VP Law, Contracting Centre
Johnson & Johnson
13 days ago
Remote friendly (New Brunswick, NJ)
United States
Corporate Functions
Vice President, Law, Contracting Centre (New Brunswick, NJ)
Responsibilities
- Design, own, and continuously evolve the end-to-end enterprise operating model for transactional contracting (demand intake, work segmentation, risk tiering, escalation paths; partner with retained legal experts) and serve as accountable executive for Contracting Centre performance.
- Create and lead a global, multi-category Contracting Centre delivering high-volume procurement and transactional contracting; establish KPIs/SLAs for cycle time, throughput, quality, and rework.
- Implement demand forecasting, workload planning, and surge management across internal, offshore, and third-party resources.
- Define and embed risk-based contracting frameworks, standard positions/templates/playbooks, and escalation guardrails.
- Partner with Legal Operations/Technology to leverage Contract Lifecycle Management, workflow automation, AI-assisted contracting, and performance reporting.
- Lead a hybrid workforce model (internal lawyers, contracted resources, offshore teams) and oversee third-party providers.
- Serve as senior legal interface for Procurement, Global Services, and transformation stakeholders; lead change to new service models.
- Develop and execute a multi-year roadmap to expand scope, sophistication, and business impact.
Qualifications
- Law degree required; admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
- 12+ years senior leadership experience in contracting centres/transactional legal services/legal shared services/global legal operations.
- Proven success scaling/transforming centralized and/or right-shored legal delivery models.
- Experience in large, complex, matrixed multinational environments.
- Commercially minded; strong metrics/performance management/continuous improvement.
Preferred Skills
Business Agility, Commercial Laws, Compliance Management, Developing Others, Dispute Resolution, Inclusive Leadership, Interpersonal Influence, Lawyering, Leadership, Legal Documents Preparation, Legal Services, Negotiation, Performance Measurement, Relationship Building, Representing, Strategic Change.
Benefits (time off)
- Vacation: 120 hours/year; Sick time: 40 hours/year (48 CO; 56 WA); Holidays (incl. Floating): 13 days/year.
- Work/Personal/Family Time: up to 40 hours/year; Parental Leave: 480 hours; Bereavement Leave: 240 hours (40 extended family); Caregiver Leave: 80 hours (52-week rolling period); Volunteer Leave: 32 hours/year; Military Spouse Time-Off: 80 hours/year.
Responsibilities
- Design, own, and continuously evolve the end-to-end enterprise operating model for transactional contracting (demand intake, work segmentation, risk tiering, escalation paths; partner with retained legal experts) and serve as accountable executive for Contracting Centre performance.
- Create and lead a global, multi-category Contracting Centre delivering high-volume procurement and transactional contracting; establish KPIs/SLAs for cycle time, throughput, quality, and rework.
- Implement demand forecasting, workload planning, and surge management across internal, offshore, and third-party resources.
- Define and embed risk-based contracting frameworks, standard positions/templates/playbooks, and escalation guardrails.
- Partner with Legal Operations/Technology to leverage Contract Lifecycle Management, workflow automation, AI-assisted contracting, and performance reporting.
- Lead a hybrid workforce model (internal lawyers, contracted resources, offshore teams) and oversee third-party providers.
- Serve as senior legal interface for Procurement, Global Services, and transformation stakeholders; lead change to new service models.
- Develop and execute a multi-year roadmap to expand scope, sophistication, and business impact.
Qualifications
- Law degree required; admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
- 12+ years senior leadership experience in contracting centres/transactional legal services/legal shared services/global legal operations.
- Proven success scaling/transforming centralized and/or right-shored legal delivery models.
- Experience in large, complex, matrixed multinational environments.
- Commercially minded; strong metrics/performance management/continuous improvement.
Preferred Skills
Business Agility, Commercial Laws, Compliance Management, Developing Others, Dispute Resolution, Inclusive Leadership, Interpersonal Influence, Lawyering, Leadership, Legal Documents Preparation, Legal Services, Negotiation, Performance Measurement, Relationship Building, Representing, Strategic Change.
Benefits (time off)
- Vacation: 120 hours/year; Sick time: 40 hours/year (48 CO; 56 WA); Holidays (incl. Floating): 13 days/year.
- Work/Personal/Family Time: up to 40 hours/year; Parental Leave: 480 hours; Bereavement Leave: 240 hours (40 extended family); Caregiver Leave: 80 hours (52-week rolling period); Volunteer Leave: 32 hours/year; Military Spouse Time-Off: 80 hours/year.