Assoc Director, Oncology External Innovation

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Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:
R&D Project Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson, is recruiting for an Associate Director, Oncology External Innovation to be located in Brisbane, CA.

The Associate Director, Oncology External Innovation will be responsible for identifying opportunities and implementing the external innovation plan as part of a team that partners with Johnson & Johnson's Global External Innovation Network, including the Global J&J Innovation Center (Boston), JLABs, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) and Johnson & Johnson Business Development (JBD) in order to accelerate the development of an innovative portfolio of Oncology based projects and solutions.  The goal is to expand the drug discovery pipeline for Johnson & Johnson Oncology through assessment and execution on external strategies with academic, biotech and venture partners.  In this position, the candidate must demonstrate expertise in Oncology / Immune Oncology, influencing skills and organizational savvy in order to effectively interact with internal partners to drive efficient evaluation and execution of external opportunities.   Similarly, the candidate must help drive similar interactions with external partners in order to efficiently evaluate and execute on license/collaboration/externalization of novel ideas and assets. 

Core responsibilities will include:


* Landscape/search for novel external opportunities in multiple modalities on an ongoing basis


* Evaluation of novel opportunities (including MTA/lab-based evaluation) as part of a multi-function diligence team


* Delivery of research plans based on input from both internal/external stakeholders


* Participation in the deal process with new venture/transaction/commercial in order to help drive decision making at all levels


* Post-deal execution follow-up/management as required.   Operational responsibilities include identification, scouting, opportunity landscaping the external ecosystem, initial evaluation, and partnering of external opportunities / innovative solutions in priority areas of focus inclusive of small molecule and protein modalities and novel platforms, to accelerate the path to disease interception, prevention, and/or cure of cancer.

General duties include:


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