Senior Principal Project Manager, Innovation Excellence

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:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, 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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Senior Principal Project Manager- Innovation Excellence role is responsible to lead cross-functional lifecycle and sustaining programs that ensures business continuity, risk management and strategic transformation across the organization. This role is ideal for a seasoned leader who thrives at the intersection of engineering execution and innovation strategy, bringing business critical initiatives through disciplined program management and cross-functional collaboration.

 

You will oversee high-impact lifecycle and sustaining initiatives in commercial products through development and implementation, partnering closely with innovation excellence team, product management, R&D, operations, quality and external partners. Your mission is to ensure innovation is not only sparked—but scaled and sustained through robust, scalable program execution.

 

 

Engineering Project Leadership

• Lead complex, end-to-end engineering programs with a focus on technical innovation, cross-functional integration, and execution at scale.

• Translate innovation concepts into actionable program plans with clear scope, milestones, success metrics, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Partner with product management in world-wide expansion of commercial products including phase-in/phase-out and end-of-life.

• Drive alignment across engineering, product, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure successful delivery of scalable product solutions.

 

Innovation Portfolio & Strategy Execution

• Manage project prioritization and portfolio of engineering projects ensuring alignment with business priorities and strategic vision.

• Partner with R&D, Product Management, Operations, and Quality to define and advance a pipeline of forward-looking lifecycle and quality initiatives.

• Supports all lifecycle phases of technology projects from inception through completion.

• Apply structured innovation frameworks like design controls and phase gate reviews to guide decision-making and product updates.

 

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and govern KPIs to track programs meeting business needs and ensure oversight on QMS ( e.g. CAPAs, Escalations, Audit Observations)

• Champion process improvements to enhance agility and collaboration across global engineering, operations and quality.

• Monitor dependencies, remove blockers, and ensure continuous delivery of value using dashboards and reporting tools