Sr. Manager External Innovation

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 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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Job Function: R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function: Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category: Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations: Irvine, California, United States of America;
Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America;
Milpitas, California, United States of America

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life.

Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

The Sr. Manager External Innovation engages with the external innovator network including early-stage companies, start-ups, universities, physicians and other individual innovators to identify emerging technologies and therapeutic trends and accesses critical technologies to enhance Johnson and Johnson Vision’s (JJV’s) product pipeline and capabilities in alignment with strategic objectives. The role partners closely with JJV’s R&D teams to identify and map current & future technology needs and collaborate to perform early proof‑of‑concept (POC) and research studies to develop and establish product feasibility.

This will also require a strong partnership with the legal/IP teams to facilitate the drafting and execution of research agreements. The role also partners with Business Development (BD), Commercial, Finance, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs teams amongst others to perform technology assessments and diligence activities in support of strategic initiatives. Utilizing your project management skills, the role will also involve monitoring the product development goals of existing investments and collaborations.

The Sr. Manager External Innovation Technology will also be responsible for mapping and landscaping of emerging technologies and strategic asset categories in Eye health, highlighting development trends and making recommendations on opportunities for further evaluation. While this role has a strong external focus it will continue to build on the strong collaboration, best practices and innovator networks through J&J Medtech and Innovative Medicine.

• Build relationships with External Innovators (companies, start‑ups, universities, physicians and other individuals/entities) to identify and review technologies with respect to strategic priority areas for R&D product pipeline, enabling technologies or JJV’s new business strategies.
• Partner with Academic/University licensing offices to identify early‑stage technologies.
• Maintain innovation dashboard to track activity and provide key stakeholders with regular updates on the status of active projects and technologies under review.
• Partner with Business Development (BD), Commercial, Finance, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs on performing technology assessments and diligence activities in support of strategic initiatives.
• Monitor the product development goals of existing investments and collaborations.
• Partner with the legal team to develop and facilitate contract frameworks including CDA’s, research, consulting, and service agreements to support external product…