Associate Director, Business Management and Metrics

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Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

• United States - Requisition Number: R-023584

• United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-024533

• Belgium, Spain - Requisition Number: R-026184

• Brazil - Requisition Number: R-027427

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for an Associate Director, Business Management and Metrics. This position is a hybrid role and will be located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Associate Director, Business Management and Metrics will be responsible for collaborating with Global Medical Safety (GMS) vendors to ensure timely and high-quality safety deliverables and with relevant internal and external stakeholders to identify and monitor operational performance metrics and deliver data analysis. This individual will be responsible for the strategy, planning, and oversight/monitoring of the vendor deliverables, proactively identifying potential compliance issues. Accountable for the preparation, management, and forecasting of the vendor budget for vendors under their responsibility (budget ownership lies with the business). Partner with team members, stakeholders, and the vendor to continuously improve vendor communication and quality of deliverables. The Associate Director will function independently and will have expert knowledge of applicable regulations and guidelines.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Participate in the oversight of GMS and associated vendor contracts and budgets.

  • Participate in the preparation, management, and forecasting of the budget of GMS for vendor resources, as applicable.

  • Liaise with Procurement, Vendor, Capacity Management (VCM) and the Business for Request for Proposal (RFP) activities (e.g., requirements, vendor evaluation, etc.).

  • Collaborate with functional lines on Statement of Work activities (implementation, oversight, etc.).

  • Management of vendor invoice approval process and vendor spend.

• Vendor management activities and Service-level agreement (SLA) management.

  • Development and oversight of vendor metrics, scorecards in collaboration with business and leadership.

  • Participation in vendor deliverable feedback meetings (i.e., weekly/monthly).

  • Manage business revisions of partnership documents (e.g., communication plan, business continuity plan).

  • Participate in escalation and resolution of partnership concerns with VCM.

  • Participate and drive (if needed) IT Issue resolution (e.g., Amazon Workstation).

  • Collaboration with BMM team on management of vendor Johnson & Johnson sponsorship activities (i.e., onboarding/offboarding, training compliance management).

• Execute and support the business with generation of operational metrics including ad-hoc data requests, data summaries and trend identification.

  • Proactively monitor and identify potential compliance issues and escalate as needed.

  • Tracking and trending of data, if required.

  • Assist business with implementation of solutions or corrective actions as needed.

• Support and coordinate with Head of GMS Management Office on topics regarding budget, headcount forecasting (external resourcing needs and potential business development agreements).

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in a scientific or health care discipline. Advanced degree (Master's, PhD) is preferred.

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in pharmacovigilance, clinical profession or allied field is required.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a large multinational biopharmaceutical company is preferred.

• Experience with vendor oversight, business planning and operations in a multi-functional organization is required.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-functional activities in a highly regulated environment resulting in concrete business results and outstanding vendor partnering required.

• Experience in the areas of project management, quality, compliance, regulatory or finance is preferred.

• Experience with the management of an off-shore Service Provider is required.

• Safety experience with case processing is preferred.

• Data analysis experience is required.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including statistics, is required.

• Must have excellent communication skills.

• The ability to lead in a matrix organization is preferred.

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