Literature Services Project Manager - MedTech

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:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

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

Job Description:

About MedTech

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

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

We are searching for the best talent for a Literature Services Project Manager to support our MedTech Portfolio.  This role can be based in Raritan, NJ, Cincinnati, OH, Irvine, CA, or Austin, TX and will work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site.

Purpose: The Literature Services Project Manager acts as the project management process owner for the generation of Systematic Literature Reviews and associated medical writing projects across global MedTech Surgery teams.

This role focuses on process optimization and the deployment and utilization of consistent project management methodologies supporting key planning and execution steps.

You will be responsible for:

• Uses project management tools, including WRIKE, to monitor smooth and timely execution of project milestones and tasks for the Global Clinical Evaluation Literature team.
• Ensures best practices are being consistently deployed across the global organization.
• Facilitates meetings for project initiation and execution according to literature project plans, as well as meetings in support of the overall project management process.
• Mitigates timeline risks and escalates potential conflicts or delays to manager.
• Builds relationships to foster effective communication with cross-functional business partners such as other Global Clinical Evaluation Team Members, Post Market Surveillance, Clinical Affairs and Operations, Medical Safety, Design Quality Engineers, R&D supporting comprehensive and effective literature searching and reporting.
• Maintains knowledge of and access to applicable J&J MedTech Quality Systems and documentation preparation/retention procedures to support the team in document retrieval and routing of documents for approval.
• Tracks and monitors metrics relevant to assigned activities, communicating issues or opportunities for improvement to management to enable corrective and preventive action to be taken, as needed.
• Assists in business plan traceability, inclusive of communication with Finance partners when applicable.
• Supports optimization and harmonization of literature services, incorporating process excellence and change management tools while aligning with available procedures and guidelines.
• Adheres to all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices, as applicable.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field is required; Advanced Degree is strongly preferred.
• At least of 2+ years of related job experience in medical/clinical literature is required.
• Experience in project management within the medical device industry and knowledge of EU regulatory requirements, evidence generation, and systematic literature review creation is strongly preferred.
• Experience with WRIKE or other project management system/software is strongly preferred.
• Experience in resource coordination with respect to processes and outcomes is preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in project management principles and methodologies is required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable ongoing communication (face to face, phone and email) with team members and coordination of data collection is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The base pay range for this position is $77,000 to $124,200.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours  Additional information can be found through the link below.  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits