Library Services Project Manager

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Raritan, NJ

4d•$109,000 - $174,800•Hybrid

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Library Services Project Manager to join our MedTech Surgery business located at our Raritan, NJ site. This role leads and delivers library and information services for Business Scientific Affairs across J&J MedTech. Combining strategic vendor and subscription management with hands-on oversight of collection development, user services, and digital resource workflows, this role ensures timely, compliant, and cost-effective access to subscribed content. The manager drives process improvements, implements new regulatory and business requirements, and develops tools that support regulatory obligations and business priorities while adhering to Company Health, Safety and Environmental policies.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Information Science/Library Science/Sciences
Minimum of 4 to 6 years’ relevant experience
Experience in medical device or pharmaceutical library environments, including direct responsibility for subscriptions and vendor contracts
Demonstrated experience with clinical evaluation regulatory requirements, evidence generation, and systematic literature review methodologies
Experience with a wide variety of information resources and information providers.
Copyright Expertise.
Proven project management experience, including use of project planning tools (Wrike preferred).
Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
Strong attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Willingness to adapt as tools, regulatory expectations, and business priorities evolve.
Solid understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
Skilled at diagnosing and resolving access issues across platforms, coordinating with IT and vendors to restore service, and documenting solutions to reduce repeat incidents.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to engage cross-functional stakeholders.
Advanced proficiency in literature management platforms such as ReadCube and RightFind, maintaining full-text records, resolving broken links, tracking references, and streamlining literature workflows.
Analytical, solutions-oriented experience and mindset with demonstrated risk assessment and mitigation ability.
Technical proficiency to support digital tool implementation and automation initiatives.
Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with Clinical, Medical Safety, Post-Market Surveillance, Design/Quality, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and external vendors.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree Preferred.
Alliance Formation
Business Alignment
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
Communications
Measurement
Impact Reporting
Operations Management
Organizational Project Management and Change Management
Self-Awareness
Stakeholder Engagement
Strategic Change
Strategic Thinking
Program Management
Project Management Methodology
Project Reporting

Responsibilities

Oversee literature search support and curation tools (e.g., Readcube) and manage database access (Embase, PubMed, OVID).
Manage copyright compliance, ensuring appropriate content access and secure distribution, including article ordering.
Negotiate, manage, and renew contracts with journal publishers, database providers, and other vendors to secure favorable terms, cost efficiencies, and high service levels.
Lead vendor selection, performance reviews, and escalation of service issues.
Provide hands-on experience delivering literature requests, adding full text to records, maintaining literature management platform content, and ensuring reliable access for end users.
Create and maintain end-user training and documentation for subscribed resources.
Translate regulatory authority feedback into prioritized action plans; coordinate updates to procedures, work instructions, and supporting tools to maintain compliance.
Design, optimize and implement process improvements that standardize and scale literature methodologies used in Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER), State of the Art (SOA) searches and Post-Market Surveillance (PMS) activities.
Support audits and respond to literature-search related findings; evaluate vendor performance and corrective actions.
Lead digital tool selection, implementation, and automation efforts (including evaluated AI use), to streamline literature workflows and improve data-driven insights.
Provide end-to-end project management for initiatives supporting Business Scientific Affairs across J&J MedTech, ensuring on-time delivery, clear governance, and measurable outcomes.
Develop and deliver training materials, playbooks, and best-practice forums to ensure consistent methodology adoption and regulatory alignment.
Track and report KPIs (cycle time, quality, compliance metrics) and provide regular status, risks, and mitigation updates to stakeholders and management.
Produce and analyze usage reports and cost‑per‑use metrics to evaluate resource effectiveness, identify trends, and recommend data‑driven changes to the collection and subscription portfolio.
Maintain and execute on assigned Wrike projects and tasks and serve as Wrike admin/CT support as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short- and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
consolidated retirement plan (pension)
savings plan (401(k))
long-term incentive program
Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year (or up to 56 hours for employees in Washington State)
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year