Senior Manager, Contract Strategy & Vendor Management
About The Position
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 https://www.jnj.com Job Function: Procurement Job Sub Function: Contract & Processing Services Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America Job Description: 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 This role manages contract strategy and vendor relationships to support Data Science and Digital Health initiatives. The Manager ensures contract and policy compliance, cost-sharing alignment, and timely execution of all types of agreements to enable external partnerships and organizational efficiency. Creates best practice and internal policy documents and ensures organizational awareness and readiness to execute. Leads cost-saving initiatives for high priority category spend.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in contract management, procurement, or vendor strategy.
- Strong negotiation, compliance, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in healthcare or technology contracting.
- Familiarity with governance and financial planning processes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute contract strategies for vendors and external partners.
- Negotiate agreements and ensure compliance with HCC and enterprise standards.
- Manage cost-sharing models and financial alignment with therapeutic areas.
- Coordinate with Director, Strategy and Operations on contracting oversight and reporting on cost-savings initiatives.
- Maintain visibility of external engagements and associated contractual obligations.
- Support resource planning for major categories (i.e. contractors and licenses.)
- Develop and roll-out best practice and policy documents
- Partner with Procurement, Legal, HCC, and Procurement Service Providers to improve and simplify DSDH contracting processes.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
- Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
- long-term incentive program.
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 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
- Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
- Caregiver Leave – 10 days
- Volunteer Leave – 4 days
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
