Director, Biosurgery Strategic Alliances

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:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Partnerships & Alliances

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director, Biosurgery Strategic Alliances to join our MedTech Surgery business located at our Raritan, NJ site. Alternate locations available at the hiring manager's discretion.

About Surgery

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting!

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Position Overview:

The Global Director, Strategic Alliances for Biosurgery is a key function within MedTech General Surgery organization in leading strategic alliances focused on innovation and supply of products in our Global Biosurgery portfolio. The purpose of Alliance Management is to provide leadership and vision in the formation & direction of commercial alliances that improve value for both partners and provide opportunities to unlock hidden alignment. Alliance Management is responsible for the overall management of specified alliances and directing partnership activities involving key General Surgery collaborators at each partner company.  Main responsibilities include leading post-deal and day-to-day alliance activities to shape and achieve the strategic objectives of the alliance, establishing clear communication lines across the partnership, anticipating and resolving potential issues, negotiating ancillary agreements and amendments and overall ensuring the highest quality relationship possible.

The objective of the Director, Biosurgery Strategic Alliances is to:

• Ensure that Med Tech General Surgery Biosurgery realizes the full potential of investment in all strategic alliances, and where possible create additional value through outstanding resource management.
• Ensure an excellent working relationship with MedTech General Surgery Biosurgery current and future partners/i.e. partnership development and market development.
• Promote Med Tech General Surgery Biosurgery as the global partner of choice for device, pharmaceutical, biotech, and service provider partners looking to lead innovation in orthopedic patient care & care delivery; identify new opportunities at existing partners and bring them to the attention of the DePuy Synthes team.

Responsibilities:

The role focuses on the management of strategic alliances both external to and within the Johnson & Johnson family companies, working in close co-operation with the Global VP GSM Biosurgery

• Proactively manage the strategic alliances and act as the key contact for the management of the legal and contractual framework established for the alliance.
• Matrixed Leader responsibility for GSM Team, R&D, Supply Chain, Legal and Quality that fosters close working relationships with each partner and handles tactical items relating to the operation of an alliance in accordance with the established contractual terms.
• Anticipate potential issues before they appear and take the lead in resolving business related challenges; build consensus where required to move the alliance forward when at an impasse on a particular issue.
• Work successfully with regional MedTech General Surgery Biosurgery regions and R&D partners as well as Operati