Senior Legal Counsel, Innovative Medicine Supply Chain

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. Learn

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** Job Function:*
* Legal & Compliance

** Job Sub*
* ** Function:*
* Legal Support Services

** Job Category:*
* Professional

** All Job Posting Locations:*
* New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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* Job Description:

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* We are searching for the best talent for Senior Legal Counsel, Innovative Medicine Supply Chain to join our Global Legal Organization located in New Brunswick, NJ.

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 Kingdom

- Requisition Number: R-091712

Ireland

- Requisition Number: R-091715

Switzerland

- Requisition Number: R-091725

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

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.

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This role will be primarily responsible for the management, drafting and negotiation of contracts for Innovative Medicine Supply Chain Legal. This candidate will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience and contribute to complex contract negotiation and drafting of supply chain transactions within Biotherapeutics platform end to end, from clinical to commercial. Advise on contracts with high risk and high complexity involving suppliers ranging from clinical to commercial supply.

This role would be part of significant stakeholder input on operational decisions (Procurement, External Manufacturing, Discovery, Product Development & Supply, Collaboration partners firm forecast, capital, reservation fees) and encounter a different set of commitments based on the additional requirements of the varied parties, like External Manufacturers and Suppliers.

The Senior Legal Counsel, IM Supply Chain, will:

+ Manage and execute drafting and negotiation of supply chain agreements

+ Manage and execute the drafting and negotiation of supply chain agreements relating to procurement of Drug Delivery Devices, API (active pharmaceutical ingredients), and packaging for large, small molecule and advanced therapies with 3rd party suppliers.

+ Draft, or supervise the drafting of, complex R&D agreements for clinical supply programs including Master Service Agreements, Research Collaboration Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, and other research related contracts, training materials, templates and supporting documents.

+ Be part of the IM SC Legal team and integrate as a team player understanding and supporting the team priorities and take responsibility for team objectives and programs in successfully executing those.

+ Manage external counsel support and budget where relevant.

+ Identify and adopt best practices and support process improvement initiatives in a continued effort to streamline contracting to improve timeliness, accuracy and quality in…