Innovative Medicine Site Contract Manager (Clinical Trials)

Location: Seoul, South Korea; hybrid work format. Travel requirement: 10%.

Company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech develops healthcare solutions and innovative medicines aimed at preventing, treating, and curing complex diseases.

What you will do

• Prepare, negotiate, and finalize clinical trial agreements and ancillary agreements for company-sponsored and investigator-initiated studies.
• Support the development of site and investigator budgets aligned with fair market value.
• Manage contract amendments, legal document tracking, metrics, and site payment activities.
• Assess contractual and budget risks with global CCS partners and escalate issues when appropriate.
• Support clinical operations, audits, quality assurance requests, and compliance with study cost guidelines.
• Recommend process improvements that reduce cycle time, create savings, and improve clinical trial site initiation efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific or business discipline.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or clinical research, including at least two years of negotiation and contract experience.
• Working knowledge of clinical development and clinical research processes.
• Strong negotiation, problem-resolution, interpersonal, analytical, and workload-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in cross-functional and virtual teams.
• Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and database management is also required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with healthcare compliance guidance such as HIPAA, FCPA, and Safe Harbor.
• Previous experience working in virtual teams.
• AI literacy and an AI-enabled mindset for responsible use of AI tools in daily work.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on diversity, dignity, and individual contribution.
• Collaboration with clinical investigator sites, clinical research organizations, commercial suppliers, legal, risk, quality, and other internal partners.
• Regular work with global CCS teams.
• Hybrid work arrangement with approximately 10% travel.

Hiring process

• Submit a free-form resume and cover letter in English.
• Applications remain open until the position is filled; only candidates passing resume screening will be contacted individually.