Job Description

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

Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Business Development

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Janssen Global Services, LLC, part of Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Director, External Innovation, Immunology . This position is based in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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The Senior Director, External Innovation, will be responsible for leading the overall external innovation strategy and operations for the Immunology Therapeutic Area (IMM TA). This individual will report to the Global Commercial Strategy Leader (GCSL), Immunology, and will be a member of the Immunology GCSO Leadership team, the Immunology Therapeutic Area Leadership Team and the Immunology Portfolio Council.

The Senior Director, External Innovation will:

• Partner with Disease Area Stronghold (DAS) and TA co-leaders to establish and align and deliver an integrated IMM external innovation strategy, including opportunities through New Business Development, Innovation Centers, Mergers and Acquisitions, and other novel external innovation opportunities.

• Work closely with Finance (including TA Finance Director, BD Finance, and IC Finance Leads) to consistently develop insightful data-driven, stage-gate-appropriate valuations for external innovation opportunities

• Serve as a single primary point of contact for the Immunology TA with Regional Commercial teams regarding deal strategy, prioritization, local forecasting and competitive landscape insights and data. In partnership with Immunology DAS Analytics leaders, continuously ensure differentiated competitive landscape insights that impact external innovation strategy and deal decisions.

• Support the Immunology GCSO Leadership Team by establishing and continuously expanding Johnson and Johnson Immunology Commercial connectivity to the marketplace, including building relationships with current and potential future collaboration/BD target commercial leaders.

Leadership Profile Expectations

This individual will be a collaborative, strategic, results-oriented business leader with a proven track record leading value-creating initiatives in past roles at local, regional or global level. S/he will be able to balance long-term visionary opportunities with superb near term implementation. The ability to deftly lead through influence in a matrix organization is critical. This individual must be capable of leading high performing, multi-functional teams which include representatives at higher organizational levels and have the ability to integrate and synthesize technical, regulatory, competitive and market knowledge/insight.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a BS/BA degree is required

• MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field is preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive and diverse business leadership experience is required, with meaningful experience in marketing, business development, strategic consulting, or analytics functions.

• An understanding of the pharmaceuticals industry, including healthcare economic dynamics and value chain/value creation is required.

• A demonstrated track record of successfully managing high performing teams is required and will have a proven track record of delivering strong, measurable, business results.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate and influence across all functions, with peers, and in senior executive forums.

• The successful candidate must demonstrate learning agility and an enterprise mindset.

• This position will be based in Horsham, NJ, and will require up to 20% travel, including international travel.

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Communication, Leadership, Learning Agility, Pharmaceutical Industry

Preferred Skills:

Business Development, Marketing

Job Tags

Full time, Local area,

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