Assistant General Counsel

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

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Law Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

This is an exceptional opportunity to serve as a senior legal leader at the heart of one of the world’s most respected and high-performing healthcare supply chains. The Assistant General Counsel will act as a strategic business partner for Value Chain Management (VCM) and Supply Operations within Innovative Medicine Supply Chain, helping enable the reliable, agile and resilient supply of transformational medicines to patients around the world.

The role provides enterprise-level legal leadership across network strategy, supply chain business development, licensing, regional demand and supply, deliver operations, supply continuity, business transformation and strategic supply chain initiatives. Working directly with senior Supply Chain leaders, this leader will help accelerate sound decision-making, unlock growth, anticipate and mitigate risk, and shape the legal strategy behind a global supply chain that is central to Johnson & Johnson’s mission of transforming patients’ lives.

Major Responsibilities

•            Serve as the primary legal advisor to the Innovative Medicine Supply chain focusing on Value Chain Management, including its Network Strategy and transformational supply chain initiatives, providing strategic legal leadership for supply chain business development, licensing, strategic alliances and complex commercial transactions that enable portfolio growth and strengthen patient supply.

•            Support manufacturing, procurement and supply operations, providing practical, business-oriented counsel on the most important strategic and operational priorities.

•            Advise on global logistics, distribution, deliver operations, inventory management, supply resilience and continuity matters in a dynamic and highly regulated global environment.

•            Lead the negotiation of significant strategic, commercial and operational agreements, bringing clarity, creativity and sound judgment to complex business arrangements.

•            Proactively identify, assess and manage legal, regulatory, commercial, geopolitical and reputational risks while enabling the business to move with speed and confidence.

•            Provide thought leadership on emerging supply chain regulation, ESG, trade controls, sanctions, governance, digital transformation and other trends affecting global healthcare supply chains.

•            Orchestrate cross-functional legal support across Intellectual Property, Regulatory, Health Care Compliance, Privacy, Employment, Tax and other specialist areas to deliver integrated, high-impact legal solutions.

Leadership Expectations:

Operate as a recognized enterprise legal leader who earns trust, influences senior executives, connects across functions and geographies, and shapes decisions that affect patients, customers and the business. This leader will be expected to bring courage, judgment, curiosity and a strong enterprise mindset; to simplify complexity; to build capability across the team; and to model a high-performing, inclusive and business-oriented legal support model guided by Our Credo.

Key Qualifications:

•            Extensive legal experience supporting complex commercial, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical and/or global supply chain organizations.

•            Demonstrated ability to advise, challenge and influence senior executives with sound judgment, practical risk assessment and strong business orientation.

•            Significant experience leading sophisticated transactions, negotiations, strategic alliances and complex operational agreements.

•            Strong strategic, operational and financial acumen, with the ability to connect legal advice to business value, growth, reliability and patient impact.

•            Proven ability to lead cross-functional and global initiatives in a matrixed, highly regulated and fast-moving environment.

•            Experience leading, coaching and inspiring teams, building capability and fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.

•            License to practice law in at least one jurisdiction, with a minimum of 10 years’ experience.

Why This Role Matters:

This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of law, science, innovation and global supply chain leadership. It is a chance to help shape solutions for one of the most important healthcare supply chains in the world—supporting breakthrough medicines, strengthening resilience, enabling growth and ensuring that patients can depend on Johnson & Johnson when it matters most.

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Business Agility, Commercial Laws, Compliance Management, Corporate Governance, Critical Thinking, Dispute Resolution, Document Management, Industry Analysis, Lawyering, Legal Services, Negotiation, Policy Change, Program Management, Representing, Resource Management, Strategic Thinking

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$178,000.00 - $307,050.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are 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.

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year

Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits