Assoc. Director, Operations and Strategy - HYBRID in either New Brunswick, NJ, Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA

• Job title Assoc. Director, Operations and Strategy - HYBRID in either New Brunswick, NJ, Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA
• Function Strategy & Corporate Development
• Sub function Strategic Planning
• Category Senior Manager, Strategic Planning (P8)
• Location New Brunswick / Irvine / Raritan / Somerville / Titusville / Horsham / Spring House / West Chester / United States of America
• Date posted Aug 10 2026
• Requisition number R-090931
• Work pattern Hybrid Work

Description

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 MedTech, 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 more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

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Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are recruiting a practical, innovative and strategic Associate Director, Epidemiology Operations, Planning and Strategy for the MedTech Epidemiology & Real World Data Science group. The role reports to the Vice President of the group. The position is a hybrid with 3 days in the office required, be located in New Brunswick, NJ, Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA.

Purpose: The position is responsible for Operations, Planning and Strategy for the MedTech Epidemiology team, as outlined below. The role conducts strategic planning and corporate development initiatives, partnering closely with cross-functional team members for both internal and external industry intelligence, to build people, process, and systems capabilities.

The MedTech Epidemiology and Real-World Data Sciences organization in J&J is an authority in developing and using capabilities in real world evidence for medical devices for the following goals: 1) evidence for market access and adoption of innovative medical technologies, 2) safety assessments to protect patients from avoidable harms, 3) regulatory approvals and label expansions, 4) assisting clinical development in developing new technologies globally, 5) business development and 6) advancing RWD innovation and methodological excellence, adoption of AI, and exploring emerging data sources improve patient benefits!

We specialize in innovating in developing strategic solutions to address meaningful research questions, evaluating and developing new data sources to meet gaps in RWD, employing the AI and machine learning for RWE studies. We partner with several regulatory agencies to advance the use of RWE for medical devices, including the US FDA, Chinese NMPA, EU notified bodies, Japanese PMDA, and Australian TGA. We also are active in public-private partnerships to enhance and shape the use of RWE for medical devices, including the Medical Device Innovation Consortium, the National Evaluation System for health Technology, several Innovative Health Initiative consortia (GREG and IDHERA), and MDEpiNet. Our team publishes 20 to 35 peer-reviewed journal publications per year that are meaningful to improving surgical outcomes.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work in a collegial and dynamic group that is conducting groundbreaking RWE on the use of medical technology to improve health.

Formulate the high-level implementation and milestones tracking of the departmental strategic planning goals and objectives, collaborating with relevant business and functional leaders to oversee global stakeholder communications and bridge the strategy to successful business execution. Ensures all departmental procedures and protocols are in full compliance with state and federal regulatory, safety, and quality assurance requirements. Integrates Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision making.

• MedTech Epidemiology Leadership Team Meetings: Organize the agenda items, the time allotment per item, clarify decisions to be made per agenda item, keep minutes and follow up on action items for MedTech Epidemiology Leadership team meetings

• Strategic Priority Workgroup Coordination: The MedTech Epidemiology team is part of the enterprise-wide Global Epidemiology Organization, which has 5 strategic priorities: AI, Enterprise Data Licensing, Partnerships, Benefit-Risk and RWE Readiness. The candidate will coordinate the workgroup initiatives.

• Strategic Planning: Work with the VP and leadership team of MedTech Epidemiology to develop annual goals and objectives for the team and develop end-of-year summaries of achievements and performance indicators, including calculating return-on-investment measures for completed projects by the team

• Develop Strategies and Slide Decks for Summary Reports: For Senior Leadership, Business Unit Partners and for Newsletters:

• External Operational Management and Strategy: Organize the operations, planning and contracting of complex data partnerships with external data partners for real world evidence studies (eg, robotic and digital surgery, regulatory approval or post-approval commitment or EU MDR studies)

• Internal Operational Management and Planning: Represent the MedTech Epidemiology team in interactions with J&J Finance, Procurement, Law, Healthcare Compliance, Human Resources and business unit Finance teams and operations leads

• Internal Partnership Strengthening: Collaborate with the Medical Safety, Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, Quality and Regulatory groups on studies, data base purchases and contractors; cross charge expenses as approved and needed

• Public-Private Partnership Coordination: Coordinate the collaborations of the J&J MedTech Epidemiology group in public-private partnerships for real world evidence for medical devices, including the National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST), the European Union’s Innovative Health Initiative, and emerging public-private partnerships with Japanese and Chinese regulatory authorities.

• AI Practice Planning and Implementation: Conduct strategic planning and operations for aspects of the MedTech Community for AI and Data Science; Work with the VP and leadership team of MedTech Epidemiology to enhance and implement an AI adoption and leadership plan

Qualifications/Requirements

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is preferred.

• A Master’s degree in management, public health, healthcare, finance or administration is preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Experience coordinating teams and leading financial budgets

• At least 5 years of similar experience

• Experience planning programs and preparing strategic reports for upper management

• Experience developing team targets, tracking collaborations and accomplishments, and ensuring timelines and targets are met

• Strong writing skills and report writing experience

• Skills in budget spreadsheet tracking and financial communication

• Partner with SLT and department to execute culture and engagement activities.

• Prior experience in project management, planning experience and strategy preferred

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• Experience in operations management, planning, project management, or similar function

• A Project Management Institute (PMI) certification (e.g. PMP, CAPM)

• Experience organizing research projects or finance in pharmaceutical or medical device sectors

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• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Strong people and organization skills

• Ability to work well across multiple functional areas and business levels

• Skill in influencing, communication and leadership

• Ability to encourage innovation, training and ethical behavior

• Astute judgment, developed emotional intelligence,

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook and CoPilot

• This position may require up to 10% domestic travel.

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. The salary range for this position is 122K-245K

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

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