Sr. Manager, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships (BPP)

• Job title Sr. Manager, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships (BPP)
• Function Strategy & Corporate Development
• Sub function Strategic Planning
• Category Senior Manager, Strategic Planning (P8)
• Location Horsham / New Brunswick / Raritan / Titusville / Spring House / United States of America
• Date posted Oct 12 2026
• Requisition number R-103829
• Work pattern Hybrid Work

This job posting is anticipated to close on Oct 20 2026. We may however extend this time period, in which case the posting will remain available on www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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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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 Sr. Manager, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships (BPP).

Purpose: The Sr. Manager, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships (BPP) will report to the Director, Bioethics, Policy, & Partnerships (BPP) and will be responsible for providing project management (PM) support for the BPP team and selected Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) priorities. This role does not develop or deliver content; but provides critical project management support to enable OCMO strategies.

You will be responsible for:
Project Management (PM) Support for OCMO communications-related activities

• Partners with OCMO colleagues and external communications agencies to execute cross-OCMO communications strategy.
• Partners with OCMO Strategy and Operations (S&O) support personnel and functional area representatives to coordinate the execution of internal employee communications (e.g. town halls).
• Develops and maintains an OCMO Communications plan for town halls and other employee communications, including milestones, owners, dependencies, review cycles, and final delivery dates.

Project Management (PM) Support for OCMO Policy Stewardship Process

• Partners with BPP Policy Integration & Education team to support the implementation and execution of the OCMO Policy Stewardship process. This includes but is not limited to stakeholder outreach to ensure timely resolution and tracking of outcomes.
• Builds and manages policy stewardship workplans that map each policy through intake, assessment, stakeholder consultation, drafting, review, approval, implementation, and periodic reassessment.
• Coordinates stakeholder outreach and review cycles, consolidates comments, tracks disposition of feedback, and confirms resolution of open issues and approvals.
• Maintains a centralized tracker of policy owners, accountable decision-makers, review dates, dependencies, risks, decisions, and implementation commitments.
• Prepares concise status updates and governance materials that highlight progress, upcoming milestones, overdue actions, decision points, and matters requiring escalation.

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• Leads or supports other project management assignments identified by the Director, BPP in support of BPP- and OCMO-level priorities. Projects may include strategic initiatives, governance support, or other activities that advance OCMO strategy.
• Translates strategic priorities into executable workplans with defined scope, roles, deliverables, success measures, and governance checkpoints.
• Supports committee and governance operations by coordinating agendas, pre-reads, meeting logistics, minutes, action tracking, and follow-up on decisions.
• Facilitates project kickoffs and recurring status meetings; prepares agendas, documents decisions, assigns action items, and follows up with owners through completion.
• Coordinates inputs and approvals across OCMO functions and agency partners, identifies schedule or resource conflicts, and escalates risks with recommended mitigation options.
• Maintains practical project controls, such as status dashboards, action logs, decision logs, risk and issue registers, and version-controlled repositories for approved materials.
• Conducts project closeouts and lessons-learned reviews, documents outcomes, and applies improvements to templates, tools, and future ways of working.

Qualifications / Requirements:
Education: A Bachelor’s degree is required. A Master’s degree in life sciences is strongly preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• A minimum of 5 years of increasing business experience with a pharmaceutical/biotech/MedTech company is required.
• Previous R&D/scientific experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to develop as well as implement work product/documents within an R&D setting is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, build alignment across functions, and facilitate teams to deliver outcomes is required.
• Demonstrated project management capability, including development and management of integrated plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverables, is required.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accurate, timely follow-through, are required.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to navigate sensitive matters and diverse stakeholder perspectives, are required.
• Project management; exceptional organization and attention to detail; influencing without authority; and high emotional intelligence (EQ) is required.
• Experience on a product development team is highly preferred.
• Consistent track record of identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risk in a balanced manner, so as to meet ethical, legal and compliance standards and business objectives 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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