Sr Technical Writer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.

Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Writing

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

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 unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Johnson & Johnson MedTech is hiring for a Sr. Technical Writer with expertise in medical writing and vendor quality standards, partnering with internal and external groups to provide operational support and to ensure compliance, and promote innovation in deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the required end-user documentation is written and delivered according to the project deadlines, thereby ensuring the planned product release.
• Ensure the flow of information in product documentation and training material is inline with instructional design concepts.
• Proactively and continuously collect all necessary information for documentation activities: input documents, organizing discussion/meetings with application specialists, product management, product developers and other relevant sources.
• Transform the collected input effectively and efficiently into user documentation.
• Proactively organize review of the written document(s) with disciplines involved, handle comments and obtain approval.
• Perform editorial tasks, e.g. during peer reviews.
• Prepare the documents for translation/localization after documentation.
• Create the master deliverables for final product delivery after receiving the final translated files.
• Create, maintain and communicate the overall (sub-) project plan.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Minimum 5 years with Master’s degree or 10 years with Bachelor degree with relevant experience.
• Basic knowledge of working in an ISO and FDA regulated environment.
• Able to work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Poses the skills required for cross functional collaboration and interactions with senior internal and external personnel.
• Experience in Instructional Design and development of manuals and training materials is a plus.
• Project Management experience is a plus.

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.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $121,000-$194,350 Bay Area Salary Range. Additional information on employee benefits can be found at