Houston, TX - Field Applications Engineer

Job Description:

• This individual will be responsible for supporting the company's OEM customers designing silicon devices and systems into their products
• The ideal candidate should have a development background in the fields of board design, firmware development, low level device driver development or application software development
• Responsibilities include technical management of accounts; participating in the project life cycle to include definition, design, software porting, reviews, bring-up and ongoing support; delegating issues to the company's engineering and drive for solution; preparing and delivering technical training/presentations; and participating in pre-sales activities

Requirements:

• The candidate must show good overall understanding of system level issues and be familiar with high-speed networking technologies and protocols (particularly 10/40Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel)
• BSEE/BSCS or higher
• 3+ years HW/SW development experience or highly technical support experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols, including layers 2, 3 and 4
• Independent. Self-motivated. Dedicated.
• Excellent communication skills
• Up to 20% travel required

Advantages:

• Knowledge in InfiniBand networking spec and protocol stack
• Knowledge in C, C++ and scripting languages (BASH, Perl, Python)
• Understanding of Linux/Windows/VMware/Solaris internals  
  
  

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Sunnyvale, CA; Chicago, IL; Edison, NJ; Dallas, TX - Field Support Engineer

Job Description:

• The Field Support Engineer (FSE) is an integral part of the company's Support Organization
• The FSE is responsible for the deployment of current and future products at customer sites
• The FSE is also responsible for the on-site and remote support of issues raised by customers
• An FSE is a results driven person capable of working independently and within a team to resolve time critical deployment and production issues
• Contributes significantly to customer satisfaction
• Interfaces with the customer and project manager to complete assigned tasks
• Responsible for opening lines of communication, monitors customer problems, and ensures effective resolution
• Travel requirement is at about 20-30%
• Provide “on-call” service periodically

 

Requirements:

• Highly Knowledgeable in TCP/IP networking preferably at an Expert level 
• Highly experienced in troubleshooting network issues using a Sniffer 
• Familiar with the common Internet protocols at the packet and flow analysis level, such as : HTTP, FTP, RTSP, SSH, PKI, RTSP
• Familiar in mobile network technologies including L3-7 switching and load balancing, redundancy (A/P, A/A) and high performance systems
• Proficient in UNIX/Linux System Administration, a must
• Knowledgeable in customer support processes, tooling and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of common open source software
• Knowledge of application servers, Weblogic/Jboss is an advantage
• Knowledge of Oracle and/or MySQL administration is an advantage
• Knowledge of IBM blade center technology and F5 load balancers is an advantage
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office

Critical Competencies:

Customer Satisfaction

• Contributes significantly to customer satisfaction
• Interfaces with the customer and project manager to complete assigned tasks
• Responsible for opening lines of communication, monitors customer problems, and ensures effective resolution

Communication Skills

• Communicate effectively with customers and peers 
• Produce high quality written documents, status reports and customer communications
• Identify appropriate internal and/or external resources to solve problems
• Contribute to regular internal and customer meetings
• Effectively escalate through appropriate channels – “knows how to make things happen”

Education: 4 year technical degree, Computer Science preferred

Relevant Experience: 5+ years

An advantage will be given to candidates that worked for Venturi, Byte Mobile, F5 and Cisco

Wireless telecom experience is also an advantages

International work experience and cultural awareness is an advantage

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Skillman, NJ - Scientist I

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Provide required Technical Transfer support to execution of Korres Integration Project

Activities to include:

• Evaluating Korres formulas and manufacturing processes and entering required information in Company's  systems (Optiva – GSS – etc.)
• Identify each product’s required stability testing, obtaining required samples to execute the testing and coordinate testing of the samples thru the Company's Stability Department
• Identify required raw material qualification activities for Korres products and coordinate obtaining samples and testing to meet the requirements with Company's Supply Chain/RMC
• Create all required Product, Process and Raw Materials specifications for the project
• Interfacing with all required Company's Functional Groups to obtain required documentation for assembly and approval of APRs
• Transfer of new products-processes-test methods

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 0-3 years of experience working in a Scientific Lab
• Prefers recent ChemE/Chemistry grads (spring/ summer 2011 grads ideal)

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Wilmington, DE - Health Econ and Outcomes Research Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Health Economics & Outcomes Research Scientist
• Description:  Role Holder will have responsibility to design and implement innovative Health Economic and/or Outcomes Research activities and produce scientific evidence to optimize price and value proposition
• The role holder will assist communication efforts of value proposition and evidence to achieve maximal commercial success of products throughout their life cycle
• The role holder will have in-depth, specialist knowledge of Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HE & OR) and its application to pharmaceutical development throughout development process

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluate and analyze information and generate high quality health economics and/or outcomes research input to the product profile and claims and value demonstration plan
• Proactively and independently contribute to research planning process and resolution of complex issues, which may impact market access decisions and evidence for product
• Member of the Value Demonstration Work Stream if applicable
• Interact with cross-functional team members at a project level
• Supports Clinical Project Team (CPT)
• Manage HE & OR activities as designated by HE & OR team leader
• Assist study team personnel and associates in patient reported outcome instrument development and/or administration and or model development
• Identifies external HE & OR data sources and literature references
• Prepares proposal requests for Health Economic and Outcomes Research work projects and manages selection process
• Budgeting accountability for sub-projects within the health economic project team
• Prepares technical presentations
• Assists in writing preparations, references, and development of reimbursement/formulary documents
• Prepares HE & OR data as background materials and registration pack for discussion with regulatory authorities
• Advances knowledge about health economics and outcomes research and the impact of pharmaceutical product development
• Advance expertise in health economics and outcomes research through presentations, publications
• Adaptation of global core value documents, communication materials, publications for use with US decision makers and purchasers

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ten years of relevant experience, five of the years in the pharmaceutical/medical industry
• Bachelor’s degree in clinical, biological, or social sciences
• Master’s degree in relevant field (outcomes research, health services research, epidemiology, health economics, health policy or related fields)
• Doctoral degree in relevant field preferred
• Two years previous project experience in Health Economics and/or Outcomes Research
• Previous project management or personnel management preferred
• In-depth specialist knowledge of Health Economics and/or Outcomes Research and its application to pharmaceutical development at an international level
• Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory requirements from a global perspective and product development processes at all life cycle stages
• Knowledge of international healthcare systems and their changing needs for health economic and patient-reported outcomes information
• Strong knowledge of legal and regulatory environment influencing clinical development plans, labeling and promotional claims
• Proactive application of therapeutic area and disease treatment knowledge
• Able to implement projects including key stakeholders with high degree of autonomy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Requires high level of interactive communication including challenges to conceptual thinking as necessary
• Communicate  project plans to commercial stakeholders
• Proven teamwork and collaboration skills
• Well-developed cultural sensitivity
• Effectively represents the company externally to key stakeholders

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Wilmington, DE - Business Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• This Business Analyst role will work with Operational Excellence and Compliance Business Relationship Managers (BRM) to capture business requirements relating to information security in the context of move towards more collaborative use of information within the company and with external partners and develop new policies and processes required to align the information security capability with business requirements
• Information services is moving towards a risk-based approach to information security policies and standards
• The BRMs, assisted by this role, will engage the business community in understanding the business imperatives that will drive company's changing approach to information security

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with the BRMs, information security subject matter experts, legal and privacy subject matter experts, and various technical experts
• Lead and participate in workshops to elicit business requirements
• Engage existing information management projects and/or organizations
• Communicate the purpose and goals of Policy and Governance Project and the Information Security Programme and help build organizational support through constructive dialog
• Work with Subject Matter Experts in the areas of information security, solution architecture, legal and privacy, and other stakeholders to understand the impact of business requirements on policy and standards

REQUIREMENTS:

• Detailed knowledge of Information Security frameworks (e.g. ISO72001) with a significant external perspective
• Familiarity with SOX impact on business governance processes
• Skills and knowledge in Business Analysis, Benefits Management, Requirements Management and an appreciation of Programme and Project Management
• Effective marketing and communication skills to  sell  the project vision to staff at all levels of the target community
• Ability to bring order to complex situations and retain a focus on the project s objectives
• Knowledge or appreciation of change techniques (e.g. business process re-engineering)
• Working knowledge of information security frameworks in particular ISO27001
• Ability to work effectively with executives and individual contributors
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to clearly document existing business processes, perform analysis, make process change recommendations, and document proposed business process, policy, and governance changes
• Sensitivity to the differences in the various geographic locations affected by information security policy, standards, and governance and ensures that these differences are analyzed in the context of overall business requirements
• Understanding of the workings of a complex multi-national organization in an environment of increased externalization of information services and business process

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Wilmington, DE - Senior Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Wave Project Manager manages the program delivery for the North American wave of countries implementing the HR outsourcing program
• The role has oversight of the program ensuring each element of the projects is on-time, on-budget and in adherence with quality and compliance standards
• The role has responsibility to coordinate with a global team items such as UAT planning, knowledge transfer workshops, cutover process and key user identification and training
• This wave of implementation includes all SET areas across Canada and US including R&D, Operations and Commercial segments 
• The Wave  Project Manager shapes the wave project plan and acts as a liaison between the global program team, local functions, third party outsourced vendor and business stakeholders to ensure that the global business blueprint is effectively translated into the an effective program
• The Wave Project Manager will partner with the Wave s team members including SMEs from finance, HR and IT to track key deliverables and milestones across country plans
• The role is accountable to manage the project environment and ensure the third party is following established contractual project management methods including ISPDM methodology

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the CTL and lead country project teams to deliver improvement, working in line with the Project Management Framework
• At any point in time the job holder may be accountable for the delivery of a number of sub- projects which may be connected to form an integrated programme of work 
• Proactively propose project opportunities having identified opportunities for improvement and innovation
• Be accountable to the Country Transition Lead for the delivery of assigned project activities based on the agreed scope, deliverables, value proposition and benefits of the project through to adoption as business as usual
• Build trust based relationships with key customers and suppliers
• Secure resources for relevant sub-projects ensuring that the plan is optimal and competitive in terms of time, quality and costs.
• Provide expert advice on the use of project management tools and methods to the CTL
• Drive the identification of potential areas of risk relating to the project and ensure implementation of contingency/mitigation activities, working with the NGA project manager to ensure risks are appropriately logged and managed
• Drive the evolution of project plans and other key documents ensuring that project data are up to date and accurately reflect the agreed plan, in particular quality assuring the project plan developed by the NGA project manager

REQUIREMENTS:

• College/university degree
• Demonstrated skills in multi-disciplinary project management
• Experience of effective working in a multi-cultural team
• Planning experience with globally working teams, with virtual outsourcing arrangements including all phases of the project lifecycle including design, build, test and cutover
• Proven experience working with 3rd party suppliers; strong negotiation skills
• Proven ability to learn new information effectively

PREFERED EXPERIENCE:

• HR experience with Work Force Planning, Organizational Mapping and Payroll (ideally in PeopleSoft and SAP)
• Extensive project management experience with a history of delivering significant activities
• Solutioning experience; able to have a thorough understanding of a product and skillful in facilitating teams to solve related challenges
• Demonstrated good team leadership

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Piscataway, NJ - Project Coordinator

REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree required
• A minimum of 3 -5 years overall business experience is required
• Strong analytical skills are required
• The ability to manipulate & synthesize large amounts of data, conduct impact analysis and summarize results for recommendation is required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to consolidate information & present to business partners and senior management is required
• Strong Project Management Skills, Organizational and Time Management Skills and ability to Innovate are required
• Experience and proven understanding implications/consequences of data on downstream processes/systems required
• Advanced knowledge of Excel (including Pivot Tables & V-Look ups) is required
• Working knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access is required
• Experience identifying required data points to support appropriate analysis/business need required
• Previously demonstrated ability to work independently with appropriate balance, escalating any issues and challenges required

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Wilmington, DE - Regulatory Submission Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Compile and publish assigned regulatory submissions
• Coordinate printing and distribution of those submissions to all concerned markets within agreed timeframes
• Manage the associated submission and product life-cycle regulatory status information

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Effectively communicate submission format requirements to the submission team
• Collect necessary information and requirements from the submission team
• Compile and publish regulatory submissions in accordance with current standards and processes using agreed upon tools
• Manage assigned regulatory status information for assigned markets
• Ensure printing and distribution of regulatory submissions, paper and electronic, to all concerned markets, as required
• Analyze submissions, track and record life-cycle information in accordance with standards
• Perform searches on submission life-cycle information, as required
• Take responsibility for and ensure regulatory submissions meet all mandatory health authority validation requirements
• Participate on project teams (e.g., skill work, standards, or harmonization)
• Participate on SMG working teams
• Seek advice in and share best practices within SMG
• The Job Holder has a responsibility to comply with, or be aware of (as appropriate) all relevant policies and cross-functional procedures

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTACTS/ CUSTOMERS: 

• Global Regulatory Leads (GRLs)
• Other R&D functions (Clinical, Safety Assessment)
• Operations (CMC post approval)
• Marketing Companies
• Health Authorities

REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree or relevant equivalent experience
•  Basic knowledge of information management and document management
• Technical orientation, attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills

PREFERED BACKGROUND:

• Basic knowledge of the drug development process, product life-cycle, and contents/formatting of regulatory submissions
• General understanding of other functions
• Knowledge of submission compilation, publishing, approval information processes, tools and standards

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Piscataway, NJ - Project Manager I

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Oversees a group of individuals, tracks progress against the project plan and provides feedback and suggestions for process improvements
• Understands all vital aspects of the particular project
• Ensures all team members understand the scope of the project and their individually responsibilities
• Works with project lead to drive outcome and suggests changes or redirection if necessary
• Documents progress and best practice with a focus on data quality and process efficiency
• Ensures issues are captured, tracked and resolved in a timely fashion
• Establishes timelines of what needs to be completed by what date
• Communicates relevant information to all team members such as schedule dates and/or changes in the project requirements
• Comfortable learning new data management tools
• Also has a portion of the project output allocated to him/herself
• Able to interpret and apply pre-defined criteria to case by case scenarios

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills to assist in the development of best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• The ability to quickly assimilates and digests information and understands priorities
• Excellent computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills

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Morris Plain, NJ - Copy Development Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Copy Development Project Manager owns and drives the copy development and artwork approval processes for all new products, advertising, promotions, educational materials, websites and public relations programs
• The primary responsibility of this position is managing the copy development and artwork approvals for packaging, advertising, promotional and educational materials, (written, spoken or electronic form) distributed to consumers, professionals or the trade for Johnson & Johnson Inc.
• This position will be located in Morris Plains, NJ
• Involves a minimum of 10% domestic travel

REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years of experience in consumer goods or healthcare artwork/copy development
• Attention to detail and strong project management skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under aggressive timelines to meet strict deadlines
• Ability to multitask and prioritize competing agendas
• Strong computer skills; familiarity with online systems preferred
• Excellent business collaboration/interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
• Understanding of consumer goods or healthcare packaging requirements and regulations
• Familiarity with all types of marketing communication vehicles is preferred
• New Product Development, R&D and/or Regulatory Affairs experience is also desirable

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