Technical Director Margin Acceleration

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:

Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Process Improvement

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, 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.

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

The Technical Director role focuses on the execution of various Cost Improvement Projects (CIPs) aimed at reducing costs while ensuring high-quality standards. The Technical Director will play a vital part in enhancing project delivery by leveraging engineering resources and process innovation for components, whether through dual sourcing or new components design or engineering projects.

Primary Objectives

• Project Execution Excellence: Lead the execution of large-scale projects that drive cost improvement and enhance product quality across the Electrophysiology Supply Chain in strong partnership with R&D and Quality

• Innovation in Engineering: Implement innovative design and process changes that reduce costs, improve efficiency, and maintain design integrity for components.

• Collaboration with Suppliers: Work closely with internal and external suppliers to evaluate and implement cost-effective alternatives for direct materials, including dual sourcing strategies or redesigning components as needed.

• Team Development: Mentor and develop technical and project management leaders within the Electrophysiology supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize cross-departmental resources effectively to implement projects, ensuring adherence to project management best practices.

• Navigate and coordinate within a highly matrixed organization, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across multiple functions.

• Work closely with R&D to facilitate the translation of product design specifications into practical project execution, ensuring that quality standards are not only met but exceeded.

• Ensure all CIP projects for components, whether through dual sourcing or new design, are compatible with existing processes to enhance operational efficiency.

Key Qualifications

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and motivate diverse teams while fostering a culture of collaboration and effectiveness.

• Project Management Expertise: Extensive experience in executing complex projects across multiple departments and functions.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to assess future needs and develop a comprehensive talent, technical, and business strategy.

• Relationship Management: Exceptional interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Strategic Vision and Leadership - Assess future needs and develop and deploy a technical, talent and business strategy to address those needs. 

Provide key Product & Process Engineering capabilities to deliver product /component design and technical changes  that deliver cost savings across the EP supply base.

R&D and New Product Introductions – Drive partnership with commercial and R&D to optimize the product design with components that are designed to value.

Project and Program Management - Ensure excellence in Project Management in the execution of projects and provide PM best practices for entire E2E Supply Chain.

Scout, select, and implement Advanced Capabilities (automation, process engineering, digital etc.) to support future growth and cost improvement in the platform.

Operations and Engineering