Senior Specialist, Supplier Quality (MedTech)

Location: Raritan, New Jersey; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Malvern, Pennsylvania; Horsham, Pennsylvania; Athens, Georgia; Wilson, North Carolina; or Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Remote work may be considered case by case, and candidates from any location are invited to apply. Travel of up to 10–15% is required.

Base salary: $94,000–$151,800 per year.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions through its Innovative Medicine and MedTech businesses, with a focus on preventing, treating, and curing complex diseases.

What you will do

• Manage the full supplier lifecycle, including selection, qualification, risk management, performance monitoring, issue management, and compliance auditing.
• Own supplier quality management system activities, including nonconformances, investigations, change control, and audits.
• Collaborate with site quality teams on supplier performance and material or service changes.
• Support customer, JJRC, and health authority inspections at local sites.
• Lead supplier quality projects, quality initiatives, change management, and communications across the site network.
• Develop supplier management practices for advanced therapies, critical technologies, software providers, and hybrid supply chains.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; a science, engineering, or technical degree is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in product or supplier lifecycle management across biotherapeutics, synthetics, or advanced therapies.
• Experience in end-to-end supply chain management, site-based QA/QC, or quality management systems.
• Knowledge of supplier quality management systems, nonconformances, investigations, change control, and audits.
• Practical GMP and ICH experience, including direct experience with regulatory authority inspections.
• Strong collaboration, analytical, communication, project management, and change management skills in a global matrix environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with raw material management and drug product/drug substance manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, vendor selection, performance measurement, and quality control.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment guided by the company’s Credo and equal opportunity principles.
• Employment includes participation in pension and 401(k) savings plans, subject to plan terms.
• Vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and volunteer leave are available according to applicable policies.
• Remote work may be available on a case-by-case basis.