Senior Director External Innovation DPDS

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

About the role

As the molecular invention and product development engine of Research & Development for J&J Innovative Medicine, Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS) aims to unlock the potential of the most promising disease targets and drug candidates, regardless of source, stage, or modality, to discover, develop and deliver transformational medicines for patients. Within DPDS, the External Innovation team is now looking for an extraordinary Senior Director who is passionate about taking a leadership role to identify, shape, onboard, and nurture external partnerships that support the DPDS innovation strategy. You will be a senior member of the Global External Innovation Team DPDS with overall strategic and operational responsibility for scouting and evaluation of external opportunities in the West North America (WNA) region with a particular emphasis and deep expertise in biologic modalities (antibodies, recombinant proteins, cell and gene therapy, oncolytic viruses, coding nucleic acids). You will need to have strong business acumen and the ability to understand the DPDS overall innovation strategy and how it connects to the TA’s strategic priorities. You must also have the necessary experience and scientific imagination to recognize early stage innovation that has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in the future

The expectation is that this leader will - as proactive discussion partner for the TA representatives in the broad WNA region- take the lead to optimize the DPDS / TA interface in order to deliver against our current and future portfolio of therapeutics. You will also support global External Innovation Team DPDS with local scouting and transactional support in collaboration with sourcing and activation functions.

Your Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to the following:

• In partnership with your local synthetic modalities counterpart lead the WNA component of the advancement of external technological innovation within DPDS in alignment with strategy and in support of the vision of Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicines
• Work closely with the rest of the Global DPDS EI team to bring innovation opportunities from the WNA region into a global view and help to assess the science to choose the best opportunities to move forward independent of geography
• Present to senior stakeholders on science and technology explaining strategic alignment and acting as a champion whilst keeping a strong eye on the data to support an opportunity
• Develop a broad and effective cross-functional network; build positive and productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Act as the voice of J&J Innovative Medicine to external biotech companies, academic institutes and other external partners (conferences, partnering events etc) in the WNA region, talking eloquently about J&J priorities and presenting J&J as a preferred partner.
• In partnership with J&J Business development, External Scientific Innovation and Therapeutic Area stakeholders lead asset based due diligence for DPDS from a modality perspective, bringing together internal experts and driving decision enabling scientific risk assessments
• Act as the ‘subject matter expert’ in deal teams to work closely with transactors and legal to turn scientific partnership opportunities into successfully executed contracts
• Ensure Credo Values are demonstrated in all day-to-day interactions
• This position is located at either the San Francisco Innovation Center or the La Jolla R&D site and is a