Evidence Generation Operations Manager (Fixed Employee Contract)

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for an Evidence Generation Operations Manager, located in Toronto, CA for a fixed employee contract through May 31, 2026.

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The Evidence Generation Operations Manager will provide technical, operational and program management expertise in the development and implementation of the evidence generation programs in the context of the Integrated Evidence Generation Planning (IEGP). This dynamic role will provide expertise in designing, conceptualizing, operational planning, risk management, and resource planning for evidence generation/RWE programs. Building and maintaining the internal and external evidence generation/RWE network of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support the setup and execution of evidence generation/RWE programs will be under the remit of this manager. Through collaboration with relevant partners, execution excellence of the programs according to quality, budgetary and timeline specifications is a core responsibility for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access and Regulatory leads providing designing, conceptualizing, operational planning, risk management and resource planning expertise at evidence generation program level (defined as portfolio of projects the support specific TA, disease, or indication).
• Provide technical support to the team of Evidence Generation Program Leads (EPLs), with a strong focus on sharing experience, standard procedures and build areas of technical expertise between the EPLs.
• Ensure risk mitigation, contingency plans are developed for key activities, checked against available budget, and implemented as appropriate by EPLs.
• Support the EPL Team in establishing links and communication channels with all relevant partners involved in clinical research related activities.
• Share technical knowledge and provide input into core documents and respond to program- related questions. Continuously explore and give input to EG operational gaps, business solutions and technologies (e.g., programs, tools, systems, and applications) and collaborate with evidence generation strategy and execution lead to drive efficiencies and effectiveness across teams.
• Ensure publication plans are properly developed and implemented by the EPLs in collaboration with activity owners within timelines & budget.
• Ensure HCC, pharmacovigilance and legal requirements are fully understood, appropriately handled, and followed when planning projects, developing materials, implementing projects, and contracting vendors.
• Collaborate with finance to run budget planning, tracking, and reporting in accordance with finance reporting cycles. Coordinate evidence generation budget reviews with activity owners, functional leads and finance partners following each budget update cycle.

Education:

• BA/BS degree in Life Sciences or related scientific field (biology, medicine, pharmacy, etc.) required. An advanced degree preferred (MSc, PhD, etc.)

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 3-5 years of industry experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, research, CRO or similar environments.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to lead diversified team and stakeholders.
• Scientific and technical thought leadership with knowledge or learning agility to rapidly acquire understanding of health care compliance, study execution, pharmacovigilance, clinical/medical drug development, benefit risk management and regulatory affairs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a heightened ability to collaborate and work with a team to be successful.
• Highly innovative with the ability to drive multiple projects within a sophisticated and changing environment, and efficiently handle and resolve issues within the project management team.
• Highly motivated individual with proven analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• A keen data science curiosity and strong leadership skills are required in our ambitious, fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to work optimally with multi-cultural and virtual teams.
• Highly adept in utilization of project management tools and reporting systems (including project CRMs and financial reporting systems).

Preferred:

• Previous experience in Epidemiology, Health Outcome Research or related field.
• Previous people management experience.
• Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas.

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