Manager, Quality Clinical Risk Management

Company: Johnson & Johnson
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Location: Buckinghamshire
Job Description:

Overview

As Manager, you lead clinical quality-risk activities across trials and programs, translating risk signals into proactive mitigations and quality decisions. You work with cross-functional teams to ensure inspection readiness, CAPA implementation, and escalation processes. The role combines hands-on risk ownership with influence across R&D and external partners. You contribute to a program that advances innovative medicines with patient safety at the core. This opportunity offers impact through shaping risk management practices in a global context.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and assess key risks in clinical protocols and setups; advise on mitigations
  • Lead risk area reviews with Risk Owners; monitor progress and identify new risks
  • Maintain Clinical Quality Plans risk monitoring in the quality risk repository
  • Drive quality risk monitoring reviews; coach others on risk mitigation
  • Communicate risk updates to R&D Business Partners via governance forums
  • Provide guidance on significant quality issues (SQI) and escalation to senior management
  • Support CAPA development and effectiveness checks in collaboration with partners
  • Lead Cross-Functional Trial Team in QPR content development and follow-up
  • Oversee inspection readiness activities; prepare narratives and sites for inspection
  • Provide front/back room inspection support for Sponsors and third parties
  • Offer independent consultancy on research quality and regulatory interpretation
  • Coordinate quality integration for assets during post-L&A activities

Key requirements

  • 8+ years in healthcare/pharma or related fields
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written)
  • Strong GCP quality and/or clinical trials experience
  • Cross-functional collaboration experience
  • Adaptability to changing business needs
  • Ability to operate across diverse regional/global structures
  • Travel up to 10% (domestic and some international)
  • excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • strong stakeholder management
  • proactive problem-solving
  • GMP/GLP/GPvP knowledge
  • ICH guidelines familiarity
  • data analytics and visualization (Tableau, Spotfire)

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Posted: October 25th, 2026