Library Services Project Manager

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical/Medical Operations

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Jersey (Any City), Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Library Services Project Manager to join our MedTech Surgery business located at our Raritan, NJ site.

#Li-Hybrid

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

JOB SUMMARY

The Library Services Project Manager leads and delivers library and information services for Business Scientific Affairs across J&J MedTech. Combining strategic vendor and subscription management with hands-on oversight of collection development, user services, and digital resource workflows, this role ensures timely, compliant, and cost-effective access to subscribed content. The manager drives process improvements, implements new regulatory and business requirements, and develops tools that support regulatory obligations and business priorities while adhering to Company Health, Safety and Environmental policies.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Library Services

• Oversee literature search support and curation tools (e.g., Readcube) and manage database access (Embase, PubMed, OVID).
• Manage copyright compliance, ensuring appropriate content access and secure distribution, including article ordering
• Negotiate, manage, and renew contracts with journal publishers, database providers, and other vendors to secure favorable terms, cost efficiencies, and high service levels. Lead vendor selection, performance reviews, and escalation of service issues.
• Hands-on experience delivering literature requests, adding full text to records, maintaining literature management platform content, and ensuring reliable access for end users.
• Create and maintain end-user training and documentation for subscribed resources.
• Translate regulatory authority feedback into prioritized action plans; coordinate updates to procedures, work instructions, and supporting tools to maintain compliance.
• Design, optimize and implement process improvements that standardize and scale literature methodologies used in Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER), State of the Art (SOA) searches and Post-Market Surveillance (PMS) activities.
• Support audits and respond to literature-search related findings; evaluate vendor performance and corrective actions

Project Management

• Lead digital tool selection, implementation, and automation efforts (including evaluated AI use), to streamline literature workflows and improve data-driven insights.
• Provide end-to-end project management for initiatives supporting Business Scientific Affairs across J&J MedTech, ensuring on-time delivery, clear governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop and deliver training materials, playbooks, and best-practice forums to ensure consistent methodology adoption and regulatory alignment.
• Track and report KPIs (cycle time, quality, compliance metrics) and provide regular status, risks, and mitigation updates to stakeholders and management.
• Produce and analyze usage reports and cost‑per‑use metrics to evaluate resource effectiveness, identify trends, and recommend data‑driven changes to the collection and subscription portfolio.
• Maintain and execute on assigned Wrike projects and tasks and serve as Wrike admin/CT support as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
   

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Science/Library Science/Sciences – Master’s Degree Preferred.
• Minimum of 4 to 6 years’ relevant experience; experience in medical device or pharmaceutical library environments, including direct responsibility for subscriptions and vendor contracts preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with clinical evaluation regulatory requirements, evidence generation, and systematic literature review methodologies preferred.
• Experience with a wide variety of information resources and information providers.
• Copyright Expertise.
• Proven project management experience, including use of project planning tools (Wrike preferred).
• Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, CERTIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

• Strong attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to adapt as tools, regulatory expectations, and business priorities evolve.
• Solid understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
• Skilled at diagnosing and resolving access issues across platforms, coordinating with IT and vendors to restore service, and documenting solutions to reduce repeat incidents.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to engage cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in literature management platforms such as ReadCube and RightFind, maintaining full-text records, resolving broken links, tracking references, and streamlining literature workflows.
• Analytical, solutions-oriented experience and mindset with demonstrated risk assessment and mitigation ability.
• Technical proficiency to support digital tool implementation and automation initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with Clinical, Medical Safety, Post-Market Surveillance, Design/Quality, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and external vendors.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Alliance Formation
• Business Alignment
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement
• Communications Measurement
• Impact Reporting
• Operations Management
• Organizational Project Management and Change Management
• Self-Awareness
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Change
• Strategic Thinking
• Program Management
• Project Management Methodology
• Project Reporting

Benefits Summary:

• 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; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 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!

https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via  https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers. Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Operations, Clinical Research and Regulations, Clinical Trial Designs, Coaching, Communication, Ethical and Participant Safety Considerations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Innovation, Laboratory Operations, Office Administration, Problem Solving, Project Schedule, Research and Development, Researching, Study Management

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$109,000.00 - $174,800.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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.