VP Legal Innovation & Transformation

Location

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Strategy & Corporate Development

Digital Strategy & Deployment

People Leader

Johnson and Johnson Global Legal Organization is recruiting for a VP Legal Innovation & Transformation, located in New Brunswick, NJ.

The VP Legal Innovation & Transformation is a global role responsible for developing and executing a global legal innovation and transformation strategy for the Global Legal Organization (GLO). This role is a strategic partner to execute GLO’s ambition to provide fit for purpose counsel and services and optimize capabilities with a leaner service without sacrificing effectiveness, competitiveness, or compliance. The incumbent will provide innovative solutions to the management of legal work, with an emphasis on data, analytics and the integration of technology.

The role also focuses on a proactive, strategic approach to external spend management and building greater transparency on the full GLO budget working collaboratively with finance and other enterprise partners.

Headcount supported (Direct):
The role will oversee a team of 20–30 FTEs and contractors based in global J&J locations including low-cost hubs.

Headcount supported (Indirect):
This role indirectly supports the entire GLO (~800 roles).

• Develop and execute the legal department’s work management strategy to focus on what matters most and reduce low value work with broad engagement across GLO informed by business feedback and priorities
• Develop qualitative and quantitative feedback loops and data dashboards with analytics to inform work management
• Partner with legal leadership to deliver GLO services through a fit for purpose, strategically deployed global workforce with clear roles, embedded optimization, and scalable capacity to deliver the right work at the right time at the right cost
• Develop and execute design and oversight of global resource deployment model including low-cost locations (India/Bogata)
• Develop and maintain comprehensive metrics on GLO value delivered to business

• Reimagine end-to-end workflows to drive faster, more agile decision-making through clear accountability and smart integration of technology
• Design and implement standardized workflows, templates, and procedures
• Oversee the execution of ad-hoc and timebound projects with consistent discipline across GLO

• Develop and execute a comprehensive legal technology roadmap
• Assess and develop robust business cases for financial impact/value delivered from technology investment
• Evaluate, select, and implement legal technology solutions
• Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and drive change management and adoption
• Track usage and uptake with hard and soft metrics

• Develop and implement outside counsel management strategy, guidelines, performance management and feedback
• Continuously scan market for legal outsourcing opportunities and identify opportunities across GLO to integrate broader range of lower cost resources (e.g. alternative legal service providers)
• Negotiate rates, value-based partnerships, fee arrangements, and engagement terms with external vendors globally
• Enable integrated, transparent visibility to senior leaders on all GLO external spend

• Build, lead, and develop a global legal innovation & transformation team
• Manage hiring, performance reviews, compensation, and career development

• JD degree and an active admission to a U.S. state bar, and/or an MBA or master’s degree in business administration, finance or operations, is preferred.
• 10+ years of professional experience in innovation and transformation with at least 5 years of operational, technology, and law firm partnership/spend management experience at scale; substantial experience in corporate legal departments or law firms, with in‑house experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing budgets of significant size.
• Proven track record of implementing legal technology solutions and driving…