Associate Director, Oncology Business Strategy and Operations – Late Development Governance and Portfolio

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Associate Director, Oncology Business Strategy and Operations – Late Development Governance and Portfolio

About Innovative Medicine

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.

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

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, a member of Johnson & Johnson’s Family of Companies, is recruiting for Associate Director, Oncology Business Strategy and Operations – Late Development Governance and Portfolio, based in Spring House, PA. Consideration will be given to other R&D sites (Raritan, NJ, Boston, MA, La Jolla, CA), and remote work arrangements will be considered on a case-by-case basis if approved by the company.

We discover and develop innovative medical solutions to address meaningful unmet medical needs in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

The position works closely with the Oncology Strategy and Operations Support Leader(s), the VP Clinical Development Heads for Heme and Solid Tumors, Oncology Delivery Unit Head, Clinical Development Teams, Discovery, Product Development & Supply (DPDS) and other functional leadership to support the planning, coordination, governance, and delivery of the Oncology late development portfolio.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the cross-functional Oncology Review Board (ORB) governance forum (as decision support lead) for successful implementation and alignment of strategies and portfolio delivery.

• Partner with project teams and J&J IM R&D leadership to plan and schedule programs through governance forum; maintain relevant reference materials, tools, analytics, and attendance for forum membership.

• Facilitate, document, and communicate outcomes of ORB reviews and memos.

• Partner with Therapeutic Area (TA), Disease Area Stronghold (DAS), and DPDS leadership to facilitate program prioritization, budget management, resource planning, and pre-portfolio tracking to drive the strategic direction of the Oncology portfolio.

• Coordinate key portfolio reporting, including quarterly pipeline reports and monthly updates to GOC/EC, and operational process management. Assist in tracking of the portfolio, analytics, reporting and end-to-end integrated planning efforts as appropriate.

• Optimize forum operating principles and orchestrate process improvement efforts; troubleshoot and improve common challenges observed across programs to further optimize portfolio value.

• Represent Oncology ORB on cross-functional operational forums and initiatives.

• Deliver strategic and operational support to cross-functional late development Compound Development Teams to ensure strategic plans are implemented and resource is optimized; Provide business strategy and support to key areas of growth and emerging areas of scientific interest.

• Provide additional support to teams, collaborations, and/or projects as business needs evolve.

Qualifications
 

• A minimum of a Bachelor level degree required with at least 8 years demonstrated experience leading cross-functiona