Associate Director, Contract Strategy & Analytics-Strategic Customer Group

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:

Marketing

Job Sub Function:

Marketing Insights & Analytics

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.is recruiting for an Associate Director, Contract Strategy & Analytics within its Strategic Customer Group (SCG) on the Strategic Contracting team.

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. provides account management and customer support services to key health care customers, including hospital systems and group purchasing organizations, leading health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and government health care institutions. The company also provides contract management, logistics, and supply chain functions for the major Johnson & Johnson franchises.

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

Overview: The Associate Director, Contract Strategy and Analytics (CS&A), is pivotal in shaping and executing strategies to ensure market access and enhance brand positioning. This role leverages expertise in contracting data and a proactive approach to developing innovative solutions and actionable insights. The Associate Director is an essential member of the Strategic Contracting team, leading crucial deliverables to retain and expand market access while preserving gross to net.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with SCG Account Management, SCG Leadership, Value Access & Pricing, Finance, Payer Marketing, Brand Marketing, and senior management to track and communicate market access and reimbursement trends.

• Maintain high levels of communication with business partners to share market and business insights, playing a vital role in the business planning process.

• Lead a cross-functional team to continually assess analytic and reporting capabilities, addressing current and future marketplace challenges.

• Develop in-depth analyses & actionable insights of product performance within the payer channel at local, regional, and national levels to create benchmark comparisons for customers and Payer Marketing.

• Partner closely with National and Major Markets account teams on all analytics & insights needs, including customer Quarterly Business Reviews and annual Business Plans.

• Identify key trends and leverage knowledge of geographic and local customer needs to create customized business solutions, making recommendations to both internal business partners and external customers.

• Develop strong relationships with account management and lead high-level presentations with external customers at priority accounts across all regions to shape and influence the management of the Janssen portfolio.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Advanced Degree or MBA preferred.

• Minimum of 6 years of combined experience in the healthcare industry required.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including defending logical business arguments, is required.

• Ability to prioritize in a fast-moving complex environment, strong time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills is required

• Translate complex data into actionable recommendations to enable business decisions focused on trends, risks, and opportunities is required.

• Technical acumen and ability to liaison between IT and the business is