Tech Partnerships Architect for External Innovation

Johnson Johnson; New Brunswick (NJ); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 120 hours per calendar year

Sick time 40 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay 13 days per calendar year

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager, External Innovation and Partnerships. The role sits in Technology Strategy & External Innovation, with preferred location in Cambridge, MA and options for New Brunswick, NJ.

You will identify high-potential tech companies, translate signals into opportunity areas, and build partner roadmaps to impact enterprise priorities. You will lead cross‑functional teams to develop theses, shape partnerships, and present executive‑level analyses on technology

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years in enterprise technology, strategy, product, or related roles.
• Experience communicating to executive audiences and building presentations.
• Ability to evaluate technical differentiation and enterprise impact in partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology theses and identify external opportunities.
• Build sourcing hypotheses and partner evaluation workflows.
• Own opportunity assessments, feasibility, and executive communications.
• Influence across engineering, product, business, and leadership.

Skills

Enterprise technology

Technical strategy

External innovation

Executive communication

Thesis development

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, applied sciences

Tools

AI/ML

Data platforms

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager, External Innovation and Partnerships. The role sits in Technology Strategy & External Innovation, with preferred location in Cambridge, MA and options for New Brunswick, NJ.

You will identify high-potential tech companies, translate signals into opportunity areas, and build partner roadmaps to impact enterprise priorities. You will lead cross‑functional teams to develop theses, shape partnerships, and present executive‑level analyses on technology