Specialist, Clinical Risk Management Oncology

This job is with Johnson & Johnson, an inclusive employer. 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.

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Specialist, Clinical Risk Management Oncology to join our R&D Quality CRM team located at a J&J office in Spring House, PA; Titusville, NJ; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, Belgium; High Wycombe, UK. 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.

The 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 Specialist executes data-driven, risk-based trial oversight activities to deliver quality in the execution of trials, 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Supports proactive inspection readiness activities throughout the study with trial 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.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree (scientific, medical, or related discipline) is required.
• A minimum of 4 years working in the healthcare industry 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.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications is required.
• Experience with fundamentals of clinical trial risk management, preferably in a global setting.
• 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.
• Proven ability to analyze & interpret collective data to provide insights to drive decision-making.
• Experience in managing escalations and CAPA support/advisement.
• 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.