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**Job Function: **
Quality
**Job Sub Function: **
Clinical Quality
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:
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Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Senior Specialist, Clinical Risk Management to join our R&D Quality CRM team located at a J&J office in Horsham, PA; Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ or Raritan, NJ.
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):
Belgium - Requisition Number: R-080508
United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-080509
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
Purpose:
The Senior Specialist, Clinical Risk Management, works with the trial teams to coordinate the identification, assessment, and mitigation of quality risks that
could impact trial data integrity, patient safety, well – being, or rights. Throughout the duration of the trial, the Senior Specialist executes data-driven, risk-based trial oversight activities to deliver quality in the execution of trials (and/or programs), compliance with regulatory requirements and internal procedures, and to maintain a continued state of inspection readiness.
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
- Participates in 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
- Collaborates closely with risk owners in evaluation of mitigation actions and effectiveness checks on mitigations
- 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.
- Provides initial serious breach evaluation of quality issue that may require reporting to Health Authorities
- 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)
- Supports proactive inspection readiness activities throughout the study with trial teams to develop ongoing trial oversight, inspection narratives, identify and prepare sites of interest for inspection (including, pre-inspection visit support), ensures 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 advice on questions related to research quality and compliance from Business Partners 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 6 years working in the healthcare industry (pharmaceutical industry, contract research organization and/or healthcare/hospital system) is required
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- GCP quality and/or clinical trials experience
- Experience collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
- 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, preferably in a global setting
- Experience working to ICH guidelines
- Health Authority Inspection experience (FDA, EMA and other inspectorates)
- Strong Project Planning/Management skills
- Experience and/or proficiency with data analytics and/or data visualization tools (i.e., Tableau, Spotfire, or related)
- Proven ability to analyze & interpret collective data to provide insights to drive decision-making
- Experience in managing escalations and CAPA support/advisement
- Experience with Data Science and Digital Health (including Real World Evidence/Real World Disease)
- 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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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Audit Management, Business Alignment, Business Savvy, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trials Operations, Coaching, Collaborating, Communication, Compliance Management, Data Analysis, Escalation Management, Fact-Based Decision Making, Problem Solving, Quality Control (QC), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Quality Standards, Tactical Thinking, Vendor Selection
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$94,000.00 - $151,800.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 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
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits