Contract Manager, Commercial Operations

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:

Sales Enablement

Job Sub Function:

Contract Administration and Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Contract Manager, Commercial Operations to join our Aesthetics & Reconstruction team as part of our MedTech Surgery business located at our Irvine, CA site, with alternate site locations of Raritan, NJ and Cincinnati, OH.

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

JOB SUMMARY

The Contract Manager plays a pivotal role within the Commercial Contract Management organization, ensuring the effective implementation of contracts and pricing strategies throughout their lifecycle. This position involves leading strategic customer contract negotiations and supervising the entire contract lifecycle management process, including drafting agreements, negotiating terms and conditions, price loading, and ongoing system maintenance. Success in this role requires strong collaboration with key departments such as Marketing, Legal, Sales, HCC, and Commercial Operations to support critical company initiatives, ensure contract compliance, and drive performance.

Additionally, the Contract Manager is responsible for leading, developing, and standardizing various contracting processes and templates to support the company's sales strategy. This involves creating consistent, effective templates aligned with sales goals, adaptable for multiple agreement types, and designed to streamline contract administration. The Contract Manager takes the lead in reviewing, revising, and negotiating contract terms to ensure they reflect the company’s business interests, follow legal standards, and align with strategic objectives. Working closely with key collaborators, the Contract Manager ensures the contracting process supports overall business strategies while enhancing the customer experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

• Manage and lead offer and development team including responsibilities of people development, mentoring and coaching.
• Facilitate, manage and administer the Contracting and Pricing Committee (CPC) working closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and the extended Commercial Operations team. The Contract Manager delivers program analytics, makes recommendations on program optimization, manages contract price matrixes, and drives innovation in contracts and pricing programs; pursues positive ROI through pricing discipline and ensures compliance across the entire portfolio of core breast products.
• Manage GPO, hospital, physician, private equity and consignment contracting, process, administration of Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), rebate strategy, price alignment, GPO and IDN roster management, contracting system development and maintenance
• Supervise the development of SOP’s, contracting templates, and rebate strategy
• Manages account performance by monitoring System Analytics (ADD in System name) contract compliance, con