Director, Oncology​/INTO External Innovation

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld 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 Med Tech, 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.

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Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Clinical Development & Research – Non-MD

People Leader

California (Any City), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

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• Networking to establish relationship for J&J with external partners
• Diligence/Deal organization partnered with key function inside the TA, DPDS, Clinical operations, Regulatory, and Commercial
• Planning MTA and collaboration research plan with functional partners
• Leads external platform / MOA / special focused projects / opportunity landscaping across region (shared with other cross regional & worldwide partners
• Expands the drug discovery pipeline for J&J through identifying and assessing novel opportunities in line with the global INTO and Oncology TA strategies
• Establishes new partnerships
• Leads diligence teams in a matrix organization across Discovery, JBIO, DPDS, clinical, commercial etc
• Establishes project plans in partnership with the internal organization
• Maintains a strong network with biotech/academia
• Supports external visibility and connectivity of Janssen Oncology/Boston IC by participating on external committees or presenting at meetings
• Shapes Scientific Innovation strategies that support INTO and the Oncology TA growth objectives, in partnership with discovery, early development, business development, and other partners.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships withkey Oncology TA members, TA External Innovation Leaders & members of the TA Senior Leadership team.
• Develop a partnering strategy that supports the Oncology Therapeutic Area strategies, identify and triage opportunities consistent with the agreed strategy
• Lead cross-functional due diligence teams to efficiently assess and execute in-licensing, collaboration and alliance opportunities for projects and solutions from inception through Proof of Concept.
• Develop and refine project plans in collaboration with external business partners and internal personnel to ultimately drive scientific and clinical progress.
• Work in matrixed Team to prepare and present scientific and business rationale for any recommendations to enable the opportunity business case for approval and execution to Oncology key stakeholders and Janssen R&D…