Director, Portfolio - Therapeutics Discovery

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:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House, Pennsylvania, 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

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 - Requisition Number: R-044722

• Belgium - Requisition Number: R-047763

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Director, Portfolio - Therapeutics Discovery.  This position is a hybrid role and will be located in Spring House, PA.

The Director, Portfolio - Therapeutics Discovery (TD) will share oversight of the scientific projects and resources within Discovery as they relate to the internal portfolio.  This leader will be responsible for maintaining this information and will be the single source of data for the rest of the organization.

The Director will be part of one of the TD Large Molecule Leadership teams, supporting that group with updated resourcing and portfolio information on a regular basis.  Partner with leaders across Discovery to maintain accurate information, to provide a regular report on Discovery projects and capture changes to the portfolio as they happen in real time.  Therefore, the leader will likely participate in discovery governance meetings.  This leader will also find the appropriate way to share portfolio information to a large number of peers and leaders across Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS) and then further into Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (Therapeutic Areas, Delivery Units, Finance).  Challenge current paradigms with creative, out of the box thinking in a matrixed team, as well as to develop new more efficient processes, that enable Therapeutics Discovery to continue to drive scientific innovation and increased efficiency in execution and delivery of the portfolio.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Maintain single source of Discovery portfolio information as utilized across Janssen R&D. 

• Participate in one of the Large Molecule Leadership Teams as liaison from Portfolio, supplying the team with necessary resourcing and portfolio information.

• Maintain the Discovery portal, keeping it live (based upon feedback).

• Train, guide and mentor Discovery Project leaders.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Biological Science, Chemical Science or related scientific discipline is required.   Ph.D. degree in Biological Science, Chemical Science or related scientific discipline is preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree or a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with a PhD degree is required.

• Knowledge/understanding of pharmaceutical discovery portfolio and structure is required.

• Strong scientific understanding of multiple modalities and therapeutic areas is required.

• Experience with large molecules is preferred.

• Experience working in a laboratory environment is required.

• Experience working with international teams is preferred.