Strategic Alliance Leader

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are 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 more at

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Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for the Strategic Alliance Leader located in either Beerse BE Cork IE Titusville NJ or Zug CH.

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions 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 Strategic Alliance Leader serves as the primary liaison with Kenvue (note: the external manufacturing partner referenced here may be subject to change over time based on business needs) the IMSC and Commercial leadership for product supply and partnership management. The role drives core priorities including quality service safety reliability and cost to ensure an optimized and resilient supply chain. The incumbent ensures product availability delivers highquality products at the lowest total cost of ownership and maximizes partnership value through fitforpurpose contractual agreements structured account management processes and crossfunctional collaboration. The role also organizes designs and allocates responsibilities across the organization to enable strong execution and support the strategic objectives of the Janssen Supply Chain and the Global Small Molecule Platform.

Key Focus Areas:
Account Management: Lead the relationship with Kenvue across all IMSC nodes within the Synthetics Manufacturing Platform. Drive execution of product transfers line extensions and supply chain optimization.
Transition Services: Lead development and execution of Transition Services Agreements (TSA) and Transition Manufacturing Agreements (TMA) with Kenvue to support seamless business separation and product supply continuity. (Note: TSA is highly advanced; most TMA activities are completed.)

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Tactical Execution of Manufacturing Business Objectives
Align and deploy resources across sites to meet short- and long-term demand requirements including all obligations under transition manufacturing agreements and IMSC commercial needs.
Assess internal and external manufacturing capacity and capabilities to ensure demand plans can be met across all manufacturing nodes.
Build and strengthen strategic supplier relationships through performance reviews data analysis compliance oversight and end-to-end value optimization.
Drive innovation across supplier and operational partnerships.

Strategy
Influence and support the J&J strategy by contributing to IMSC MTO Operations Process and Network Councils and Product Development groups as applicable.

People Leadership
Lead and develop a team of Associate Directors and Directors through strong performance management development planning coaching and engagement.
Demonstrate leadership behaviors including talent attraction and development accountability collaboration transparency and cultivating an inclusive and high-performance culture.
Deliver on all compliance supply financial and strategic commitments.

Partnership Management and Escalation
Serve as the primary liaison between Kenvue IMSC and Commercial teams ensuring alignment and execution of product supply objectives.
Interface directly with Kenvue leadership to align on compliance reliability service and cost expectations.
Support Procurement in establishing and maintaining supply agreements and contracts ensuring accountability and compliance across all parties.

Requirements:
Education
Masters degree in Science required; PhD or MBA preferred.

Experience
15 years of experience in general manufacturing (pharmaceutical chemical biologics or other regulated industries) and business management (business development or procurement).

Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Expertise in contract negotiation and legal considerations.
Broad knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry.
Strong understanding of EHS&S and GMP requirements.
High proficiency in supplier management and external manufacturing oversight.
Strong influencing skills with the ability to understand varied stakeholder needs.
Ability to influence without authority at all levels including senior leadership.
Proven ability to attract develop and retain top talent.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex multi-company multicultural environments.
Ability to foster team productivity collaboration accountability and cohesion.
Strong business acumen and team-building capability.
Demonstrated experience delivering step-change performance defining strategy and managing risk effectively.
Flexibility in adapting to changes in the external environment while guiding teams through operational transitions.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and make decisions in ambiguous situations.
Demonstrated leadership behaviors including enterprise mindset inclusive leadership transparency and a commitment to developing people and shaping a healthy team environment.

Preferred
High credibility with internal customers and external manufacturers/suppliers.
Prior experience successfully leading major change initiatives including strategic design and implementation.

Other
Up to 25% domestic and/or international travel may be required.

The Company maintains highly competitive performance-based compensation programs which are country specific. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

In the United States

Under current guidelines this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporations performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Companys discretion on an individual basis. The anticipated base pay range for this position is $173000 to $299000.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical dental vision life insurance short- and long-term disability business accident insurance and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation up to 120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington up to 56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay including Floating Holidays up to 13 days per calendar year of Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below. & 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 and 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 please email the Employee Health Support Center () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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