Grant Expert, Manager, External Funding and Collaboration, R&D Contracting

Janssen Research & Development, LLC., a member of the J&J Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Grant Expert, Manager, External Funding and Collaboration, R&D Contracting, to be located within the U.S. (location flexible)

[Janssen Research & Development, LLC discovers and develops innovative medical solutions to address important unmet medical needs in oncology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases and vaccines, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Please visit http://www.janssenrnd.com/ for more information.

Governmental funding and public-private partnerships (PPP) have become increasingly important in the healthcare sector. The R&D Global Government Grant Office (G3O) is established as a Center of Excellence of dedicated J&J business partners to help secure and maximize external funding and collaboration opportunities for Janssen in order to advance products in our pipeline and offer treatment solutions for unmet medical needs to impact and improve the lives of patients everywhere. G3O will help to ensure consistency and compliance in contracts & grants across the organization for the benefit of Janssen and Johnson & Johnson and its external partners.

Acting on behalf of Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical and medical devices operating companies, G3O is responsible for ensuring efficient and compliant end to end contracting with PPPs, including U.S Government entities such as National Institutes of Health, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), various agencies within the US Department of Defense, other Government funding agencies and also Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) such as Bill & Melinda Gates, Wellcome Trust, Michael J. Fox Foundation and others.

Key Responsibilities:

During the solicitation or opportunity identification process the Grant Expert, Manager, is responsible for identifying the potential opportunities and providing guidance to the G3O Focus Area Lead and the J&J Business Partners (e.g. Pharma TA Heads, Medical Devices Platform and Project Leads, Legal, Finance and other Stakeholders) regarding the funding instrument benefits and obligations, specific rules, internal procedures associated with the various funding sources/agencies as well as identifying recent awards including competitive awards. He/she will also participate in the prioritization and selection process of a targeted calls/solicitations.

During the proposal development process, as the proposal coordination lead, he/she will lead the grant/contract application process from initiation through proposal development/grant writing, submission and be involved in award negotiations through to execution and contract transition to the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Project Management (ExPOINT) team. He /she will closely collaborate with other functions including legal, healthcare and Government compliance, finance, project management and procurement teams to receive internal approvals and finalize all required documents.

• Support the G3O Focus Area Leads and Business Partners in the identification of Contract/Grant opportunities aligned to the identified priorities. Support may include the identification of benefits and obligations, specific rules, internal procedures associated with the various funding instruments/sources.
• Lead the External Funding Stakeholder (ExFT) Team in proposal development and grant writing. Support may include efforts associated with development of technical, non-technical and cost proposals, negotiation of terms & conditions and support of the contract transition activities from the G3O Front Office to the CLM and ExPOINT teams.
• Support the management of proposal and contract data in JForce, G3O’s proposal data source; upload all required proposal documents in VeevaVault
• Keep track of project submission timelines and deadlines and coordinate the process to meeting these delivery/submission dates
• Ensuring that the business partners understand the contractual obligations, in collaboration with other G3O partners (e.g. Legal, IP, Funding Type Expert and Proposal Coordinator)
• Supporting the signature process of Engagement Forms, for which the Business Partner, Business Liaison and/or Negotiator have a leading role

Communications to project teams and G3O leadership