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 covers strategic oversight and continuous improvement of local literature surveillance across 80+ territories, leading outsourced local literature operations and vendor partnerships so that monitoring is compliant, timely and high quality, in support of global pharmacovigilance obligations. The primary locations are the UK, Belgium, Germany and Portugal, and the posting is open to candidates in those countries.

Key responsibilities

• Lead governance and oversight of outsourced local literature surveillance operations and strategic vendor partnerships, ensuring 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.
• Experience in a complex matrix organization and managing controlled documents and quality system documentation.
• English proficiency, written and spoken; ability to work across time zones.
• Preferred: experience in Local Medical Safety, regulatory inspections, audits, CAPA management, vendor governance and outsourced pharmacovigilance operations.

What we offer

• Base pay range of EUR 51,000 to EUR 87,285.
• Annual bonus and/or sales commissions depending on pay grade and location.
• Vacation days, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement and caregiver leave, volunteer leave and well-being reimbursement.
• Service anniversary and recognition awards, and insurance plans for eligible employees and dependents.