Manager, Contracts - OTTAVA

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Job Function:

Sales Enablement

Job Sub Function:

Contract Administration and Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Manager, Contract Management and Deal Strategy

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

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

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

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, Contract Management and Deal Strategy to be based in Cincinnati, OH, Raritan, NJ, and Santa Clara, CA, and. Role will require position to be onsite 3 days per week with remote work 2 days per week.

Purpose:

The Manager, Contract Management and Deal Strategy supports the production, accuracy, and compliance of all OTTAVA contracts. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Contract Management and Deal Strategy. This role manages drafting, redlining, negotiation support, and documentation across capital, service, digital, and IT‑related agreements. The role ensures all contract elements align to policy, pricing, financial inputs, and CPC governance.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for:

• Manage contract intake, drafting, revisions, negotiation support, and execution.
• Coordinate redlines and legal reviews; ensure policy and pricing compliance.
• Support assembly of complete contract packages aligned to approved deal strategy and pricing inputs.
• Support the maintenance of the OTTAVA contract database and ensure audit‑ready documentation.
• Support escalations through CPC and partner with Finance, Legal, and Pricing Ops to resolve issues.
• Drive cycle‑time reduction and template standardization.
• This role will also collaborate closely with Medtech Surgery counterparts (Surgery, Polyphonic and Monarch)

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 7+ years in contract management, contract drafting or structuring, negotiations, or legal operations.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
• MBA or JD preferred.
• Experience with security amendments, BAA (Business Associate Agreement), PHI (Protected Health Information), and data security strongly preferred
• Experience working with hospital systems preferred
• Strong understanding of commercial terms, business models, and compliance.
• Ability to manage multiple complex contracts simultaneously.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time domestically

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, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Coaching, Contract Management, Negotiation, Office Administration, Performance Measurement, Process Improvements, Proofreading, Regulatory Compliance, Relationship Building, Risk Assessments, Sales Enablement, Sales Support, Sales Terms and Conditions, Technical Credibility, Tender Management

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