Director, Business Readiness and Change

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 jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Change Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States and Puerto Rico - Requisition Number: R-090143

Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, and Spain - Requisition Number: R-092677

We are searching for the best talent for a Director, Business Readiness and Change! Are you ready to advance your career in Digital Transformation? Join our world-class global team!

As a member of the Change, Business Engagement and Adoption Leadership Team, you will design and implement

transformative change strategies, influence business leaders and organizations, and embed a culture of agility and continuous improvement across a sophisticated global enterprise. As a trusted advisor, you’ll craft impactful strategies, resource plans, and partner engagement models; lead efforts to standardize global processes and establish balanced change practices—translating sophisticated organizational change into scalable, measurable initiatives aligned to business goals and long-term value realization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with business partners and site nodes across the network early and throughout the program lifecycle to define desired outcomes, shape business readiness strategies, identify change drivers and dependencies.

• Serve as trusted advisor and role model—influencing senior leaders, building credibility, and fostering a culture of transformation, continuous improvement and agility.

• Lead key assessment activities (process walkthroughs, partner interviews, workshops) to identify high-impact change requirements and prioritize interventions.

• Partner to build business resource plans to optimally support vital engagement across program lifecycle.

• Design and own strategic change plans that align with program roadmaps, including risk mitigation, prioritization, and integrated readiness schedules for releases.

• Partner with the business and sites to ensure effective Business Continuity Plans and cutover plans are prepared; performing gap analysis, f