Global Local Literature Surveillance Manager

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Thatcham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Local Literature Surveillance to lead the strategic oversight of local literature surveillance across 80+ territories within the Global Medical Safety organization. The role directs outsourced operations, vendor partnerships, and ensures compliant, timely, high-quality execution of monitoring activities in support of pharmacovigilance obligations.

The successful candidate will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, operational excellence, and process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Business Administration, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in pharmacovigilance, literature surveillance, medical safety operations, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of local literature surveillance requirements and regulatory expectations across multiple international territories.
• Experience managing outsourced service providers and strategic vendor relationships, including performance oversight, service delivery management, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience working within a complex matrix organization, collaborating effectively across regions, functions, and cultures.
• Proven project and operational leadership experience, including managing large-scale initiatives, process transformations, and global operating models.
• Experience managing controlled documents, procedural governance, and quality system documentation, including accountability for guidance documents and standards.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders, vendors, and global stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple time zones and geographically dispersed teams.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Leading the governance and oversight of outsourced local literature surveillance operations, managing strategic vendor partnerships to ensure compliant, high-quality service delivery, achievement of performance targets, effective issue resolution, and continuous process improvement.
• Providing leadership and subject matter expertise in local literature surveillance processes, associated safety systems, and end-to-end operational workflows.
• Serving as the business owner for local literature surveillance governance, maintaining accountability for controlled documents, policies, procedures, and global standards, including oversight of applicable guidance documents.
• Building and maintaining effective partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders across EMEA, Asia Pacific, and other global regions to ensure alignment, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Driving standardization, scalability, and continuous improvement across local literature surveillance processes and systems.
• Leveraging knowledge of Local Medical safety and related pharmacovigilance processes to support effective oversight, decision-making, and issue management.
• Supporting other projects as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Local Literature Surveillance to lead the strategic oversight of local literature surveillance across 80+ territories within the Global Medical Safety organization. The role directs outsourced operations, vendor partnerships, and ensures compliant, timely, high-quality execution of monitoring activities in support of pharmacovigilance obligations.

The successful candidate will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, operational excellence, and process