Senior Manager, Technology Leader Product Operate – North America

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. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Technology Program/Portfolio Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Innovative Medicine Technology - Advanced Therapies Supply Chain (IMT ATSC) is seeking a dedicated Senior Manager, Technology Leader Product Operate – North America, based in the Raritan, NJ.

The NA program focuses on digitizing manufacturing and product release activities for CARVYKTI, J&J’s first commercial cell therapeutic product developed in partnership with Legend Biotech.

Cell therapy is recognized as the third major revolution in pharmaceutical technology, and this program is setting new industry benchmarks. To support NA supply, three new manufacturing facilities—CryoPreservation, LentiViral Vector, and Cell Manufacturing—are being established in Raritan, NJ.

The Product Operate Technology Lead NA is responsible for delivering the NA program, ensuring accountability for delivering projects that enhance the digital maturity of these manufacturing plants.

As a Technology Leader, you will orchestrate ground-breaking initiatives, driving data integration, governance, and project execution. Your expertise will be pivotal in enabling our ongoing efforts, empowering us to stay at the forefront of innovation.

They will play a key role in guiding business partners and product owners on the deployment of the NA Product Operate strategy, ensuring alignment with broader business NA manufacturing strategies. You will focus on delivering impactful solutions that create business value.

This role involves leading sophisticated, multi-year business and technology projects, ensuring scalable solutions across various technology platforms. You will work closely with the IMT ATSC NA Site Lead, responsible for supporting operational activities at the manufacturing plants, and with multiple Technical Product Owners

KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Technology Lead will serve as a key partner to the NA Advanced Therapies project teams, various Innovative Medicine’s Technological product owners to understand business investments, align these with JJT ATSC strategies, and ensure that projects selected during Business Planning have the vital budget for JJT execution support.

In collaboration with business partners, this role will prepare documentation to secure budget approvals, communicate project details by explaining cost components and business value, and ensure seamless JJT execution. This will involve working in tandem with different Technology and Business Product Owners to facilitate smooth project delivery.

Collaboration:

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with business functional leaders in ATSC NA and Legend Biotech NA, technical teams in IMT ATSC and across-JJT (TS), Vendor partners.

• Global-Regional Partnerships: Build and enable effective program management with partners at both global and regional levels.

• Customer Engagement: Engaging with partners at different level is crucial. This includes gathering input, addressing concerns, and align projects with the overall business strategy and goals.

• Digital portfolio execution: Coordinate financial decisions and trade-offs to optimize the value of E2E decisions in close collaboration with the key business partners.

Leadership:

• Vision and Strategy: As a leader, you implement the HPT model and the defined vision and strategy. This involves setting clear objectives, outlining the digital plant roadmap, and ensuring that the team is aligned.

• Influencing Skills: As a strategic partner and though leader, this individual will strongly exhibit influencing skills with our business partners, technical product owners and 3rd party service provides in the journey of defining and delivering the strategy,

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