR studies)

• Internal Operational Management and Planning : Represent the MedTech Epidemiology team in interactions with J&J Finance, Procurement, Law, Healthcare Compliance,

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