Senior Manager – External Innovation and Partnerships

Johnson & Johnson

. Develop theses on emerging technology trends, ecosystems, and capability gaps relevant to J&J’s enterprise technology agenda .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $122,000 - $212,750 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise technology strategy, including the ability to evaluate and translate emerging technology trends into actionable insights and partner engagement strategies. Strong communication skills are essential for presenting complex technical concepts to executive audiences and fostering relationships across diverse stakeholders.

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Enterprise Technology StrategyAI/ML FamiliarityTechnical EvaluationExecutive CommunicationRelationship Building

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Hard Skills

Technical StrategyProduct Roadmap DevelopmentOpportunity AssessmentSourcing Hypothesis DevelopmentPartner EvaluationAI EngineeringMLOpsData PlatformsCloud InfrastructureEnterprise Architecture

Soft Skills

Influencing SkillsSelf-StarterOwnershipComfort in AmbiguityStrong Urgency

Tools & Technologies

AI PlatformsKnowledge GraphsVector DatabasesEmbedding PipelinesModel Lifecycle Tooling

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceAdvanced Degree in Engineering

Industry Keywords

Venture Ecosystem EngagementExternal InnovationHealthcare TechnologyRFI/RFP ProcessesDue Diligence

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop theses on emerging technology trends, ecosystems, and capability gaps relevant to J&J’s enterprise technology agenda
Translate technical, market, and ecosystem signals into implications for enterprise architecture, product roadmaps, operating models, and strategic partnerships
Assess companies, technologies, and technical differentiation
Lead cross-functional work to gather input and consensus on strategic insights and outcomes
Build and maintain a repeatable sourcing and external engagement approach across deep tech and enterprise technology domains
Define sourcing hypotheses, technical evaluation criteria, search strategies, and workflows from discovery through assessment, engagement, pilot design, and progression
Create guidance, playbooks, templates, governance, and decision-gate mechanisms for evaluating external partners
Map and cultivate ecosystems across startups, enterprise vendors, venture networks, research labs, academia, and strategic technology partners
Engage promising companies and help shape partner roadmaps toward J&J-relevant enterprise use cases
Partner with senior leaders and engineers across J&J Technology to assess opportunities
Own analysis, synthesis, and communication of opportunity assessments, feasibility evaluations, strategic fit, and expected outcomes
Build executive-ready presentations covering technology impact, value cases, adoption rationale, risks, integration considerations, and time-to-value
Advocate for thesis-driven opportunities with business and technology stakeholders
Develop a methodology for opportunity scoring and measuring program impact
Develop executive-level narratives and visual communications
Present recommendations to senior leaders
Bring structure, operational discipline, and momentum to complex, ambiguous initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–6+ years in enterprise technology, technical strategy, product, engineering-adjacent roles, venture/startup ecosystem engagement, external innovation, or related fields
Strong familiarity with enterprise software, AI/ML, data platforms, security, cloud infrastructure, advanced compute, or other deep tech domains relevant to large-scale enterprise environments
Demonstrated ability to build a thesis on an emerging technology trend and translate it into a focused sourcing and partner pipeline
Proven experience communicating to executive audiences and building compelling presentations that influence decisions
Ability to evaluate technical differentiation, implementation feasibility, integration considerations, and likely enterprise impact
Experience building relationships across startups, venture-backed companies, enterprise vendors, research organizations, and internal technical stakeholders
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to influence across technical and business teams
Comfort translating between engineering, architecture, product, business, and executive audiences
Self-starter with strong ownership, urgency, and comfort operating in ambiguity
Genuine passion for healthcare and the potential of technology to improve outcomes
Technical, engineering, computer science, product, or enterprise architecture background strongly preferred
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, applied sciences, or a related technical field a plus
Familiarity with partner evaluation, RFI/RFP processes, due diligence, or technology pilot design
Exposure to AI engineering, MLOps, LLMOps, model lifecycle tooling, or production deployment patterns for AI-enabled products is a plus
Familiarity with agentic AI platforms, orchestration patterns, retrieval, tool use, human review workflows, or reusable AI development accelerators is helpful
Knowledge of knowledge graphs, semantic layers, ontologies, vector databases, embedding pipelines, or context engineering patterns is beneficial
Awareness of AI evaluation, scorecards, observability, model monitoring, drift detection, responsible AI controls, or value measurement approaches is a plus
Practical understanding of AI cost drivers, tokenomics, model selection tradeoffs, inference costs, caching, routing, or cloud/GPU cost management would be valuable
Familiarity with AI security, red-teaming, model risk, prompt injection, data leakage, third-party model governance, licensing, SLAs, or enterprise GenAI governance is helpful

Benefits

Comp & perks

Retirement plan (pension)
Savings plan (401(k))
Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time – 40 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 period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Inclusive interview process and disability accommodations