Manager, Local Literature Surveillance

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is looking for a Manager, Local Literature Surveillance to join its Global Medical Safety organization. The role provides strategic oversight and continuous improvement of local literature surveillance across 80+ territories, leads outsourced local literature operations and vendor partnerships, and ensures compliant, timely and high-quality monitoring in support of global pharmacovigilance obligations. Primary locations are the UK, Belgium, Germany and Portugal.

Key responsibilities

• Lead governance and oversight of outsourced local literature surveillance operations and manage strategic vendor partnerships, covering performance targets, issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership and subject-matter expertise in local literature surveillance processes, safety systems and end-to-end workflows.
• Act as business owner for local literature surveillance governance, including controlled documents, policies, procedures and global standards.
• Build partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders across EMEA, Asia Pacific and other regions.
• Drive standardization, scalability and continuous improvement across processes and systems.
• Support other projects as needed.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Business Administration or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in pharmacovigilance, literature surveillance, medical safety operations or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing outsourced service providers and vendor relationships, and leading cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Proven project and operational leadership, including large-scale initiatives, process transformations and global operating models.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones and geographically dispersed teams, with proficiency in English.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of local literature surveillance requirements and regulatory expectations across multiple territories.
• Experience managing controlled documents, procedural governance and quality system documentation.
• Preferred: experience in Local Medical Safety, regulatory inspections, audits, CAPA management, quality systems, vendor governance programs and outsourced pharmacovigilance operations.