Manager, Clinical Risk Management

jj; Allschwil; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Cross Therapeutic Area Clinical Risk Management to join our R&D Quality CRM team. This role coordinates risk identification, assessment, and mitigation to protect trial data integrity, patient safety, and rights, across multiple locations including Switzerland.

You will oversee data-driven risk-based trial oversight, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain inspection readiness while guiding teams on CAPA and SQI processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific/medical or related discipline required.
• GCP quality and/or clinical trials experience is preferred/required.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication to collaborate in a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in study activities, identifying risks in protocol/setup and advising on mitigation.
• Leads regular risk reviews with Risk Owners to assess mitigations and identify new risks.
• Maintains Clinical Quality Plans (CQP) to support quality and risk reviews.
• Independently drives quality risk monitoring and coaches others on reviews.
• Communicates risk updates to R&D colleagues via Quality Working Groups and governance forums.
• Develops and interprets issues for quality investigations; escalates SQIs per corporate standards.
• Supports CAPA development and effectiveness checks with RDQ partners.

Skills

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Flexible mindset

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/medical or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Tableau

Spotfire

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where 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 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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Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland

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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.

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

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.

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The Manager, Cross TA Clinical Risk Management, works with the trial teams and/or Program teams to coordinate the identification, assessment, and mitigation of quality risks that couldimpact ontrial data integrity, patient safety,well –being, or rights.Throughout the duration of the trial/program, this Manager executes data-driven, risk-based trial oversight activities to deliver quality in the execution of clinical trials (and/or programs), compliance with regulatory requirements and internal procedures, and tomaintaina continued state of inspection readiness.

Key responsibilities:

• Activelyparticipatesin allstudy 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 toidentifypotential new risks oradditionalmitigation needs (trial and/or compound, as assigned).
• Maintains CQP (Clinical Quality Plans) in quality repository tofacilitateregular progress reviewsof quality support services in addition to risks and mitigations
• Independently drives quality risk monitoring reviews andcoachesothers on risk monitoring and mitigation reviews
• Communicatesandfacilitatesrisk updates to R&D colleagues as part of the regular review cyclethrough Quality Working Groups and Governance Fora, as applicable(trial and/or compound, as assigned).
• Highlight new potential systemic risk toRDQCRMmanagement.
• 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 inRDQ, provides advice on the development and implementation of Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) Plans and Effectiveness Checks (Self -Identified, Inspection, Audit)
• Drivesongoing inspection readiness activities with trial teams to develop inspection narratives,identifyand prepare sites of interest for inspection (including, pre-inspectionvisitsupport), ensure availability of key documents/recordsand coordinatesmock inspectionincollaboration with RegulatoryCompliance teams.
• Provides supportfor Investigator, Sponsor-Monitor and third-party inspections includingpost inspection support
• Providesindependent adviceon questions related to research quality and compliance from clinical teams in collaboration with other Quality Professionals andSubject 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 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.

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