Manager, Clinical Risk Management

Johnson Johnson; Allschwil; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Manager, Cross Therapeutic Area Clinical Risk Management to join the R&D Quality CRM team at multiple sites, including Basel, Switzerland. Key responsibilities include leading risk assessments, CAPA development, and coordinating with global teams to ensure compliance and patient safety.

The role emphasizes strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to ICH/GMP/GPvP guidelines across international sites. Up to 10% travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific/medical field is required.
• 8+ years in healthcare/pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Proven GCP quality and/or clinical trials experience required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in cross-functional settings.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess key risks in clinical protocols and advise mitigation strategies.
• Lead regular risk area reviews with Risk Owners to monitor mitigations.
• Maintain Clinical Quality Plans in the quality repository for reviews.
• Drive quality risk monitoring reviews and coach others in the process.
• Communicate risk updates to RDQ colleagues during governance cycles.
• Develop CAPA plans and conduct effectiveness checks as needed.

Skills

GCP Quality

Clinical Trials

Project Planning

Data Analytics

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in scientific/medical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Tableau

Job 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.

Job Function

Quality

Job Sub Function

Clinical Quality

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations

Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Manager, Cross Therapeutic Area Clinical Risk Management to join our R&D Quality CRM team located at a J&J office in Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, Belgium; and Basel, Switzerland. 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. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s): US- Requisition Number: R-074849; Belgium - Requisition Number: R-076146; Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-076148. Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Key responsibilities

• Actively participates in all study activities, contributing to the identification and assessment of key risks in the clinical protocol/set-up and advising clinical team members on effective mitigation strategies.
• Leads regular review of risk areas in collaboration with Risk Owners, to evaluate progress of risk mitigations and risk reduction, and to identify potential new risks or additional mitigation needs (trial and/or compound, as assigned).
• Maintains CQP (Clinical Quality Plans) in quality repository to facilitate regular progress reviews of quality support services in addition to risks and mitigations
• Independently drives quality risk monitoring reviews and coaches others on risk monitoring and mitigation reviews
• Communicates and facilitates risk updates to R&D colleagues as part of the regular review cycle through Quality Working Groups and Governance Fora, as applicable (trial and/or compound, as assigned).
• Highlight new potential systemic risk to RDQ CRM management.
• Develops and ensures a consistent interpretation of issues that require quality investigations
• Provides guidance for significant quality issues (SQI) per corporate standards and escalates SQI to senior R&D management.
• In collaboration with partners in RDQ, provides advice on the development and implementation of Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) Plans and Effectiveness Checks (Self - Identified, Inspection, Audit)
• Drives ongoing inspection readiness activities with trial teams to develop inspection narratives, identify and prepare sites of interest for inspection (including, pre-inspection visit support), ensure availability of key documents/records and coordinates mock inspection in collaboration with Regulatory Compliance teams.
• Provides support for Investigator, Sponsor-Monitor and third-party inspections including post inspection support
• Provides independent advice on questions related to research quality and compliance from clinical teams in collaboration with other Quality Professionals and Subject Matter Experts to ensure consistent interpretation of international regulations and policy.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree (scientific, medical, or related discipline) is required.
• A minimum of 8 years working in the healthcare industry (pharmaceutical industry, contract research organization and/or healthcare/hospital system) is required.
• Proven strong GCP Quality and/or clinical trials experience is required.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively collaborate in a cross-functional team environment is required.
• Flexibility to respond to changing business needs is required.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in an environment of culturally diverse styles and business approaches by understanding regional and global business structures is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications is required.
• Experience with fundamentals of clinical trial risk management is preferred.
• Experience working to ICH guidelines is preferred.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), and/or Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GPvP) is preferred.
• Health Authority Inspection experience (FDA, EMA, and other inspectorates) is preferred.
• Strong Project Planning/Management skills is preferred.
• Experience in managing escalations and CAPA support/advisement is preferred.
• Experience and/or proficiency with data analytics and/or data visualization tools (i.e., Tableau, Spotfire, or related) to analyze/interpret collective data and provide insights to drive decision-making is preferred.
• Experience with Data Science and Digital Health (including Real World Evidence/Real World Disease) is preferred.
• Requires proficiency in speaking and writing English.
• Up to 10% travel, primarily domestic with some international travel.

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.