The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies have been working to make surgery better for more than a century. With substantial breadth and depth in surgical technologies, orthopedic and interventional solutions, we aspire to improve and enhance medical care for people worldwide. Together, we are working to shape the future of health through differentiated products and services.

The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies is recruiting for a Medical Safety Officer (MSO) to be located in either Irvine, CA or Irving, TX.

The MSO role is to provide medical safety stewardship for Medical Device (MD) products. Although a medically independent voice is key, collaboration in assessing potential safety signals is expected. This individual is an active member of a diverse team, and a close partner with the quality leader and statistical colleagues, in assessing any potential safety signal for an MD product.

They will execute on the Medical Safety Organization’s strategy, by implementing programs and leading in the strategic priority areas as defined by the Chief Medical Officer.

The MSO will build clear and positive relationships between R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Epidemiology and Safety sciences and Safety process and groups to allow for proactive and flexible risk management system. The MSO is knowledgeable in risk management and serves as a subject matter authority in the therapeutic area and patient risk management throughout the product lifecycle, from new product development, to launch and commercial life.

The MSO plays a pivotal role in evaluating customer/user risk and in assessing the actual or potential impact of product performance issues on patient safety. The reactive elements of the role (addressing Quality/performance issues) are balanced with the need for a proactive approach in continually assessing all available information/data sources and advising on any mitigating activities which should be taken to minimize potential risk to patients. Further, the MSO must be a trusted partner in the innovation process, engaging with R&D and quality engineering to drive MD&D’s patient-centered innovation process.

The primary responsibility will be for Acclarent and Mentor companies.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assess product risk-benefit and offer medical input/review to: Risk Management Reports, Product Issue assessment/ Health Hazards Evaluations, Clinical Evaluation Reports, Product Safety Surveillance Plans (SSPs), including risk categorization of product/product families. Review and provide input on: mitigations, labeling and internal and customer safety training materials directed to minimize patient risk and improve outcomes; adverse events, complaints and mass communications.

• Clinical interpretation of post-marketing safety data, aggregate complaint data, individual case safety reports, literature reports with possible safety data

• Input into design and interpretation of safety-related studies, and results of any SSP activities

• Represent Medical Safety in various product reviews during development

• Evaluation of medical impact of manufacturing and design issues

• Responsible for oversight and guidance as it relates to the performance and Medical Safety of products

• Monitor external sources/trends and identify and call out emerging issues. These include (but are not limited to): complaint & MDR/MDV trends, regulatory & market trends/intelligence, literature and scientific publications

• Advise on failure investigations and provide medical opinion when deciding on reportability

• Work with customers/users to gather additional medical information/ data when required to support investigations

• When required, review additional safety-related information to customers to prevent repeat adverse events and complaints

• Discuss with healthcare professionals (at their request) AE investigations as well as discussion of AEs that the customer experienced.

• Be the medical representative within the review process when making decisions on field actions and help evaluate the effectiveness of field safety corrective actions

• Ensure consistency in medical evaluations, Quality Review Board decisions and overall Safety evaluations of products

• Deploy standard practices in co-ordination with MD CMO

• Ensure appropriate metrics are used to assess adequacy of patient safety related processes

• Contribute to and periodically review the definition of a product’s harms and hazards list and derivations of criteria for reportability

• Act as subject-matter-expert in audit and other regulatory body interactions

• Review and approve (from a medical safety perspective) appropriate reports and filings

• Review responses to, for example, regulatory bodies, clinicians and patients when safety issues are involved

• Coordinate with Regional Safety Officers to ensure timely coordination of information.

Required:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathy (DO), or equivalent degree.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical or research experience
• Relevant experience or specific training in Surgical specialty.
• Ability to use common computer programs (Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of basic statistical techniques and epidemiological principles
• Knowledge of pre-clinical or clinical research basic concepts

Preferred:

• Preferred surgical specialties: Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Rural Surgery or Vascular Surgery .
• Experience in risk evaluation and mitigation
• Medical device and/or pharmaceutical industry experience in Health Care and/or device industry
• Clinical study/research experience
• Experience of working with senior leadership within a global healthcare company
• Advanced statistical knowledge (e.g. multivariate data analysis)
• Knowledge of local and international Medical Device regulations

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $186,000 to $322,000.

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, long term incentives, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

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

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com

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