Senior Manager, Focus Area Leader; FAL), IM R&D

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Job Function

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function

Strategic Partnerships & Alliances

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America;
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America;
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America;
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America;
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America;
Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Job Description

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

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Manager, Public‑Private Partnerships in New Brunswick or Titusville or Raritan, NJ or Horsham or Spring House, PA or Washington, DC.

Purpose: Reporting to the Head, Focus Area Leadership IM, the Senior Manager, Public‑Private Partnerships will lead and direct, in a matrix environment, Strategic Partnerships and Resource Group’s (SPRG) IM R&D strategy and engagement with senior IM R&D leaders. This role is responsible for securing, maximizing, and sustaining strategic U.S. federal and state Public‑Private Partnerships (PPPs) (primarily but also EU and global) to amplify R&D resources.

The position sets the leadership tone to ensure SPRG—together with Legal, IP, HCC/Compliance, Government Affairs & Policy (GA&P), Finance, and Procurement—executes PPPs within J&J’s risk framework and U.S. regulatory requirements. Although the role is expected to deliver U.S. PPP value at both the federal and state level to J&J business partners, the role is not tied to geographic region and is J&J business partner focused.

However, this role will serve as an SME within the team, meeting the need of a growing federal and state PPP environment in the U.S.

You Will Be Responsible For

• U.S. Portfolio Leadership:
  Provide leadership and strategic direction for U.S. IM R&D PPP initiatives, federal and state; serve as a highly valued resource to U.S.
  
  -based IM R&D leaders. Where projects are global or cross‑sector, ensure seamless collaboration with relevant leaders and team members.
• Primary U.S. Point of Contact:
  Act as the primary SPRG point of contact for senior U.S. IM R&D leaders and external U.S. stakeholders, including federal and state agencies and consortia.
• USG Engagement & Capture:
  Lead capture strategy, relationship development, and opportunity shaping with U.S. agencies (e.g., NIH, BARDA/ASPR, ARPA‑H, DARPA, DoD/CDMRP, DTRA, VA/ORD, CDC, NIST, NSF) and relevant state/regional innovation bodies. Drive white papers, concept notes, consortia formation, and partnering strategies.
• End-to-End PPP Delivery:
  Oversee end-to-end PPP lifecycle—opportunity identification, internal alignment, proposal development, submission, negotiation, execution, governance, close‑out, and audit readiness—ensuring timelines, approvals, and communications are met.
• Complex Agreement Structures:
  Navigate and help negotiate complex U.S. mechanisms, including grants, cooperative agreements, CRADAs, OTAs, contracts, prizes/challenges, and research…