Senior Director, Incubation ENA

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

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Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Partnerships & Alliances

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson -- 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

Primary work location preference is Cambridge, MA with New Brunswick, NJ also an option. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. In this case, travel expectations would increase.

Position Description:

Johnson & Johnson External Scientific Innovation (ESI) is recruiting a Senior Director for East North America (ENA) to operate an exclusively virtual incubation model for the early-stage biotech companies. The goal of ESI is to de-risk and advance transformative healthcare solutions that improve the lives of people around the world and, in so doing, to deliver value to Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) R&D pipelines in Innovative Medicine. ESI accomplishes this by catalyzing new science and technology through collaboration and exchange of ideas. This team is looking for a colleague inspired to help build and support an external pipeline of opportunities within the ENA region.

This position will be responsible for overseeing all incubator portfolio companies and related business activities within ENA. The Senior Director will foster innovation and deep scientific/drug and platform technology development regionally by sourcing and incubating selected companies aligned to areas of strategic relevancy to J&J and embrace new scientific trends. Importantly, this position will leverage J&J’s expertise to build, grow and accelerate opportunities into the R&D portfolio of Innovative Medicine. The position reports into the Innovation Center Head in ENA region, based in Cambridge MA.

Johnson & Johnson External Scientific Innovation –  enables and empowers emerging companies through access to  knowledge, experiences, partnerships, and networks across a broad healthcare spectrum. Our goal is to catalyze and accelerate the delivery of lifesaving, life-enhancing solutions to patients around the world.

This can be considered for a remote role available in multiple cities within the United States. While specific cities are listed in the Locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application.

Responsibilities:

Lead the portfolio management of incubator companies within  ENA including the following:

• Source new opportunities in conjunction with regional  search and evaluation functions leveraging best practices to attract and curate a high value portfolio including identifying companies that have assets and platforms to J&J’s core therapeutic areas as well as novel/disruptive assets and platforms supported by the regional and global sourcing teams.

• In partnerships with the regional search a