Senior Manager, Clinical Trial Management Solutions (Trial Master File)

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Digital

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, 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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager, Clinical Trial Management Solutions (Trial Master File) in Horsham, PA, Spring House, PA, or Raritan, NJ.

Purpose:

The Senior Manager, Clinical Trial Management Solutions (Trial Master File) will provide operational & strategic leadership related to resource, budget, and portfolio management for Trial Master File (TMF) including ownership of the global TMF Business Process role. The Senior Manager will manage the interface between stakeholders, system, and processes, to ensure that the TMF/eTMF capabilities are aligned and effectively executing against identified organizational goals.

The Senior Manager provides input to operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of department results for the Digital Research and Development (R&D) area. This position plays a critical role in the growth and development of the group and contributes to organizational effectiveness, transparency, and communication as a matrix leader driving projects, innovation, and capability growth or as a People Manager, through the recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and development of people while building an inclusive and diverse working environment.

Your will be responsible for:

Leading high-impact technology projects to enhance site staff engagement, digital health, patient recruitment, study management/oversight and digital collaboration across clinical trials.

Providing business leadership around system release planning and communication including ad-hoc configuration release strategies with IT partners and TMF Vendor

Facilitating the introduction of new partners into the eTMF system including internal partners and external partners such as CROs, Investigators.

Managing a high-functioning and diverse team to enable industry-leading, inspection-ready practices for supported capabilities, with a focus on delivering measurable value for stakeholders.

Exploring internal and external trends to identify emerging technologies and potential opportunities to enhance clinical trial support systems through agile experimentation and design thinking.

Maintaining a strategic focus on customer satisfaction, ensuring solutions are beneficial, meet regulatory compliance standards and are tailored to the needs of clinical study teams.

Oversees the application of project management best practices, ensuring all technology implementations follow structured processes, from planning to training.

Leading anticipation, early detection, prevention and management of risks and issues impacting departmental deliverables and activities.

Leading knowledge-sharing efforts, fostering lessons learned across the department and with IT to improve system utilization and engagement strategies.

Representing the department during System/Process audits and Sponsor Inspections for supported capabilities.

May serve as Global Development Process Owner for specific capabilities

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Health, Science, Information Technology or another relevant field.

Required:

Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in clinical trial execution with a Pharmaceutical, Medical Device company, and/or a Clinical Research Organization (CRO)

Demonstrated track record of leadership in Trial Master File (TMF) strategy, operations, and capability development.

Experience supporting regulatory inspections and ensuring TMF compliance in accordance with global regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Proficiency supporting IT systems and related processes that support clinical development, reporting tools, Office 365 applications, and database administration

Solid understanding of the drug development process, including Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) and FDA Code of Federal Regulations

The ability to partner with all levels of management and influence decision making across a matrix organization

Superior communication, business partnering, problem solving, and prioritization skills

Preferred:

Project Management or Process Improvement certification

Experience with Veeva Vault eTMF

Experience leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) technologies to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency is preferred.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$137,000.00 - $235,750.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year

Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits