Director, Partnership Management
Johnson & Johnson
11 days ago
Remote friendly (Spring House, PA)
United States
Corporate Functions
Director, Partnership Management
Purpose
- Drive successful delivery of a dynamic R&D portfolio by overseeing partnerships with Global Development’s external suppliers (clinical trial execution, lab services, home health, digital health, flexible staffing such as biometrics and trial management).
- Serve as a connector between internal stakeholders and external partners for one or more categories; champion partners and represent Johnson & Johnson.
- Set partnership management strategy, ensure regulatory/company standards, and provide governance and performance oversight.
- Optimize existing relationships and proactively develop new relationships to meet portfolio deliverables with GD functions, Finance, R&D Procurement, R&D Quality, and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively manage and grow partnerships; manage budget/headcount; ensure governance and compliance; oversee execution and resolve issues so suppliers meet contractual obligations.
- Understand business partner needs; identify opportunities; develop supplier strategy in alignment with business needs.
- Support execution and anticipation of resource needs for capabilities across patterns/suppliers.
- Lead/participate in projects to implement/maintain/optimize the One Delivery Model.
- Support geographic optimization strategy.
- Assess/validate new partnerships; support implementation of new suppliers; drive continuous improvement and new ways of working.
- Develop/maintain partnership standards and playbooks; documentation, issue management, compliance.
- Lead a team of Partnership Management/Enablement professionals.
- Collaborate with an agile mindset; build strong internal/external relationships.
- Travel up to 10% domestic; potential international.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (business or scientific field preferred).
- 10+ years related industry experience.
- 3–5 years direct vendor/supplier management experience (preferred).
- Demonstrated leadership success.
- Experience managing external stakeholders/strategic partnerships or alliances.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and influence in a matrix organization.
- Supplier processes/contracting knowledge (preferred) in deliverables-based or functional-service models.
- Sound business and financial acumen (preferred).
- People leader experience (preferred).
Preferred Skills
- Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), PMO, Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Succession Planning
Purpose
- Drive successful delivery of a dynamic R&D portfolio by overseeing partnerships with Global Development’s external suppliers (clinical trial execution, lab services, home health, digital health, flexible staffing such as biometrics and trial management).
- Serve as a connector between internal stakeholders and external partners for one or more categories; champion partners and represent Johnson & Johnson.
- Set partnership management strategy, ensure regulatory/company standards, and provide governance and performance oversight.
- Optimize existing relationships and proactively develop new relationships to meet portfolio deliverables with GD functions, Finance, R&D Procurement, R&D Quality, and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively manage and grow partnerships; manage budget/headcount; ensure governance and compliance; oversee execution and resolve issues so suppliers meet contractual obligations.
- Understand business partner needs; identify opportunities; develop supplier strategy in alignment with business needs.
- Support execution and anticipation of resource needs for capabilities across patterns/suppliers.
- Lead/participate in projects to implement/maintain/optimize the One Delivery Model.
- Support geographic optimization strategy.
- Assess/validate new partnerships; support implementation of new suppliers; drive continuous improvement and new ways of working.
- Develop/maintain partnership standards and playbooks; documentation, issue management, compliance.
- Lead a team of Partnership Management/Enablement professionals.
- Collaborate with an agile mindset; build strong internal/external relationships.
- Travel up to 10% domestic; potential international.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (business or scientific field preferred).
- 10+ years related industry experience.
- 3–5 years direct vendor/supplier management experience (preferred).
- Demonstrated leadership success.
- Experience managing external stakeholders/strategic partnerships or alliances.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and influence in a matrix organization.
- Supplier processes/contracting knowledge (preferred) in deliverables-based or functional-service models.
- Sound business and financial acumen (preferred).
- People leader experience (preferred).
Preferred Skills
- Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Developing Others, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), PMO, Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Succession Planning