Director, Jci Milano

Director, Jci
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Director Janssen Clinical Innovation**:

**_(*Title may vary based on Region or Country requirements)_**:

**Position Summary**:

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson are dedicated to addressing and solving some of the most important unmet medical needs of our time in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Driven by our commitment to patients, we bring innovative products, services and solutions to people throughout the world.

We recognize the impact of serious conditions on people's lives, and we aim to empower people through disease awareness, education and access to quality care.

Our research and development strategy focuses on identifying medical needs and harnessing the best science in the world, whether from our own laboratories or through strategic relationships and collaborations.

We leverage our world-class discovery and development expertise and operational excellence to deliver innovative, effective solutions.

The Janssen Clinical Innovation (JCI) department reports into Global Development (GD) and is dedicated to driving innovation into the clinical operating model to make clinical development faster and better for patients, investigators, Janssen, and the industry at large.

JCI's approach is to learn through doing.

We design and conduct demonstration projects that generate knowledge about novel operational models and methods.

These projects identify and test novel approaches, processes, technologies and best practices that have the potential to reduce trial set up and execution cycle times, and/or reduce cost; generate conclusive results to make the business case for scale-up or adoption of new technologies capabilities or approaches.

These projects are executed in close collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders and can also be in collaboration with public/private partnerships.

Once proven valuable and feasible, we scale and embed new operational approaches and technologies into Janssen R&D with the goals of improving patient and site experiences, expediting drug development, and reducing overall costs.

Our success comes by way of our entrepreneurial culture and teamwork.

Our success comes by way of our entrepreneurial culture and teamwork.

The position is accountable for the successful delivery of JCI innovation initiatives.

The role may oversee larger, more complex projects and provide project oversight and direction to other Innovation Leads.

**Principal Responsibilities**:

The Director, Janssen Clinical Innovation Leader will be responsible for

- leading the development of a strategy and project plan and will build a cross-functional project delivery team for a portfolio of transformational projects that supports delivery of innovative clinical development.

These projects will be executed in close collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders and can also be in collaboration with public/private partnerships.

- acting as a partner and change agent within the organization and help business stakeholders envision necessary transformation and identify required process changes to support the future in complex and undefined situations that may not be addressed by existing policies, procedures, or protocols.

- developing the business case, including qualitative and quantitative value for the key stakeholders, to support broader implementation within the organization.

- identifying key clinical operational challenges, in collaboration with the Therapeutic Areas (TA), and will define a clinical innovation strategy with potential solutions, initiatives and communications which fulfill the needs of the TA (act as Single Point of Contact, SPOC, for a TA).

- surveying the competitor and external partner landscape to identify new opportunities/industry trends for innovative approaches and will develop and/or support key relations and collaborations with external partners/academic institutions to co-develop and drive innovative clinical development solutions.

**Qualifications

**Education and Experience Requirements**:

- An advanced degree (Master's/PhD/PharmD degree) in business or life sciences is required; A minimum of 10 or more years of total business experience is required as well as a minimum of 8 years of experience in global clinical research either in a CRO, Pharma, or other clinical trial sponsor environment.

- Experience with real-world evidence and data sciences is preferred.

- Experience contributing to innovative analytical solutions is a bonus.

- A Self -starter with strong results orientation, who can operate independently and can navigate complex, matrixed environments is required.

- Proven experience in executing complex projects from start to finish is required.

- Outstanding communications skills, both written and oral, capable of effectively summarize abstract concepts into clear, concise and insightful business cases.

- Experience collaborating succes