Senior Manager, Car-T Batch Logistics

Description

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Senior Manager, CAR-T Batch Release Logistics to join our TEAM!

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. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and Legend Biotech USA Inc., have entered into a global, strategic collaboration to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. This innovative strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of two companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy CAR-T platform and investigational treatment.

Are you interested in joining a team that is on the front lines supporting the CAR-T Patient Journey? Apply today for this exciting opportunity!

The Senior Manager, CAR-T Batch Release Logistics will be responsible for managing cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, timely and compliant batch release operations. The successful individual will help drive improvements in the Release to Promise turnaround time commitment to our patients and treatment centers, coordinate among key stakeholders on the timely release of individual batches, and also identify and drive key areas of continuous improvement within the operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the efficient and timely release of patient drug product batches, collaborating with all functions (including Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Operations, Vein to Vein, Batch Advocate Team, etc.) and ensuring vital hurdles are cleared for batch release and shipment
• Lead cross-functional meetings to provide batch release updates, address challenges and hurdles, and contribute to process improvement initiatives
• Lead, train, and mentor a team of logistics specialists responsible for driving timely batch release activities
• Collaborate with deviation investigation owners and quality leaders to resolve batch release issues and non-conformances in time for final release
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Commercial Operations and Vein-to-Vein partners on batch release logistics matters
• Establish KPIs and metrics to drive improvement in overall patient experience, and end-to-end turnaround times
• Routinely provide updates to senior leaders on critical issues regarding delayed batch releases, improvement opportunities, and trends
• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, customers and senior levels of the organization
• Set clear performance objectives, provide ongoing feedback, and conduct regular performance evaluations.
• Foster a collaborative and productive work environment, promoting teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of team members to enable informed decision making

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in an Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• A minimum 5 years of Operations or Quality Assurance experience within a cGMP environment
• Facilitate cross functional discussions to identify bottlenecks and clear hurdles
• Generate custom visuals management tools and analytics of performance data
• Ability to work independently, prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, integrate cross-functional issues and balance challenging priorities effectively.
• Ability to handle shifting priorities to meet critical deadlines in a fast paced and dynamic, growing environment.
• Must be action-oriented and customer-focused, building relationships, problem solving, planning and organizing, conflict management, prioritization, mentoring others and analytical thinking.
• Prior people leader experience

Preferred:

• Experience in a biotech/biopharma industry and Cell/Gene Therapy cGMP manufacturing setting
• Proficiency with technology enabling tools including MS Project, PowerPoint, and Excel required
• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels

Other:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, domestic

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $ 118,000 USD- $203, 550 USD

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal, and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits .

This job posting is anticipated to close on June 3, 2024. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com .]